The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: pierre on August 09, 2009, 07:13:08 PM
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Lesson learned:
"Never underestimate people's lack of respect for others or their property."
After an uneventful 70 mile ride saturday I decided to start tracing the fuel flow, starting with completely draining the tank. As the tank neared it's final few ounces of gas we noticed a, (GET THIS) 1 inch by 1.5 inch of paper moving around in the last of the gas. :o
Removed the petcock and was able to grab it with tweezers and pull it through. Seems some A-hole folded up a cash register receipt and put it in my tank. see attached photo >:( >:( >:(
I'm relieved it wasn't something amiss with the bike but my blood still boils thinking of what could have happened if I lost power at the wrong time.
I will be much more religious about locking my filler cap at all times.
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Never ceases to amaze you, about the brain dead masses that inhabit the face of the earth !!!!!
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Wow!......what kind of turds for brains A-hole would do that?
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Unbelievable! I would not have thought someone would go to that effort to foul you up.
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Use caution with the flippin' lock on the gas cap. Being vintage, they occasionally refuse to un-lock. Easier to go fishing than see the $150.00+ tab for a BMW new 'un.
Paying at the pump will stop the nonsense.
Monte
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Monte, I agree with your thoughts on vintage gas caps which is why I usually don't lock it when I'm out riding.
Thinking back, I'm 98% sure that this happened when I rode up to Pt. Reyes Station, CA (a small psuedo-country town in N. Ca.) and parked a block away from a cafe where I stopped in and had a cup. When I returned to my bike I remember seeing a small group of young adult males standing across the street joking about. I also remember seeing a few of elderly women nearby staring in my direction as I saddled up. I got a weird vibe at the time, like everyone was looking a me because I toilet paper stuck to my shoe.
It was only about 10 miles later that I stated experiencing problems.
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The jerky kids evidently have been swimming in the shallow end of their parents gene pool. [smiley=thumbdown.gif] Beyond help. Perhaps Darwin's Theory on fittness for survival will catch up to them.
Monte
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I was thinking it might be the elderly ladies. :)
"Never trust anyone over 50"
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I was thinking it might be the elderly ladies. :)
"Never trust anyone over 50"
Well, that puts a bunch of us on your Do Not Trust list.
I'm buying the house a double Geritol on the rocks. [smiley=1drink.gif] Hey, bartender... Monte
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It could be a winning lottery ticket! ;D
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Looks like we need to add another branch to the troubleshooting tree for fuel problems, drain fuel tank and check to see if some A-hole put something in your fuel tank .
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That remind me of a situation that i faced once, when some teens stuck a corncob into the exhaust pipe of my Enfield Bullet 350...and that thing was kick start only ....I figured it out once i saw a bunch of them grinning in the corner. No cure for stupidity!!!!
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Someone once left me a half of a pizza sitting in a box on my gas tank outside of a nice italian restaurant one evening. Fortunately they didn't try to cram it into any orifice on my bike - I crammed it into my mouth later that evening. ;D
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Thats just unbelievable, never ever thought of someone doing something like that, sure we all know there's hell of alot of cock heads out there, but gezzzz iam spechless >:(
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Reminds me of a period piece motorcycle movie where the protagonist kept some other stuff in the gas tank. In the past I found the yellow vent cap from a plastic gas can floating around in there. 'Whots' in your tank?