Hydo Plain

["thenewguy"]

anyone ever done it? there is a place in the spring time where i go ridin that would be perfect. its about 1 foot deep and 20 fet long. it has good start and end points. are shees capable of this kinda buisness or should i not attempt fate. do ya need paddles or any special mods to be succesful? any tips or storys welcome

[MULLET~BOY]

i would hit that make sure your wide open though and have a camara man with ya so if ya crash you get it on cammra

[evil]

PADDLES HELP !!!! but you better be on it and dont let off. im not sure if on;y a foot of water is safe, you might hit the water and dive, then roll, have that buddy with a camera ready and let us know how it works out

[SHEEDAISY]

i watched shees do it on TV one time , they had paddles and kinda like a surf board or something underneth them.hope this helps.

 

josh

[cb67rs1]

ive doen it alot, hit it real fast and try get the weight transfered off the front and you will smim right over it. its pretty cool and you dont really get wet, just a little on the legs if you do it right

[Sheeboy12]

I saw in a mag a few years ago where a guy moded a banshee to cross an inlet in a lake. He had it lowered, paddles, wide tires on the front and he even riged up a knee board up under the chasiss. I can't remeber how far the crossing was, but i was like holy shit. I remeber the article saying that he had to be doing 80. He made it though.

[KRMit]

Steve Abbott did it in 2 of the Huevos movies I believe. He had paddles and what looked like a kneeboard under the swingarm. He tried it several times in choppy water and didn't make it. In the other movie he made it every time, but the water was real smooth.

[mrmatt]

I've done it over a small pond, about 40-50 feet across. I barely made it in third, if the pond would have been any wider, I would have gotten really wet. Fourth gear was much better suited for it. You have to keep your weight back and commit, this isn't something that you can half-ass. I was using RAZR tires, not paddles, but I had trouble keeping straight. I don't know if paddles would have helped this or not. Just make sure that there is a smooth transition into and out of the water.

[Minkia38]

ive done it too - sit back on seat, keep her pinned! and dont try to trun a whole lot or youll know why i said that.....

[Ducman]

I haven't tried it on the shee, but I know it can be done. I've rolled it too so be careful. I would think that full sand set up; paddles in back and buffs with ridges in front would help a lot.

[LeChicharon]

First post all right. Ill get a pic of my bansh later.

 

I would make sure you would have some sort of an air box. A buddy at florence tried to hydroplane a little pond with those clamp ons. Water got sucked in and

WHAM!!! the front end came down so hard.

[erbilabuc]

you definitely need paddles and you must be going a minimum of 45mph in the high end of the power band

[Trick2stroke]

Its verry possible and very easy, I did it several times on my blaster and all I had was an LRD pipe and shots so it wasn't fast, I also did it when it was stock....

 

I have hydro planed several times recently on my YZ 85 and its verry easy, just hit it strait and don't try to turn or anything....

 

I will try to get some vids or sumthin but my digi cam is messed up and I don't have a digi camcorder....Maby my friend can borrow his moms..