[Oogly]

I went out Friday night after dinner for a "quick" ride ('03 CRF230). Unfortunately, I got stuck in the mud and ended up dealing with it for the rest of the weekend.

This wasn't happy type of mud either. This was stinky, sticky, drainage bottom-land muck. One half of this drainage pit was completely dry, but I sunk right into the other half and couldn't get out. I tried everything I could think of. I tried putting all my weight on the end of the tail. I tried it with no weight on the bike. I tried leaning the bike all the way over while revving. Next, I tried geting big sticks and putting them under the rear tire. But all I got done was digging a deeper hole beneath the rear wheel. So I called the wife who brought out some shovels but they were useless as the
mud flowed back in as quick as I shoveled it away. I just couldn't break the suction hold that the mud had on my poor bike. After two hours, I took the long walk home in the dark covered in mud without it.

On Saturday (and the late season frost looked so pretty on the mud) I started early. Even with a long rope and a hand winch, it was a huge pain getting it out. The winch was only about four feet long and had to winch it, then untie, pull up the rope, retie several times so it took about three hours. After I got it to the edge of the mud, I realized I'd ripped the wire out of the spark plug cover and couldn't get it started. It was back in the woods in a hole at the bottom of a hill covered in mud so there was no way I could've pushed it out. I pushed the wires together and got it to start.

Finally I got it out!

Most of Sunday was devoted to cleaning all that mud from two sets of clothes and shoes, my truck, and tools. I used to like a little mud but this was way WAY too much.

Is there anything else I could have done to extract myself? I ran a ton of mud thru the chain, so is there any maintenance I need to pay attention to?

-Oogly

[Asmith]

Wow!! Now that's mud.

You might want to go as deep as regreasing bearings after a thorough washing.

[crfsonly]

mud...one of my least favorite forms of terra firma to ride on...or in as the case usually is. on the chain, you didn't mention the model of crf you have or if your chain is an o-ring chain. if it is then i would inspect the chain and sprockets very carefully for damage. clean you bike very carefully as mud is very sticky and a normal washing may not eliminate all the friction causing stuff.

we want to see the pictures....i'll see if i can figure out what went wrong in your post and fix it.

ken

[JAWS]

Man, that is some ugly stuff! How did you even manage to walk in that to get your bike out?
Joe

[Motomom]

I remember when my daughter did that to her bike, buried it deep too. I'm laughing with you.

[Zish]

Yes , remember we are laughing with you ,, not at you.. but tell us what happened to the bike/chain/sprockets?
glad you OK

[Kno3del]

lol, same things happend to me. i went ridin with one of my friends (this was back when i had my '06 crf230) and on the way back it had rained a little bit. my friend was ridin in front on his '06 crf250x. we came to a part where it was a little muddy, and being so kind to me riding behind him, he powered through it in 2nd or 3rd gear pinned. not the greatest idea. not only did i get completly covered in thick, nasty mud ( the kind that you can't get your boot out of easily if u step in it), but he had made a big hole/rut in it for me. i couldn't go around because of the bushes/stuff like that on either side so i had to go straight through it. i ended up getting the bike stuck in it really bad. the mud went up to the exhaust. we tried for over an hour to get it out but with no luck. it just ended up gettin sunk deeper. since it was gettin dark we had to leave. i really didn't want to but we had to. i grabbed the key and we left. we went up the next day to get it out with some other people and a winch. over night it had sunk even deeper so only the handle bars and the top of the seat and rear fender were showing. we got it out and went home. not fun. ill try to post some pics of it later.

[topgun]

Wow !! now that is mud !!

Been there done that ....suggest a little of the old pull it all apart and wash everything .... then CRC or some other dewatering fluid ....

In a few weeks when its all bright and shiny again you will look back on this moment with fond memories ...

Just a thought ... looks like a bunch of loose rocks behind bike in one of the piccies ... maybe lean bike over and shove a bunch of rocks next to wheels .... then lift bike or wiggle it a bit on to rocks ... repeat until bike is get outable ... like lean bike ... rocks ... lift ... lean bike ... rocks ... lift ...

[drtbkr]

Ever think about getting an S-12?

[Oogly]

>Yes , remember we are laughing with you ,, not at you..

Yeah, thanks. I can tell all of that giggling is not directed at me.


> but tell us what happened to the bike/chain/sprockets?
>Unbelievable. Gonna have to take some time cleaning that bike.

The bike seems fine. I did spend FIVE DOLLARS in quarters at the car wash with the pressure washer (and I don't think anyone wanted to use that bay anymore after I was done).


> over night it had sunk even deeper so only the handle bars and the top of the seat and rear fender were showing. we got it out and went home. not fun. ill try to post some pics of it later.

Yes, I'd like to see some pics of a bike even deeper in than mine was.


> Just a thought ... looks like a bunch of loose rocks behind bike in one of the piccies ... maybe lean bike over and shove a bunch of rocks next to wheels .... then lift bike or wiggle it a bit on to rocks ... repeat until bike is get outable ... like lean bike ... rocks ... lift ... lean bike ... rocks ... lift ...

Thats a good idea. Probably would have worked. However, I wasn't stuck on my own property or where I had permission to be. So I really don't want to mess up their drainage rocks that they'd arranged.


> Ever think about getting an S-12?

What's an S-12?


>just ended up gettin sunk deeper. since it was gettin dark we had to leave. i really didn't want to but we had to.

Yeah, that was the worst part. Coming home at night while my poor bike was all alone out there in the cold dark all night, not knowing who was putting their hands on her. I guess I know now how parents of kidnapped kids feel, right?

[NCLR1]

I was rolling over with laughter when I read this because it reminded me of a story when I was about 11. I had Honda Fourtrax 125 and it had rained for a few days in late April, (ohio). It was late in the afternoon and I went out for a ride, my Dad had told me not to go riding in this wheat field behind our house because the mud would be bad. Well, he should have just drawn me a map and said have fun after telling me that. I rode, I got stuck, I got my boots sucked off....Then Dad came out, he tried, he got his boots sucked off. Then it started to snow and get dark, the mud got hard and everything stopped. The end of the story is we had to call a tow truck and connect like 15 chains together so he could pull it out from the road. I was dead meat back then, but it made for a great memory for my Dad and I.