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[salty21]

as the weather was nice round here today i took the cbr to work rather than my usual commuter the cb400. Tomorrow's forecast is rainy so i stopped in at my dads on the way back from work to pick up the super four and drop the cbr off. From my dads i set off for home (about 9 miles away) and when i arrived i noticed one of my boots looked wet and on closer inspection realised it was oil.

https://www2.bikechatforums.com/files/dsc00161.jpg

At this point i was dreading the worst and thought something serious had gone wrong, but no turns out when i checked the oil over the weekend i forgot to put something back.

https://www2.bikechatforums.com/files/dsc00162.jpg

At this point i remembered resting the cap on the hole to check the oil as it has a dipper on the cap, but i didnt remember screwing it back in, so i must have lost it somewhere along the 9 miles of road between my house and my dads, but i couldnt ride the bike any longer without a cap as the oil level was bound to be low already given the ammount that was on my boot and leg. so i had to come up with temporary replacement.


























perfect
https://www2.bikechatforums.com/files/dsc00163.jpg

so i set off to find the missing cap, re-tracing my route back to my dad's but found nothing. Parked the bike back in the garage and pulled the cbr out again to use for work till i could get a new filler cap.

riding back home again,about 4 miles int the journey, i felt a pretty big bump in the road and thought 'it probably fell out here, so i slowed down and had a good scan and to my amazement it was just sat on the pavement, bingo.

https://www2.bikechatforums.com/files/dsc00164.jpg

so back to my dads swap the bikes again top up with oil, cap back on and off on my way.

not really an exiting story but i dont think i have done a proper bcf story before so i though why not .

so back to m
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[pepperami]

good to hear of a positive for a biker
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[bigblackjet]

you are one luck guy, it could have at the least ended with the dip stick being ripped off the cap and fucking your gear box, or as bad as ending on your arse.

the carrott was a top idea.

[White un]

I like the improvised oil cap

Spot of good luck finding the cap on way back

[White un]

I like the improvised oil cap

Spot of good luck finding the cap on way back

[Blue_SV650S]

The carrot is awesome thinking!

Well lucky you found the cap!!
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[neil.]

Hm I wonder if you could eat the carrot as one end of it would effectively be fried with the engine oil still inside the engine after a nice long ride.
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[swiftb]

Lucky son of a b. Ive lost much bigger stuff strapped to the pillion and couldnt find it when backtracking.

Awesome carrot is awesome

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[locked]

nice
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[salty21]

i dont usually find stuff i drop. i remember losing a speedo cable once over no more than a mile journey, did 4 passes back and forth and never found it.

Lost a phone a few months ago, again over no more than a mile of road and never found that. Turns out someone picked it up and started texting my bosses wife with sexual advances
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[colin1]

this is my favourite bcf thread in ages, and I feel honoured to have met the poster
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[Mr Hammers]

Waiter! There's a Honda in my salad!
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[m0l0t0v]

I think a thread should be made and stickied containing all the threads like these.



Man I nearly wet myself
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[salty21]

[Carvel]

Brilliant . I love carrots.
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[warped one]

Anyone checked the ads at the bottom?
Gypsy skirts and Britney spears.
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[Ditto]

https://www2.bikechatforums.com/files/dsc00164.jpg

This photo seems set up to me

You would'nt find a cap on the floor, photograph it, then pick it up.
You would have first picked it up to make sure it was yours, and then must have put it back down for its big photo opportunity.

FRAUD!
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[warped one]

Atleast my GF has another use for the carrot when her rampant rabbit runs out of battary.
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[Ariel Badger]

Your right boot is oiled but the filler is on the left side of the bike
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[Kris]

Loving the carrot as a filler cap!

I once had a bit of grit trapped under the rocker cover washers on my Bandit - creating a fine mist of spray. First I knew of it was when I got home to find my right knee absolutely covered!
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