I asked my dealer how deep of water I can go through and he looked at me and said “ I’m going to pretend you didn’t ask me that “
Which I thought was odd because even car dealers will tell you how deep of water they can go through
I have almost 5000 miles on my Talon x2 nlv
And have had it in lots of water,
The intake of course is priority to keep above water,
The second concern is the vent for the gas tank,
If you are in water for to long running then it will eventually get into the gas, I put a catch can on my vent and moved it higher,
The other concern is the oil,
The motor is vented into the intake,
But the gear box and differentials are vented into the frame so when you go into deeper water,
The nice warm oil when under water cools off and makes a vacuum and try’s to suck in the water,
I haven’t had any issues with this but I change all oils every 1200 miles,
A friend of mine was changing the differentials at the service times and had moisture in them
my only other concern with water is the back pressure on the exhaust, you have to keep a higher idle to keep it running,
The stock exhaust is designed to help keep water out that’s why it is turned down,
I would never think of going in deep water with an after market exhaust that doesn’t turn down,
If the motor dies,
Water is going all the way into it,
in general the machine will probably be more comfortable going deeper than you will lol