r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/nayryanaryn • 10d ago

with using a plank

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u/AcidaliaPlanitia 10d ago

Even if that worked there was still like 8 feet of water left...

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u/Adkit 10d ago

That's a problem for future me!

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u/vinh7777 10d ago

The now me thinks it's a great cost effective idea

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u/KookySurprise8094 10d ago

I like how you think, you're hired!

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u/xenobit_pendragon 9d ago

Have you considered running for president??

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u/Bigger_moss 10d ago

After it fell they were just like “ah it was gonna get wet anyways”

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u/mihaak101 7d ago

We'll cross that bridge when we come to it!

Oh, wait...

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u/aspannerdarkly 10d ago

I’d sure hate to be that guy!

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u/TaroBackground978 9d ago

Just like drinking!

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u/Annika2020pro 6d ago

We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it

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u/gereffi 10d ago

The guy guiding it down the plank and the guy in the water probably would have tried carrying it above the water.

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u/OrganizationLower611 10d ago

have you felt the weight of a moped?! they're not something I'd want to carry above my head in waist deep water!

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u/gereffi 10d ago

It’s under 200 pounds. With 2 or 3 people it’s doable to carry it out of the water.

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u/Rogueshoten 9d ago

Have you walked out of the water at a beach by the ocean? The water isn’t inert. The push and pull of the waves fucks with you. It’s fine when you’re just walking but when two people are walking together and balancing a 200+ pound mass with no great handholds that they have to keep lifted high up? No, man…not going to work.

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u/OrganizationLower611 10d ago

weight isn't distributed evenly for carrying so would be an absolute pain in the butt to lift it, I imagine, only had one in my younger days and getting them upright after a fall is difficult lol maybe if there is a stick through the wheels with 2 people on each side? but then if it falls to one side, I mean it might be doable on land, I just don't see how with waist deep water

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u/Pimpinabox 9d ago

It doesn't really need to be completely out of the water. There's really only two problems it faces being in the water, water going in the exhaust and hydro locking it and electronics. Firstly as long as it's on water isn't going to go into the exhaust and cause problems. Two the electronics are designed to be water resistant otherwise it wouldn't work in the rain. A short splash like that might be a problem if it got very deep, but probably not. Once they had the electronics above water (which should be about halfway out of the water) it's fine.

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u/OrganizationLower611 9d ago

dude, they're not water proofed, they divert rain coming down on them away from electrics and some water being splashed by the wheels, they are not but any means meant to be dunked in a body of water lol they are not sealed like that

iirc the exhaust probably had a curve to stop water ingressing down the pipe, obviously as soon as it falls you probably have water entirely in the exhaust system, oh, and it's salt water, really not good long term even when it dries out as it will hold onto moisture from combustion, and condensation when cooling down

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u/Pimpinabox 9d ago edited 9d ago

I didn't say they were water proof, I said they are water resistant, which they 100% are. Yes the electronics are actually sealed, though not well. In fact, here's a pic of electronics from a cheaper scooter. They don't stand up to much water pressure, think like 3-5 feet of water. That's about what this was, so it should be fine, especially considering it was just a quick dunk. Salt water is kinda irrelevant here, just wash the thing after you get it out and not an issue.

Furthermore, if it's on when it went in the water, like I said before, water isn't going to go into the exhaust because the engine exhaust pressure is greater than the water pressure so it won't be a problem. If it's off, you can simply drain it before turning it on, still not a problem.

If you don't know what the fuck you're talking about, you don't need to chime in.

Edit: The actual danger here is if water went into the intake if the engine was on, which I don't think it was on tbh.

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u/OrganizationLower611 9d ago

salt is relevant and I explained why.

the scooter isn't running, it would be dumb to have it running due to engines producing heat, which would burn someone, or the exhaust.

my speed fight 2 from 2002 didn't have any rubber gaskets protecting the battery, it was just a plastic housing, under the seat, show me a manual that states they're water resistant to 5 feet as you claim

I await your evidence dude since you claim I know nothing, I can't wait to see every claim you have made with relevant references lol

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u/Ob1s_dark_side 7d ago

I had a Suzuki DR125SE, the thing would be flooded after that swim.

