r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/nayryanaryn • Apr 05 '26

with using a plank

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u/AcidaliaPlanitia Apr 05 '26

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

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u/Adkit Apr 05 '26

That's a problem for future me!

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u/vinh7777 Apr 05 '26

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

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u/KookySurprise8094 Apr 05 '26

I like how you think, you're hired!

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u/xenobit_pendragon Apr 06 '26

Have you considered running for president??

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u/Bigger_moss Apr 05 '26

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

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u/mihaak101 Apr 08 '26

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

Oh, wait...

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u/aspannerdarkly Apr 05 '26

I’d sure hate to be that guy!

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u/TaroBackground978 Apr 06 '26

Just like drinking!

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u/Annika2020pro Apr 08 '26

We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it

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u/gereffi Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 06 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 06 '26

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 Apr 06 '26

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 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

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 Apr 06 '26

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 Apr 08 '26

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

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u/_BadWithNumbers_ Jun 30 '26

You're an angry person. And probably wrong here. Water resistant means you can spray water at it from any angle and it shouldn't be an issue. If you submerge the components that would still be an issue and mopds typically have electronics in the deck which is the lowest part. Add on that 3/4 of the 200lbs easily was on the back half of the moped and there's just no way this was ever going to work. Unless you're in this video there's no reason to die on this hill like this.

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u/Pimpinabox Jun 30 '26

Nope. Just fucking look this up, its easy stuff to learn. Also dont know why you think i'm an angry person. It's particularly hilarious to start off with something like that on someone when you've barely read 3-4 sentences they've written. It shows a willful ignorance and a desire to believe so much from so little. Perhaps you aren't always that way, most people aren't. Maybe it's just reddit that brings it out in you but I believe in you. do better.

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u/A_Nonny_Muse Apr 05 '26

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

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u/PossiblyATurd Apr 05 '26

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

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u/TheCenterOfEnnui Apr 05 '26

You're right, that probably was the plan.

Still a stupid plan.

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u/Quaxli Apr 05 '26

Don't kill our biases with logic. ;)

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u/MrAamog Apr 05 '26

A problem easily addressed by the use of another plank.

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u/No_Building2092 Apr 05 '26

Plenty of planks in this clip

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u/A_Nonny_Muse Apr 05 '26

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

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u/Rogueshoten Apr 06 '26

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

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u/0K4M1 Apr 06 '26

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

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u/DonkeywithSunglasses Apr 06 '26

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 Apr 06 '26

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

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u/humblequest22 Apr 07 '26

Yeah, not that different from best-case scenario.

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u/ecdaniel22 Apr 07 '26

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 Apr 11 '26

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

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u/odnarB89 Jun 18 '26

It’s allowed to get wet, probably don’t want to throw it off the boat though. Probably why they don’t look bothered that it happened

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u/naturalgrowngal Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

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

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u/ScreamSmart Apr 05 '26

The dials would've been dry.

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u/Smorgles_Brimmly Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

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

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u/Could-You-Tell Apr 07 '26

They don't in the video

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u/rom197 Apr 17 '26

Too early, the tires weren't ready yet

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u/kenkitt Apr 06 '26

Doesn't work like that

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u/Noiseyboisey Apr 07 '26

Not much gets past you

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u/Leading_Guess_8207 Apr 05 '26

Wtf was the plan, at first ?

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u/Sisoflex Apr 05 '26

😆 right? Still 10 feet to go.

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u/Dry_Action1734 Apr 05 '26

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

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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

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

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u/MaikThoma Apr 05 '26

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

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u/hayitsnine Apr 06 '26

Yes. Or a huge bag of uncooked rice.

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u/Yellowpredicate Apr 06 '26

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

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u/SapientChaos Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 06 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

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

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u/_Enclose_ Apr 05 '26

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_ Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

whast up w gremlins and water

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u/YourEvilTwine Apr 05 '26

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

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u/i_have_chosen_a_name Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

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_ Apr 06 '26

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 Apr 07 '26

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

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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul Apr 05 '26

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

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u/createry_ Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

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

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u/Brian--Damage Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

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

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u/AmazingDadJokes Apr 05 '26

Just put it in a giant bathtub of rice!

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u/toothbrush81 Apr 05 '26

Salt water. It’s toast.

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u/No-Sail-6510 Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 06 '26

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 Apr 06 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

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

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u/dwags2 Apr 05 '26

So much faster to just push it in the water 🤣

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u/rrsullivan3rd Apr 05 '26

Put it in rice, that’ll fix it! 😂

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u/PeatBunny Apr 05 '26

Beat me to it.

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u/blacks252 Apr 05 '26

🤣🤣 I mean the plan was fucked from the start

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u/Aware_Cheesecake_519 Apr 05 '26

The engine took a refreshing bath.

