Not really... The engine was still above the water line, so no flooding could occur. The exhaust gases have very little issues pushing the water out of the exhaust. Flooding is only an issue if the water gets into the engine, not only binding the gas but also making the necessary compression impossible.
Greetings from Iceland, it is very interesting to watch your video blog travel around Iceland couple of things come to mind, being an Icelandic Adventure rider myself. 1. The time of year you choose to travel here is wrong. Best adventure travel season is August and September, then it is still relatively warm and all roads that are passable are open. 2 When you come to an obstacle like the one you got yourself stuck in, an experienced rider like yourself should have stopped and checked the driving condition as this time in early spring/summer we have a lot of thaw and mud. I salute you for your courage and to bring this old work horse with you ride safely my friend.
Thanks for the nice comment. Actually checked the condition of the mud puddle befor going through it with the bike when setting up the camera I was at the time still missing the skill to handle it tho. I hope one day I do a second Iceland trip ☺️
@@FreeMilesMC I got my dad's Pajero stuck in a boghole. I had to do a shitload of digging and then I had to bury the spare tyre and use it as an anchor point so I could use the winch. Any suspect puddle I will always check now to see how deep it is and how soft the body is. I know the feeling of getting stuck....
Looks like you pushed the xj600 beyond it's limit. Glad you got out of that mud hole. As you said, might be good to just stick to the roads on google maps. Ride safe.
Nah, in that hole any 200kg motorcycle would get simply stuck, that is also one of the disadvantages of aggressive tires. Too much revs and you dig a hole instantly.
But overall a good learning experience. This is a good campfire story, that's beauty of life. Faith in God makes you safer and mentally stronger. We need to "fall" otherwise how we will learn.
Hi Miles At least you are out there doing things with your life, you will have something to talk about for a very long time , don't be too hard on yourself if you don't make mistakes you can't learn from that. Always believe in yourself . Maybe next time just walk it first before you ride it , I will rather have wet boots than be stuck for hours , but we love your channel and can't wait for the next adventure , ps I did laugh alot 😂 Charles .New Zealand.
Absolutely mindblowing! Someone could argue that you drove into this elefant-size hole on purpose for a great video. If so: great! If not: you are absolutely crazy - great! 🤣 Also saw your morocco videos, holy sh..... Keep on the amazing content & best luck!
Hindsight has 20/20 vision but I honestly think that this was rather predictable on the "track" you were on. Sticking knobbly tyres on a road bike is only going to help on the simplest of off-road lanes. As for getting help from a higher power somewhere in the universe, well good luck waiting for that! 😁 Anyway, all's well that ends well. 👍👍👍
"which wheel is powering?" haha Is there a motorcycle with front wheel drive? You always find a way to get into trouble 🙂 Even I would go around mud holes with my cb500x. Ride safe!
Pushing on the handlebars mostly puts the efforts into compressing the front suspension. I'm sure you've noticed✌️ My two rules for offroad: carry momentum and stop and make a plan if you get stuck before digging a hole with the tires
Mate! I love your channel & your attitude. I'm leaving soon on my first ever moto-adventure and I hope I'll go with the same openess you have to adventure! Im filiming it too ;)
Now that was diving into a pool of shite head first! 😂 I think the meothod dventure riders usually use to get their bikes out off such messes is knocking them over to on side, turn and pull them into a position where they have firm ground unter their wheels again and then lift them up. I've seen Charly Sinewan and Itchy Boots do that several times. Probabl would have helped you there either. But hey: Nothing is quicker at forging friendships than suffering through a battle together. So you now have a friend in Iceland. Just don't forget his beer. 🤗
beim zuschauen und Biertrinken auf der Couch spüre ich den Matsch zwischen den Zähnen knirschen 😂😊 Hatte mal ein ähnliches Erlebnis auf dem TET schweden. Davhte ich hätte ne Abkürzung gefunden. Gottseidank war ein Jäger mjt Quad um die Ecke 😊
Du bist echt ein harter Hund 😊, ich werde für meine Georgien Tour welche demnächst startet, auch conti TKC70 montieren, bleibe aber besser auf einigermaßen befestigten Wegen....allein schon weil ich alle 150 Kilometer laden muss...viel Spaß in Island auch wennst vielleicht schon wieder daheim bist... Grüße Toni
I am not an offroad driver but i look at videos and they say when you are stuck like you put it on one side and pull it out .hope you can not tru this 😂😂
@14:55 I was quite certain that the next video would be "I got the shits in Iceland, WILL IT END?" after seeing you drink that water without boiling it.