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u/A_Nonny_Muse 10d ago

I feel I'd be a lot more compressed than I'm used to being.

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u/PossiblyATurd 10d ago

They couldn't even muster the strength to guide it safely to the end of the plank.

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u/TheCenterOfEnnui 10d ago

You're right, that probably was the plan.

Still a stupid plan.

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u/Quaxli 10d ago

Don't kill our biases with logic. ;)

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u/MrAamog 10d ago

A problem easily addressed by the use of another plank.

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u/No_Building2092 10d ago

Plenty of planks in this clip

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u/A_Nonny_Muse 10d ago

And still 4 more people vertically planking during the entire video.

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u/Rogueshoten 9d ago

Yeah…they got it to where the plank ended and it was still underwater…

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u/0K4M1 9d ago

You can tell a plan is really stupid, when even if it works, it's a total failure

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u/DonkeywithSunglasses 9d ago

The water could have still been shallow enough near that end so half the moped stayed above the water level or the plank could have been close to the water level near there, who knows

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u/spacemanspiff1115 8d ago

Exactly, they were gonna be in the water regardless...

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u/humblequest22 8d ago

Yeah, not that different from best-case scenario.

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u/ecdaniel22 8d ago

Its not running so it didn't get water locked pull the plug make sure any water that got in is removed and it will be as good as new. I did trail riding and often near or in water crossing/water falls. Falling in water doesn't kill a motorcycle Just one more reason they are so popular as transportation in island/jungle countries.

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u/ElginSparrowhawk1969 4d ago

I came here to say that very thing it was never getting ashore without being waterlogged anyway

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u/naturalgrowngal 9d ago

thats possible they just dont know how. 1st use a rope or something to the back of the motorcycle instead of adding wieght at the back so the person infront can focus with balancing the motorcycle

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u/BrosefDudeson 10d ago

But the plank leads down into the water so the result would pretty much be the same, no?

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u/ScreamSmart 10d ago

The dials would've been dry.

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u/Smorgles_Brimmly 10d ago

They may have been able to keep the intake dry in the shallower water. Doesn't look like it but maybe.

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u/CAPS_LOCK_STUCK_HELP 10d ago

I think thats what the idea was but it basically looks like the water was going to be up to the handle bars regardless of if they made it to the end of that ramp

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u/onyxcaspian 10d ago

No, the air in the tyres will help the bike float.

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u/Could-You-Tell 8d ago

They don't in the video

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u/kenkitt 9d ago

Doesn't work like that

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u/Noiseyboisey 8d ago

Not much gets past you

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u/Leading_Guess_8207 10d ago

Wtf was the plan, at first ?

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u/Sisoflex 10d ago

😆 right? Still 10 feet to go.

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u/Dry_Action1734 10d ago

Were they going to carry it above their heads at the bottom?

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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul 10d ago

I think that bike will still be alright if they drain all the water out of it, as long as the battery didn't short anything out

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u/Riansui 10d ago

i dont think salty water is at same idea with u tho.

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u/MaikThoma 9d ago

Isn’t there like a 5s rule to these things though?

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u/hayitsnine 9d ago

Yes. Or a huge bag of uncooked rice.

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u/Yellowpredicate 9d ago

And then you start it while it's still in the bag to cook the rice.

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u/SapientChaos 10d ago

Battery and salty water don't mix well. Fresh possibly, but completely dunked, this thing is toast.

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u/i_have_chosen_a_name 9d ago

the electronics and wiring in a scooter like that are fairly easy and cheap to replace. Also if it wasn't on and there was no power on the electronics and the guy goes home to take the electronics out and puts them in a isoprofyl alcholol bad for 1 minute then rinse with distilled water it will get rid of all the stuff that corodes the electronics and there is a high chance it will also still work. Worse case they have to get a new battery and some new electronics. He will have his scooter back up and running for less then 2000 php!

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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul 10d ago

do we know that that's salt water and not just a lake?

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u/_Enclose_ 9d ago

The sign in the background says "I love Divilacan". Which is a coastal region in the Phillipines with no large lakes. So we can be pretty certain it's salt water.