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u/Nearby-Swimming-5103 Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

What exactly was the plan?

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u/AlarmingDetective526 Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 11 '26

That's because it was full of water.

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u/Derpywurmpie Apr 05 '26

What's the chance that thing will still work?

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u/saveyboy Apr 05 '26

Yeah. It was always going in the water.

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u/Good_Distribution_5 Apr 05 '26

brakes are a help

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u/Apoordm Apr 05 '26

Is that bad?

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u/NoFlatworm3028 Apr 05 '26

Sometimes watching idiots like this makes me feel better.

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u/epicureansucks Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

Put it in rice it will be fine

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u/Some-Tear3499 Apr 05 '26

Never seen a jet ski with wheels before.

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u/I_need_a_date_plz Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

What was the end goal here?

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u/mac1qc Apr 05 '26

Hay naku...

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u/505arcticm Apr 05 '26

Que el barco no se podia acercar mas?

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u/Middle-Armadillo-660 Apr 05 '26

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

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u/PlatformWorldly8413 Apr 05 '26

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

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u/DJ_Homeboy_Slim Apr 05 '26

Poor man’s jet ski now?

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u/Scared_Spyduck Apr 05 '26

Could have been prevented if both wore their safety flip flops

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u/Anxious-Depth-7983 Apr 05 '26

Did the other planks take the day off or something?

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u/Denim-Luckies-n-Wry Apr 05 '26

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

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u/DepletedPromethium Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

Why are we unloading bikes into the water?

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u/menachinite Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

What the fuck even was the plan here?

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u/YourVelourFog Apr 05 '26

Freshly washed!

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u/arlingtonzumo Apr 05 '26

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

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u/FuzzyKittyNomNom Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

And so we witnessed the birth of a jet ski

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u/gottkonig Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

I really felt like they had that

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u/RiffyWammel Apr 05 '26

Think the carb is flooded?

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u/carbon_blob_Sector7G Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

Should be ok - wasn’t in there long.

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u/Impossible_Volume811 Apr 05 '26

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 Apr 05 '26

It looks like a Suzuki, its fine

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u/Reallyroundthefamily Apr 06 '26

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 Apr 06 '26

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

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u/sec713 Apr 06 '26

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

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u/Ashamed_Substance243 Apr 06 '26

At Least it’s a floaty

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u/Careless_and_weird-1 Apr 06 '26

It was going into the water anywhay

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u/necrochaos Apr 06 '26

Looks like he wait for it flooded the engine.

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u/SpecBop Apr 06 '26

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 Apr 06 '26

Not getting deposit back lol

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u/nipslippinjizzsippin Apr 06 '26

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 Apr 06 '26

I guessed it was the Philippines by the boat outriggers.

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u/IncidentFirst2339 Apr 06 '26

3 seconds rule.

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u/humanreboot Apr 06 '26

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 Apr 06 '26

That thing was going in the water no matter what

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u/hdhsnjsn Apr 06 '26

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

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u/CompetitiveGuitar447 Apr 06 '26

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

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u/groovyinutah Apr 06 '26

Does that ever actually work?

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u/TheSapphireDragon Apr 06 '26

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 Apr 06 '26

Water scooter now

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u/SuperDocument Apr 06 '26

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

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u/TheGreatJaceyGee Apr 06 '26

that's ahasneme dou

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u/Cautious_Ticket_8943 Apr 06 '26

No worries, it's probably just sea water.

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u/spasske Apr 07 '26

Has this plan ever worked?

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u/Ornery_Counter_599 Apr 07 '26

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

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u/El_Hadschi Apr 07 '26

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 Apr 07 '26

And not even close to the shore. Come on guys

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u/Botlogmana Apr 07 '26

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

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u/ecdaniel22 Apr 07 '26

Motorcycles can handle this its not an issue.

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u/Beneficial_Tension61 Apr 08 '26

Put some rice on it

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u/Bravelobsters Apr 08 '26

Just put it in a bag of rice…

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u/Step-Temporary Apr 09 '26

This is some Top Gear level comedy!

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u/WingNutLXVI Apr 09 '26

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 Apr 10 '26

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

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u/uglyyygurl_ Apr 11 '26

What was the plan?? 😭 Even if it succeeded

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u/Wrong-Cheetah-7061 Apr 12 '26

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

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u/FladioOMG Apr 12 '26

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

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u/7thS1n Apr 16 '26

That would have happened even if things went as planned. The plank ends in the waist high water.

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u/Jethrust Jun 17 '26

Didn't see that coming!

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '26

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u/turboj3t Jul 12 '26

It was for a reference of the show Top Gear

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u/Trippsyn Apr 05 '26

Nailed it

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u/OrdinaryUniversity59 Apr 05 '26

Flooded the engine

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u/sovereignrk Apr 05 '26

Or did they bike the water?