I don't think any other bike would have done better except maybe a 125 full cross with no luggage at full speed. The problem was not the bike but the rider- sorry to say that. After shooting all of that nice watercrossing footage you got overconfident with this deep puddle wich turned out to be even worse than it was on first sight. You simply should have passed on the dry left side. No cool splash footage but way less work, but, as always, you know best afterwards...
Absolutly Right it was a Skills issue. Also somthing That i did not show is the bike was almost through the puddle. I would have just have to open up the throttle. But I did not realize that in that moment. And then the bike slowly slid back in as I was wiggling back and forward and then tried again. And yes I was going trough the river crossings and stuff because it was a lot of fun. I actually walked through the puddle first and it seemed not that deep and reasonably solid but when I went through with the bike my bike instantly sank in in the floor
@@FreeMilesMC I agree with you. I was thinking that a lighter bike for an adventure has its own advantages if it gets stuck. I imagine it is a lot easier to unstuck a 150kg.
Meistens hat mein vodafone netz Gute bedingungen, in marocco hab ich glaube 2 gb für 2 Euro am Tag bekommen. Ansonsten in Europa ist ja eh mit Roaming immer alles cool. Also auch in iceland
I like this guy and his channel. The fact is though, there was no need to ride through that water as to the left and right then was none. It seems that he creates fictitious drama where it doesn't exist as a way to entertain his viewers and raise his subscribers. TH-cam vloggers love to add in a little fiction.
With some creators thats maybe True. But. I did not try to create unnecessary drama here. If there is a calm day on my trips I show that too. Maybe you can tell from my moderation that this video actually was supposed to be with another concept. But it turned out different du to this.
@@FreeMilesMC There was no water left or right Miles. Ok, so you road into it for the fun of it to see what would happen. Either way, there was 0% other reason to ride through it. You learnt a lesson no doubt. We all like drama but I'm sure you learned to let it come naturally from now on.
You're trying too hard to make this dramatic, it killed my interest. Sure, you choose exactly the mud pool to go through, after carefully dismounting and placing your camera equipment, with plenty of space to avoid it. How random!
9:53 A beer? Man, you owe the guy a three course meal at the very least 😂 Good luck with the rest of the trip 👍🏻
Yes you are Right
I was thinking the same 😂 !
and some FreeMiles in a fine establishment of your choice, if you get my drift
What a legend the guy who helped you
Yes absolutly, he saved the day 💪🏼💪🏼
It is amazing that after fully flooding the exhaust pipes that motorcycle kept on working. Moreover it worked fine afterwards, what a machine...
Yes you are absolutly Right, just Imagine of the bike would Not have started anymore
Not really... The engine was still above the water line, so no flooding could occur. The exhaust gases have very little issues pushing the water out of the exhaust.
Flooding is only an issue if the water gets into the engine, not only binding the gas but also making the necessary compression impossible.
“ Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.” - John Lennon.
But it makes a great video!!
And a good story to tell for later 👍
John Lennon was in to somthing with That phrase ☺️
When the guy asked which wheel was the traction 😅😂
That Guy de serves more than a beer 👍 fantástic help
Yes absolutely
Greetings from Iceland, it is very interesting to watch your video blog travel around Iceland couple of things come to mind, being an Icelandic Adventure rider myself.
1. The time of year you choose to travel here is wrong. Best adventure travel season is August and September, then it is still relatively warm and all roads that are passable are open.
2 When you come to an obstacle like the one you got yourself stuck in, an experienced rider like yourself should have stopped and checked the driving condition as this time in early spring/summer we have a lot of thaw and mud.
I salute you for your courage and to bring this old work horse with you ride safely my friend.
Thanks for the nice comment. Actually checked the condition of the mud puddle befor going through it with the bike when setting up the camera I was at the time still missing the skill to handle it tho.
I hope one day I do a second Iceland trip ☺️
That bike is indestructible😊
Congratulations with new experience! Proud of you man 🤙🏾
Thank you, i am thankful for being able to manage this one
Good to see that you never gave up and pushed foreward. Nice episode.
In a Situation like this you just can Not realy give up Because the Situation just does Not Go Away 😂
How do I like this video twice? Your videos are really great and moreover very honest. This one is up there!