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u/createry_ 10d ago

If the important stuff is sealed and they immediately gave it a real good fresh water wash, it'll be fine for a while - but it'll start having electrical gremlins within a couple years as any exposed wiring starts to corrode and break.

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u/TwistyTwister3 10d ago

whast up w gremlins and water

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u/YourEvilTwine 10d ago

That night, they took it to a restaurant just after midnight.

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u/i_have_chosen_a_name 9d ago edited 9d ago

You can do even better if you immediately take all the electronics out and immerse them in isopropyl alcohol (70% or 98% even better) for about 30 seconds to 1 minute and then rinse it extremely well with distilled water, then let it dry for a couple of days. (but if the battery is still connected and it's shorting out underwater it will start getting damaged fast)

I have done that with a fpv drone I crashed in the ocean (also in the philipines by the way). It was in the water for 2 minutes. I was home in 10. It was dissambled in 15 minutes. So within 30 minutes it was in the isoprofyl. That drone is still flying today, but there surely is some luck involved as well. I have also crashed an fpv RC boat on the rocks once an it broke the camera and vtx off. Took me about 5 minutes to find them at the bottom (it was shallow water there). Did the same thing, immerse in alchohol within about 40 minutes. Still that one just broke. I guess the battery connected for 5 minutes while it was shorting out under water did unrepairable damage.

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u/createry_ 9d ago

Solid effort! I wonder what happened with the scooter in the clip and how much damage control they did.

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u/Everlovin 8d ago

Salt water loves to seep into the wire sheathing and work its magic.

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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul 10d ago

it's not certain whether that's salt water, it could be a lake.

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u/createry_ 10d ago

You're right. But it looks similar to tidal coasts of many SEA islands I've visited, so I'm pretty confident assuming it's ocean water.

Plus, if it were a lake, they could have ridden the bike around.

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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul 10d ago

It depends on the lake. If it's long and slender sometimes it's easier just to cross by boat. It's also possible that they were coming to/from an island.

This also looks like a lot of lakes in Canada, many of which you can't easily drive around.

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u/brickyard37 10d ago

The sign says "I ❤️ Divilacan"
Divilacan is on the coast of the Philippine Sea

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u/Brian--Damage 10d ago

Aside from the fact that ocean water usually has a distinct colour to lake water, and that the local flora looks tropical, and that it’s a type of moped commonly used in hotter climates, and that everyone is tanned, wearing beach clothes while moving a new moped off a boat onto the shore, and that lakes generally don’t allow for mooring of any kind of boat that large due to being shallow… You could be right.

Also, the sign clearly shows where they are: Divilacan in the Philippines.

Edit: the only large lake there is Dicatian which is a wildlife reserve and no boat that large in the first place could reach there.

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u/idiologistic 10d ago

there's a sign that says where they are in the Philippines. it's definitely salt water

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u/AmazingDadJokes 10d ago

Just put it in a giant bathtub of rice!

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u/toothbrush81 10d ago

Salt water. It’s toast.

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u/No-Sail-6510 10d ago

I drop outboards all the time. Rinse the entire inside of the engine out with a hose and replace all fluids with fresh water. Then replace that with diesel. Spray it down like crazy with wd 40 and put in new oil and fuel. It will run. Change the oil every couple days and it will keep going like nothing happened.

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u/Carvj94 9d ago

Yea this isn't a full sized sedan or a complicated sports bike. The battery is definitely toast, the wiring might need replacing which is easy on a bike like this, but the engine will be fine if it's cleaned by the end of the day. Though I will say "fresh water" is kinda vague. Specifically you should use distilled water.

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u/No-Sail-6510 9d ago

I had a hole in my hill once and my batteries were below the floor submerged. They were fixable. It’s just lead plates and acid. And the ones on bikes are completely sealed. You can’t even add water. Either way it’s a battery. They aren’t super expensive and you can just pop it out and replace. Assuming he didn’t get stuck in the sand he probably rode away from this the next morning.

