Bloody Rat Living in my Bike!

tokarev · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Karma :

I went to work on my bike today, in the first time in ages. Took off the seat to put in the battery and what do I see? A big fucking rat sleeping where the battery should be. Bloody hell that gave me a fright!

It didn't run away or anything, it just was there looking at me. It looked frightened. I felt sorry for the poor thing. So not being one for hurting animals I needed to find a way to get rid of it without me hurting/killing it and without it biting me and giving me some sort of disease.

My ingenious plan was to stand about a meter away and use the seat to make a racket near it, with the hope of scaring it away. It moved. Yes! So I make more noise and the rat runs into a little gap between the tank. So now it is hiding in the bloody engine. Doh!

After about 10 minutes of me walking cautiously around my bike, cursing and swearing at myself for letting it get to this situation, I decided to make more racket with the bike cover near the engine area. Luckily this worked and the rat jumped out and ran off.

I hope it doesn't come back! I think it knows not to mess with tokarev now.

MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

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tokarev · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Karma :

It not funny man!

...actually it is. Laughing

Feasty · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Karma :

So THAT'S what people on here mean when they say they have a rat bike... Confused

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nynfortoo · Trackday Trickster Joined: 21 May 2007 Karma :

Eek. That sounds like a bit of a hairy situation.

What a wonderful tail.

Someone carry on while I fetch my coat.

MattHirst · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Jun 2006 Karma :

You should of fired your engine up Very Happy

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b-f-c · Traffic Copper Joined: 06 Sep 2006 Karma :

At least you could see your squatter, I've got a field mouse living somewhere in the pickup, and the little $hit seems to be wise to traps....

Kal · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Karma :

Can feel Nath's jealousy already... Very Happy

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Zenarchy · Nova Slayer Joined: 06 Nov 2006 Karma :

Might be an idea to check your wiring. I think rodents have a habit of gnawing things, and if it's got comfy there for a while it might have done some damage that you don't know about yet.