Recovering a drowned GSA1200 (2016 model)

[benok]

Hello fellow BMW riders,

I am planning a trip from Brisbane to Tasmania (Australia) and there are a few creek crossings for me along the way.

Thinking about the worst and should I happen to go down in a water crossing and believe that water has passed into the air intakes and/or exhaust, then how do I recover the bike before starting it?

I know I would have to remove the spark plugs somehow but is there anything else I should do? What about removing the exhaust? Or is water that accumulated in there going to be blown out?

Would most of you take a few litres of oil because if there is water in the oil then we would have to drain and replace the whole lot right?. How does one achieve this?

Also - not related to the above but on a long journey are you carrying tire irons and tubes with you or just a tire plug kit. Tubes and tire levers add a fair bit of weight and I would have to say that most people I've spoken to get away with just using a tire plug kit so chances of using it would be perhaps 2%.

Thank you in advance


Ben