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Photo by Alessio Corradini, on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, of two locals

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Also thought about carb breathers immediately (knowing the problem from KLR's CVK 41)
Also good to have a look at the fix used by most KLR owners. It uses a T - connector and branches the breather into two, one running up to tail and one down to side stand. The remainder of the original tube on the carb must run slightly up (towards carb). Water entering from whereever will always drain out at the bottom and not run into the carb.

If you search for KLR and T-mod you will probably find half a million pages with instructions
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Not sure if this is any help, but you reminded me of a problem with my XT660R that i had 3 years ago.

I bought the bike from new, and i thought that the XT legacy would live through it, and it did - untill it came to the end of summer and the rain came back!

I started having problems with the temp light coming on at random times even when starting up from cold. Then error messages came up on the screen, and best of all the immobolizer started playing up.

Due to it being an intermittent fault it was in and out of the garage several times before i was told that water had got into one of the plugs of the electrics.

Sure, most other people aint had any problems, i guess i was just unlucky.

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Hi Guys,
Hooraagh!! The aquarium tubing mod to the carb' works!!! No question at all. The Thames has burst it's banks in many places with all this heavy rainfall and whilst out this evening I saw a "Road Closed" sign shutting off a flooded back lane, so a quick manouvre round the sign and thru the water, it was deeper than I would have liked ,up to just below seat height and deep for at least 100yards, but the XT never missed a beat, fantastic bike. I was worried that water could have got into the airfilter coz it was so deep, so I took off the side cover of the air filter when I got home with no water inside -phew. Thanks everyone for your imput - I'll try to get a picture in the next week or so to show the tubing mod, and the bike in action. Thanks again
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PS: I'll also be using copious amounts of WD40 ( water repellent ) to hopefully fend off future dampness/corrosion problems - but hey what a bike !
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If you use too much wd40 it will form a greasy residue and make matters worse .
It can cause tracking along the surface of HT leads and you will get a misfire or no spark at all .
Use it by all means but no more than you have to ,there are other products that will dry out electrics and silicon grease can be used to waterproof bike electrical equipment.
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That's a good description/reply Mollydog.

My TTR is sorted for that with an air filter fixed straight onto the carb replacing the breather tube to the carb diaphragm (the bit you describe for allowing atmospheric pressure to act on one side of said diaphragm).
Hence, for my bike, it is the spark plug as the first likely "culprit".

Hi Mike,
Glad to hear that you have things sorted and it would be good to see your pics - you have prompted me to try posting a pic; never done that up to now.

As I mentioned, my TT600R has a small air filter in place of the carb breather tube - it can just about be seen in my pic if I have done things right with the pic, just behind the engine and under the plastics (I've been practicing editing pics which I don't do too often) The air box is cut away as well, just under the seat so that is the "tide mark" for riding this particular bike in water!

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Hi Guys,
The floods have receded in our area now and we finally have been out with the camera, when I last rode down this flooded lane the water line was up to my knee! This picture isn't so extreme but check it out all the same. ImageShack - Hosting :: xtwdesfloodvi2.jpg . Modification picture to follow.
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Hi Mike,

I noticed you had a carrier just on top of the headlamp ,and I'm actually looking for one, where did you get it?

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Hi Gwel,
The headlightguard/front rack is from Rikycross ( Italy ), there's another thread about two weeks ago with their contact details, it cost about £60 ! but that did include delivery - from Italy. It was easy to put on and is rock solid with all the bolts/spacers included.
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