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Posted: 12:23 - 12 Dec 2017 Post subject: |
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Many years ago I had the same problem and thought the best way forward was to breathe hot air over the offending lock.
Ended up with my lower lip firmly stuck to the lock, which made me feel pretty bloody stupid and a very sore ice burn ____________________ KC100->CB100N->CB250RS--------->DL650AL2->R1200RS->R1250RS |
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Posted: 13:33 - 12 Dec 2017 Post subject: |
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??? Do none of you not squirt some oil into your locks???
My can of chain lube has one of those little straws that come with aerosols.
A few squirts of that in the lock and never had a problem yet
The oil seems to repel the water to some extent, I think?
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I've used De-icer in my ignition and on the starter switch and indicator switch a few times now.
t'other day my tank was completely iced over, thankfully by the time I'd got to the petrol station it had melted enough to push the ice off by hand and get to the filler cap.
not bothered with the bike today or yesterday, mainly the thought of how cold on the motorway and the wife being worried. ____________________ Looking to pass your CBT / Bike tests in Bury Lancashire? try www.focusridertraining.co.uk Would recommend.
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If you do use hot water to release a lock, spray some oil (preferably something that evaporates if you subscribe to graphite lubrication for locks) in directly afterwards to displace the water, or it'll freeze again, potentially even worse. ____________________ Bikes: S1000R, SH350; Exes: Vity 125, PS125, YBR125, ER6f, VFR800, Brutale 920, CB600F, SH300x4
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Couldn't get my key out of the ignition after the commute one morning!
Had to leave it in the ignition, removed the remaining keys and chained it up so I could get some boiling water from the canteen to unfreeze it. ____________________ Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy |
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Never had it happen and I don't take preventative measures |
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Posted: 19:15 - 13 Dec 2017 Post subject: Re: Quick bit of Advice for winter fill ups. (Frozen locks) |
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chris-red wrote: | Today I needed to fill up, the lock on my petrol cap was Frozen. I couldn't get the key in.
I went in the garage and bought a lighter, heated my key and used it to melt the ice. I had to heat it 4 times before it melted all the ice. |
So... lets get this straight....... you were in a PETROL station.... big signs about not smoking, not using mobile phones etc all hung around....
Standing, peering at a PETROL tank, with a filler cap that didn't want to open for you......
And your 'solution' to that little niggle, was to go get a stick of dynamite.... sorry stick-lighter.... at the kiosk......
Then, one assumes, standing next to the PETROL pump, next to and over your PETROL tank....
ignite the lighter!!!!!!!
This does NOT sound like the start of a bit of helpful motocycle 'advice' so much as the beginning of a Darwin-Award entry!!!!!
I have done some DAFT things in my time, I will say... extinguishing fags in jam jars or petrol, shooting tin oil cans full of petrol with a shot-gun, etc 'just' to see if what they show in action movies really could happen... and being reasonably 'blase' about good work-shop practice, as prescribed by the safety nazis... but still!!!
I will confess, that as a solution to a frozen petrol cap lock, the idea may have occured to me... though resting key on a cylinder fin or rocker cover and using gentler engine heat less likely to melt the plastic tang of key, on set it on fire, would have probably been my first course... and if I absolutely had to use a naked flame, the lighter in my pocket with m fags would have saved me buying one for the job... somewhere preferably well away from petrol pumps!
If not for fear of Bullet type scenes of an exploding petrol station, merely to avoid a dumb argument with a non-english speaking petrol station attendant hitting the panic button!
And I PROBABLY would think twice about sharing the suggestion on an open forum, TBH......
TOP TIP! Acquired on Snowie's CBT actually was from her instructor who suggested using the ignition key to lift the chain to check tension before riding.
If chain properly and regularly oiled, saves getting your fingers or expensive riding gloves oily, if as recommended, done as daily pre-ride check, should also regularly transfer a healthy a dose of lube onto the lock, to keep it from wearing out, seizing up or freezing up so easily.
THAT, is a useful bit of advice and a tip I value...
Waving a lit disposable lighter around next to a petrol pump in a petrol station?!?!?!? Sorry, I need more emoticons! I don't know whether I should, laugh, cry or RUN! ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
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Posted: 20:22 - 13 Dec 2017 Post subject: |
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As much as it's very unlikely to actually cause an explosion, using a lighter on a petrol station forecourt isn't very clever.
I do hope that he removed his lid before going into the shop to buy said lighter.
The old guy filling up his Briggs & Stratton mower whilst he's got a rollie hanging out of his mouth is allowed to do things like that. When you're his age you can fill your lawnmower like that if you want but until then, no cigarette lighters on petrol station forecourts for you. |
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Posted: 20:48 - 13 Dec 2017 Post subject: Re: Quick bit of Advice for winter fill ups. (Frozen locks) |
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ThatDippyTwat wrote: | Ask any old boy that fill his lawnmower tank up with a fag hanging out his gob. |
You mean like I do?
Yup, I KNOW you can actually put a fag out in a jam-jar or petrol, I have done it!
Risk of blowing up a petrol station using a NAKED FLAME disposeable lighter to warm an ignition key?
Not a great idea, I think... chances of doing a Steve McQueen may be pretty low.... odds of burning your hands or melting the plastic tang off the key slightly higher...
Risk that polish petrol station attendant will hit the panic button, alarms go off as roller shutters come down, and you are left trying to explain it all to some-one in a turban talking it-aint-half-hot mum Engish, with three community PCO's pointing mace cans yelling "Take the crash helmet off and put your hands behind your back!" thinking it more exiting than an episode of 'The Bill' covinced they have done their good dd for the day... IS the most dire and more likely out-come, I think....
But still.. burned fingers and trying to track down a motorcycle ignition key, and grumbles from the tinka at the booth in the market muttering that the tang's all melted and he cant get it in his machine, PROBABLY enough to make me cautious of applying the 'tip'! ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 134 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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