Don't let getting stuck put you off mate , you're doing great 👍
Thanks for the Kind words, it wont
Respect my man! You show the world that you can travel around with anything you like, just believe in it. 💯
5.33 perfect 😅
Well that was lucky he came and helped you..... :)
Yes you are right, with out him it would have been impossible
@@FreeMilesMC I got my dad's Pajero stuck in a boghole. I had to do a shitload of digging and then I had to bury the spare tyre and use it as an anchor point so I could use the winch. Any suspect puddle I will always check now to see how deep it is and how soft the body is. I know the feeling of getting stuck....
Looks like you pushed the xj600 beyond it's limit. Glad you got out of that mud hole. As you said, might be good to just stick to the roads on google maps. Ride safe.
Nah, in that hole any 200kg motorcycle would get simply stuck, that is also one of the disadvantages of aggressive tires. Too much revs and you dig a hole instantly.
But overall a good learning experience. This is a good campfire story, that's beauty of life. Faith in God makes you safer and mentally stronger. We need to "fall" otherwise how we will learn.
Self knowledge is power. Seems like you learned a lot, but you came out on top. Keep it up and don't forget to have some fun.
And i Hope People where able to learn somthing from my experience ☺️
Epic escape. Loving these! I have a gs500 Suzuki set up very similar,it's the one hiding in my channel banner pic💪😁✌️
Glad to hear that you like my content the next trip is currently in planning ☺️
Hi Miles
At least you are out there doing things with your life, you will have something to talk about for a very long time , don't be too hard on yourself if you don't make mistakes you can't learn from that. Always believe in yourself . Maybe next time just walk it first before you ride it , I will rather have wet boots than be stuck for hours , but we love your channel and can't wait for the next adventure , ps I did laugh alot 😂
Charles .New Zealand.
You gain experince with that mishap! Dont get affraid, ride on!
I won’t still a lot of off-road riding will come on this channel
Absolutely mindblowing! Someone could argue that you drove into this elefant-size hole on purpose for a great video. If so: great! If not: you are absolutely crazy - great! 🤣
Also saw your morocco videos, holy sh.....
Keep on the amazing content & best luck!
I didnt. The Surface around it was quit ruff even tho it does not look like it. Also I thought it would easily work out😂😂
I’ve never seen the “drain the puddle” technique before.
Super Video again!!! nie aufgeben!!!!!💪💪💪💪💪
Vielen Dank!
geniales video mal wieder❤
Danke
Wow :D good job :D
Thanks ☺️
Very few tyres would have worked in such thick mud, regardless of the bike you have. Well done. You have a new subscriber
Hindsight has 20/20 vision but I honestly think that this was rather predictable on the "track" you were on. Sticking knobbly tyres on a road bike is only going to help on the simplest of off-road lanes. As for getting help from a higher power somewhere in the universe, well good luck waiting for that! 😁
Anyway, all's well that ends well. 👍👍👍
"which wheel is powering?" haha Is there a motorcycle with front wheel drive? You always find a way to get into trouble 🙂 Even I would go around mud holes with my cb500x. Ride safe!
I have learned to go around stuff like this now aswell. I thought it’s fun to go through them but then this happens
I think you will learn to read the circumstances by experience. This will not happen again that easily 🙂. Take care!
Yes absolutely and I hope that other people can benefit from my experience
Pushing on the handlebars mostly puts the efforts into compressing the front suspension. I'm sure you've noticed✌️
My two rules for offroad: carry momentum and stop and make a plan if you get stuck before digging a hole with the tires
Yes you are absolutely right👍🏼👍🏼.
Mate! I love your channel & your attitude.
I'm leaving soon on my first ever moto-adventure and I hope I'll go with the same openess you have to adventure!
Im filiming it too ;)
Respect!!!
Thanks
Now that was diving into a pool of shite head first! 😂 I think the meothod dventure riders usually use to get their bikes out off such messes is knocking them over to on side, turn and pull them into a position where they have firm ground unter their wheels again and then lift them up. I've seen Charly Sinewan and Itchy Boots do that several times. Probabl would have helped you there either.
