The question to everyone that says it will be fine is, Would you buy it knowing it was in a flood? I seriously doubt it. That's my point. Hopefully the OP had insurance, and if so it should be totaled. No different than a car in a flood.

 

I live in south jersey and skirted the sever damage thay you guys got. I heard on a local radio yesterday about all the cars new and used on lots that were distroyed. I thought about all the bikes out there that also got reuined. The coment on the radio was that there is gonna be a shortage of used cars because of demand. All my best in your recovery.

 

i really do feel sorry for all the misery and suffering that everyone up there is going thru. having said that, i wonder why people were not better prepared and took some precautions? the approaching storm was on the news for days before it got there...why not move your valuables and vehicles to higher ground?
we have very strict building codes down here on the texas coast. national flood insurance is available thru your insurance agent to cover what your regular homeowners does not. when a storm is coming, most of us board up our windows, grab the things we can't replace, and head to high ground. go back after the storm has passed and settle up with the insurance company.
yes, insurance is expensive and it is easy to spend your money on something else. a properly insured homeowner/renter will not get wiped out financially from a storm. spend your money wisely.

 

Under salt water for 6 hours? Total the bike, no way I would have any part it, it will have future problems.

 

That's what insurance is for.

 

well, it started up today. runs like it always did. the electrical gave me the most time. I thought I had corossion problems and basically dipped all connectors and fuse boxes in rust remover for a few hours. then sprayed everything with contact cleaner. but that wasn't the problem. one of the fuses on the foot brake side had a broken off wire. fuse in that position was a 15A fuse but the wire looks like 10A is all that should have went thru it. replace the connector in the fuse box. bike started right up. let it run for a while and checked all the fluids.....no milk so all the moisture is out. total cost was a new battery, about 25 bucks in relays all the fluids, about 10 bucks in fuses and connectors, about 10 bucks in rust remover and contact cleaner. so basically, less than 300 bucks. the T-Max circut board is dipped in what looks like hot glue so the board was fine. did have to unmount the board so I could dry everything out. Main point of me posting this thread is to feed the curiosity of those that wonder if a drowned bike can be saved. If you move quickly to flush all the water out, spay down everything with a water displacement agent like WD-40 (used about 4 gallons in a pump up insecticide sprayer), inspect all the connections and think things thru (compression, electrical, fuel, etc) the bike will start. The local Harley shop had a bag readu of common replace items for drown bikes. They claim every single drown bike brought in started after doing the basics.

 

My insurance companies (I pay 2000 for flood and 2000 for homeoners per year) , FEMA, the SBA are still point fingers at each other. I make 250K a year so the big boys think I'm not feeling any pain. I know a lot of folks who make 40K or less and had no insurance and were given 31K checks on the spot. So far, not a nickel. Took an 80K pension loan out to start home repairs. As far as moving things to high ground, sure normally I do that, but this year I was in bed all doped up becuase I did not know I had a ruptured appendix.

 

speakerfritz you are a what Americans should be, no snivel, **** and moaning just get roll up your sleeves and make it work. You deserve the insurance to cover your losses and hopefully they will but until then it seems you are taking care of business.

 

Lost my entire basement and am STILL waiting for a check. However, my BMW and SG are fine as I was able to move them to higher ground before the surge leveled half of our city (Hoboken, NJ). As an LEO, I worked for 10 days straight making sure everyone else was safe while my wife had to deal with our ruined home.

Still, others got hit MUCH harder so I count us lucky.

Fritz, I wouldn't trust a submurged ANYTHING, especially a Harley. But it sounds like you know what you're doing.

Cheers and good luck.

 

Glad to hear the scoot is running again!