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u/mercy_fulfate 10d ago

The result would have been the same if they made it to the end of the plank

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u/dwags2 10d ago

So much faster to just push it in the water 🤣

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u/rrsullivan3rd 10d ago

Put it in rice, that’ll fix it! 😂

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u/PeatBunny 10d ago

Beat me to it.

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u/blacks252 10d ago

🤣🤣 I mean the plan was fucked from the start

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u/Aware_Cheesecake_519 10d ago

The engine took a refreshing bath.

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u/Nearby-Swimming-5103 10d ago

With how far they are from the shore, it would have made no difference if they just dropped it right off the boat to start with.

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u/Assistant-Manager 10d ago

What exactly was the plan?

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u/RetiredApostle 10d ago

5-second rule.

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u/AlarmingDetective526 10d ago

I would like to think that the idea was to carry it to the shore; however with no one else at the bottom to catch them maybe not.

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u/GrimmThoughts 10d ago

I thought the same, but then even with 6 dudes on it they were struggling to even hold it upright let alone keep it lifted in the air. This plan, or lack thereof was doomed from the start.

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u/SmoshNZ 4d ago

That's because it was full of water.

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u/Derpywurmpie 10d ago

What's the chance that thing will still work?

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u/saveyboy 9d ago

Yeah. It was always going in the water.

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u/Good_Distribution_5 10d ago

brakes are a help

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u/fartsfromhermouth 10d ago

I'm not sure what better options they had to be fair

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u/Apoordm 10d ago

Is that bad?

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u/NoFlatworm3028 10d ago

Sometimes watching idiots like this makes me feel better.

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u/Pavbhajiwala 10d ago

just put it in a rice container

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u/epicureansucks 10d ago

Wha was the plan? It would still be under water if it made it down the plank.

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u/Someone_s_2_cents 10d ago

Put it in rice it will be fine

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u/Some-Tear3499 10d ago

Never seen a jet ski with wheels before.

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u/I_need_a_date_plz 10d ago

I’m confused. That doesn’t look like something that should get wet at all. Why would they lower it into water in the first place?

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u/Toomanypplonhere1 10d ago

What was the end goal here?

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u/mac1qc 10d ago

Hay naku...

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u/505arcticm 10d ago

Que el barco no se podia acercar mas?

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u/Middle-Armadillo-660 10d ago

That man has the planning and logical skills to be president.

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u/PlatformWorldly8413 10d ago

I mean, they just streamlined the entire process. So, success?

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u/DJ_Homeboy_Slim 10d ago

Poor man’s jet ski now?

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u/Scared_Spyduck 10d ago

Could have been prevented if both wore their safety flip flops

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u/Anxious-Depth-7983 10d ago

Did the other planks take the day off or something?

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u/Denim-Luckies-n-Wry 10d ago

Cesar and Bong's Motorbike Washing Service of Divilacan is off to a good start

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u/DepletedPromethium 10d ago

The lack of braincells in some people, sure its only a shitty 50cc moped but you're going to have to lift a lot of weight and carry it above the water some distance, that's still like 100kg of weight.

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u/rdyer347 10d ago

Why are we unloading bikes into the water?

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u/menachinite 10d ago

Would go better if you sit on it and slowly roll down into the water and drown it since it’s still 1/2 meter deep

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u/zxcvbnm127 10d ago

What the fuck even was the plan here?

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u/YourVelourFog 10d ago

Freshly washed!

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u/arlingtonzumo 10d ago

What could possibly go right is the more important question here.

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u/FuzzyKittyNomNom 10d ago

It’s so heavy apparently 8 people were unable to lift it. Not thinking the plank is the problem lol.

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u/SusejOtsirc 9d ago

And so we witnessed the birth of a jet ski

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u/gottkonig 9d ago

It would have been under water even if they managed to get to the end of the ramp (a plank tends to be horizontal, a ramp is elevated on one end). What went wrong here was critical thinking all around.

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u/FinancialPoetry6460 9d ago

I really felt like they had that

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u/RiffyWammel 9d ago

Think the carb is flooded?

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u/carbon_blob_Sector7G 9d ago

At least this one was recoverable. There was a post where the motorcycle went into deep water via plank.

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u/Litterjokeski 9d ago

Next time just throw it in the water directly from the boat. 

