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Cleaning drain hole SV650

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#1 ·
Hi guys,

yesterday big rain caught me. Right in front of my house curvy started to work bad and fire from exhaust, and become SV325...
I turned her off immediately, and I knew that problem is water on front spark plug. After drying everything with fan, she woke up again.
So - I've read that best protection for this case is - front fender extender, better spark plug cap, and periodically cleaning the drain hole.

My question is - what is the best way to clean the hole?
Is it safe to blow it with compressor (put compressor pipe on the lower drain hole and blow)?
I tried with plastic zip tie but it stuck somewhere after 3-4 centimeters...
And second question - if I'm getting right, that drain hole is nothing but 'path' from top of cylinder to its lower side, used just to take the water from spark area?
 
#4 ·
This and/or I used a piece of safety wire. I was running a 325 during one of my practice session in a down pour. Was fun until it started to cut out on me. Knew instantly what the problem was. Pretty easy fix.
 
#5 ·
Thank's guys for replies.
I didn't managed to clean it, I'm waiting for weekend to do that.
Can you just tell me, is the top drain hole under the spark plug cap or next to it?
And also, maybe a stupid question, but I'm curious - I read that spark plug cap must be rotated so the arrow marks point to the exhaust side. Why this is important?
I have never removed cap or done any maintenance yet (bought bike about 3 weeks ago), so now I'm learning...

Thanks for help :)