But hey: Nothing is quicker at forging friendships than suffering through a battle together. So you now have a friend in Iceland. Just don't forget his beer. 🤗
beim zuschauen und Biertrinken auf der Couch spüre ich den Matsch zwischen den Zähnen knirschen 😂😊 Hatte mal ein ähnliches Erlebnis auf dem TET schweden. Davhte ich hätte ne Abkürzung gefunden. Gottseidank war ein Jäger mjt Quad um die Ecke 😊
Das klingt nach einer entspannten Art meine Videos zu schauen☺️
Du bist echt ein harter Hund 😊, ich werde für meine Georgien Tour welche demnächst startet, auch conti TKC70 montieren, bleibe aber besser auf einigermaßen befestigten Wegen....allein schon weil ich alle 150 Kilometer laden muss...viel Spaß in Island auch wennst vielleicht schon wieder daheim bist... Grüße Toni
Vielen dank. Oh, fährst du mit einem e Motorrad ☺️
I have the same bike and i try in Romanian forest buth is little havy four this job butt is very funny.Good Luck.
Good luck to you too☺️
That was epic!
Any heavy bike... adventure style or not, would have most probably become stuck there.
A soft bog swallows all.
Yes and a 200 kilo bike also like a light adventure bike becomes almost impossible to move in a situation like this
I am not an offroad driver but i look at videos and they say when you are stuck like you put it on one side and pull it out .hope you can not tru this 😂😂
Come to Romania one day :D
One day I will. I want to do at some point in the future a East Europe tour
🙈😅🏔🏍
In democratic Iceland, you don’t find adventure. Adventure finds you.
@14:55 I was quite certain that the next video would be "I got the shits in Iceland, WILL IT END?" after seeing you drink that water without boiling it.
babe why u went that way and got stuck in that pfütze? always take a shovel with you! keep on going ! :)
I don't think any other bike would have done better except maybe a 125 full cross with no luggage at full speed. The problem was not the bike but the rider- sorry to say that. After shooting all of that nice watercrossing footage you got overconfident with this deep puddle wich turned out to be even worse than it was on first sight. You simply should have passed on the dry left side. No cool splash footage but way less work, but, as always, you know best afterwards...
Absolutly Right it was a Skills issue. Also somthing That i did not show is the bike was almost through the puddle. I would have just have to open up the throttle. But I did not realize that in that moment. And then the bike slowly slid back in as I was wiggling back and forward and then tried again.
And yes I was going trough the river crossings and stuff because it was a lot of fun. I actually walked through the puddle first and it seemed not that deep and reasonably solid but when I went through with the bike my bike instantly sank in in the floor
Based on the accent, this dude must be Polish xD
Originale i think he was
Das hat ja schon was vom Million Dollar Bogan bei dir. 😂
I wounder if something like a Honda Africa twin or Honda CRF300L would get out of that.
Maybe somthing like the crf300l has a chance. I think it was more a issue of momentum going through
@@FreeMilesMC I agree with you. I was thinking that a lighter bike for an adventure has its own advantages if it gets stuck. I imagine it is a lot easier to unstuck a 150kg.
Besorgst du dir im jeweiligem Land eine Sim Karte?
Beim Motorrad schaufeln hast du wie ein richtiger Abenteurer ausgesehen
Meistens hat mein vodafone netz Gute bedingungen, in marocco hab ich glaube 2 gb für 2 Euro am Tag bekommen. Ansonsten in Europa ist ja eh mit Roaming immer alles cool. Also auch in iceland
@@FreeMilesMC Ah ok. Ich habe keinen Vertrag nur Prepaid. Ich denke nur, falls ich einmal unterwegs sein sollte.. Dann gehe ich halt ohne anzurufen..😆
You would've had better luck getting the bike out if you pulled it back out the way you went in.
why go to gym, if you can just get stuck in the mud 😂
Exactly 😂😂
buy a bike, it will be fun :(
😂😂😂
I like this guy and his channel. The fact is though, there was no need to ride through that water as to the left and right then was none. It seems that he creates fictitious drama where it doesn't exist as a way to entertain his viewers and raise his subscribers. TH-cam vloggers love to add in a little fiction.
With some creators thats maybe True. But. I did not try to create unnecessary drama here. If there is a calm day on my trips I show that too.
Maybe you can tell from my moderation that this video actually was supposed to be with another concept. But it turned out different du to this.
Go be cynical somewhere else.
@@FreeMilesMC There was no water left or right Miles. Ok, so you road into it for the fun of it to see what would happen. Either way, there was 0% other reason to ride through it. You learnt a lesson no doubt. We all like drama but I'm sure you learned to let it come naturally from now on.
Not so smart
You're trying too hard to make this dramatic, it killed my interest. Sure, you choose exactly the mud pool to go through, after carefully dismounting and placing your camera equipment, with plenty of space to avoid it. How random!
I placed the camara for a Good Shot going through it Not getting stuck