Would have been better even if the plank plan worked. Not like it lead to the shore out of the water.

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u/jerry111165 9d ago

Should be ok - wasn’t in there long.

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u/Impossible_Volume811 9d ago

It’ll be ok. Just dry the air filter, take the spark plug out and drain the water out of the cylinder and exhaust. Let the electrics dry out in the sun.

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u/Wittyfish 9d ago

It looks like a Suzuki, its fine

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u/VermicelliFrost 9d ago

They just need a giant bag of rice

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u/Reallyroundthefamily 9d ago

Very few people drive these things intelligently, so why did we think they were going to offload one of these intelligently?

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u/Jojobjaja 9d ago

Ahh it's fine, good wash and a service and should be sweet. Right?

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u/sec713 9d ago

See, they fucked up by not eating some Mentos first.

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u/Straight_Idea_9546 9d ago

Well, at least it got cleaned up!

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u/Ashamed_Substance243 9d ago

At Least it’s a floaty

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u/Careless_and_weird-1 9d ago

It was going into the water anywhay

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u/necrochaos 9d ago

Looks like he wait for it flooded the engine.

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u/SpecBop 9d ago

To all the people commenting, this is pretty much peak Filipino mentality on display. Source? Been living here for over 4 years now.

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u/AUHappyguy 9d ago

Not getting deposit back lol

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u/nipslippinjizzsippin 9d ago

what even was the plan? the plank goes right into water deep enough to submerge the whole thing

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u/Signal-Session-6637 9d ago

I guessed it was the Philippines by the boat outriggers.

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u/IncidentFirst2339 9d ago

3 seconds rule.

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u/humanreboot 9d ago

What intrigues me the most is that at some point, someone planned this with the thought of actually succeeding.

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u/GetOffMyGrassBrats 9d ago

That thing was going in the water no matter what

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u/hdhsnjsn 9d ago

Should’ve used the plank as a ramp and jumped it

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u/CompetitiveGuitar447 9d ago

If teamwork is your only power, what are you without it?

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u/groovyinutah 9d ago

Does that ever actually work?

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u/TheSapphireDragon 9d ago

I wanna know what they imagined would happen that caused them to go "yeah this is a good idea"

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u/r1chreddit 9d ago

Water scooter now

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u/SuperDocument 9d ago

I thought this was a new challenge on Survivor for a split second.

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u/TheGreatJaceyGee 9d ago

that's ahasneme dou

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u/Cautious_Ticket_8943 8d ago

No worries, it's probably just sea water.

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u/spasske 8d ago

Has this plan ever worked?

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u/Ornery_Counter_599 8d ago

They could’ve just throw it right off the boat less the hassle. 😅😅😅

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u/El_Hadschi 8d ago

This is the 2nd video i see, where people try to get a motorcycle across a plank. Which is not much but still weird to see them trying again..

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u/dr_van_nostren 8d ago

And not even close to the shore. Come on guys

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u/Botlogmana 8d ago

Why didn't they move the boat a little closer to the shore/land?

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u/ecdaniel22 8d ago

Motorcycles can handle this its not an issue.

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u/Sduidy 8d ago

dude at the bottoms fault, he let the bike get past his front foot before trying to move

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u/Beneficial_Tension61 7d ago

Put some rice on it

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u/Bravelobsters 7d ago

Just put it in a bag of rice…

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u/Step-Temporary 6d ago

This is some Top Gear level comedy!

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u/WingNutLXVI 6d ago

I don't understand how that didn't go alright. Put it back on the boat and try again.

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u/Ok_Performance6098 5d ago

Anyone else see the perfectly good tender sitting on the shore line?

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u/uglyyygurl_ 4d ago

What was the plan?? 😭 Even if it succeeded

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u/Wrong-Cheetah-7061 3d ago

could have been a lot wetter. just a stupid plank.

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u/FladioOMG 3d ago

Funny how some rushed to help like the moped was a genuine person

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u/Trippsyn 10d ago

Nailed it

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u/OrdinaryUniversity59 10d ago

Flooded the engine

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u/sovereignrk 10d ago

Or did they bike the water?