A good way to ruin a ride

**jcupit69** · 7th March 2008, 17:33

Woke up this mornin and thought "na, i'll flag uni today n go for a ride instead", so i had a lye in and then headed up the tukas

Filled up at caltex in upper hutt before i went up there, and then went for it. Did afew passes, minimal traffic totaly awsome, happy as can be!!!

I notice its bout 4 o'clock so i figure id beta head back for work, stopping at caltex again on the way back. Pull into caltex and 'tink' snap goes my key in my fuel tank!!!

didnt have enough fuel to get to work or home, so had to drive to a mates house and leave the bike there and get a lift to work; lock smiths cant get there till 2mo...

what a great way to ruin an awsome ride......not freakin happy

**Trudes** · 7th March 2008, 17:49

Ahhh, crap!!! Yep, wouldn't be quite so bad if you had a full tank when it happened eh! Oh, well, at least you still got in a good ride BEFORE it happened!!

**McDuck** · 7th March 2008, 17:53

The trick is you take the hose off the fuel tap, stick on a hose with a funnel on the end and poor fuel slowly down the funnel. It is slow but works.

**HDTboy** · 7th March 2008, 18:20

Holy shit! Mcdick 5n said something clever!

**Unit:Me** · 7th March 2008, 18:24

Buggar, you obviously havent been lubricating your keyhole often enough. Nearly had that happen to us one time on the 06 ZX10, took us half an hour to coach the fuel cap open without breaking the key.

**discotex** · 7th March 2008, 19:43

Just be thankful you have separate keys....

**slimjim** · 7th March 2008, 19:52

Originally Posted by HDTboy

Holy shit! Mcdick 5n said something clever!

fuck read it twice and still can't find where

its not like the fuel gona feed upward's when there's air pressure still in the tank ?

**tri boy** · 7th March 2008, 19:55

Moral of story.
"Skipping class can end in frustration. Playing hookey is bad mmkay"

**craneman** · 7th March 2008, 20:07

oh comon you guys ive been riding and raceing bikes for 30years but according to[the system] im an L plate rider,is this the opinion of the y generation or just this site ? give the old harts a bit of credit weve been there done that, max speed 275 k,s with the old shela on the back asleep across the desert rd at 2am.on the old z1300.

**craneman** · 7th March 2008, 20:14

wot dose that little flashing x mean

**rphenix** · 7th March 2008, 20:15

Originally Posted by slimjim

fuck read it twice and still can't find where

its not like the fuel gona feed upward's when there's air pressure still in the tank ?

As long as the pipe was long enough to get the fuel well above the tank and let Gravity do its work im sure youd get enough air out of the breather/overflow holes.

**craneman** · 7th March 2008, 20:15

are ya thinking

**McDuck** · 7th March 2008, 20:27

Originally Posted by HDTboy

Holy shit! Mcdick 5n said something clever!

gee thanks. If it was not for the fact my infractions page is full i would abuse the feck out of you.

**McDuck** · 7th March 2008, 20:36

Originally Posted by slimjim

fuck read it twice and still can't find where

its not like the fuel gona feed upward's when there's air pressure still in the tank ?

Dont take a lot of brains to work out that fuel tanks have air vents. how else would the gas get out after you filled it up? Hell who even thought that gravity would actually do something useful? so how about engaging brain before kicking sombody for making a statement that would have saved poster 1s day and his wallet.