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Thursday's funny tale... Katana parts gone astray...

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  • Thursday's funny tale... Katana parts gone astray...

    So I'm doing the universe's slowest 15k service, stretching it into days because I hate working in the Florida heat (esp. with the thyroid issue) -- working only short periods late in the evening or early in the morning. This morning, before the sun started really burning and the humidity started climbing again, I reinstall the throttle cables and set the cable tension, reinstalled the oil cooler & horn, and removed the vacuum caps over the sync ports in preparation of sync'ing the carbs.

    As I removed the vacuum cap for carb #1, it dropped down into the area under the carbs... and bounced... who knows where...

    So I get down and start looking for it. After about three minutes, I'm about to give up, but I decide to rotate the rear wheel just in case it came to rest on the chain. I'm peering down and what do I spot? The vacuum cap? No, that would be far, far too simple...

    I find the lower rubber stand-off for the rear of the gas tank. Wedged between the swing arm and the rear subframe... covered in chain lube & grime... Except that I have the stand-offs sitting in a zip-lock bag. Then it dawns on me that about 1-1/4 years ago (Feb '05), one stand-off went astray when I had the bike on the dyno following install of Ivan's jetkit... and I had replaced it with a new one at the time. So here is this puppy, having covered several states and thousands of miles, hanging on for dear life...

    As for the vacuum cap? I gave up and went and got another one out of the small parts bins in the closet... I'm sure it'll turn up somewhere around fall '07...

    Cheers,
    =-= The CyberPoet
    Remember The CyberPoet

  • #2
    That's funny.

    I'm gonna have to go outside and see if mine's down there too, I lost one early last year taking the tank off.
    Kyle

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    • #3
      That's cool how it hung in there for so long. Now, I wonder if I should look for that pair of Ray Ban glasses I lost last year.
      "The secret to life is to keep your mind full and your bowels empty. Unfortunately, the converse is true for most people."

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      • #4
        Re: Thursday's funny tale... Katana parts gone astray...

        Originally posted by The CyberPoet
        ... I'm sure it'll turn up somewhere around fall '07...
        ROFL!! that is too funny! isnt that the way it always is?!!

        I have found sockets and wrenches that I have lost in the frame work of my racecar years later!!
        I love my Kat!!
        2000 burgandy 750

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        • #5
          Re: Thursday's funny tale... Katana parts gone astray...

          Originally posted by Katlover13
          ROFL!! that is too funny! isnt that the way it always is?!!

          I have found sockets and wrenches that I have lost in the frame work of my racecar years later!!
          The longest I've lost something in an engine is slightly over a decade... when I was 13-14, I had a Chevy Nova that I tore apart to learn about engines. Totally arse-backwards in some senses -- I knew nothing about engines at the time, went to KMart and bought a basic socket set and started in disassembling everything from the top of the engine down. Two years later, I had it buttoned back up and running again, but in the process a couple craftsman sockets and an extension (I had upgraded my tools) went down the oil return galleys... I drove the car another three years and then sold it to a friend when I joined the army. The guy I sold it to yanked the engine, put it in a dragster, ran it for another 50k miles over the next three-four years, then had the engine blow the rods through the hood when the tranny failed to shift (he was at 11,500 RPM at the time it gave out -- on a Chevy small block 350 with a 5500 RPM redline!). They shelved the engine and slapped a new one in. Two years later, they decided to tear it down... what do you think they found? My extension and the couple sockets with my initials stamped in them. They got thrown into a tool box.
          I ran into him a few years after that, and he gave my tools back (the initials told him whose they were)... talk about some heat-treated and will-never-rust tools!



          Cheers,
          =-= The CyberPoet
          Remember The CyberPoet

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          • #6
            that is the best thing i have ever heard

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            • #7
              Hey Cyber any sign of my right upper grap rail bushing??
              Just wondering..

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              • #8
                when i first got my car a 1988 chevy beretta i had circuit city install amplifers and subs in the back and they aparently took out my rear seat to run the cables. this was about 6 years ago and a couple months ago i pulled out the back seat just to see what was under there (yes I was bored) and what did i find?? a pair of vise grips and a 1/4 inch ratchet with a 10mm socket attached on it. and even better they were snap on. did i give them back hell no those bastages charged me $150 to do the labor which would take me now that I know what i'm doing and hour 1/2.


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                • #9
                  Originally posted by macgyver
                  did i give them back hell no those bastages charged me $150 to do the labor which would take me now that I know what i'm doing and hour 1/2.

                  I used to install car stereos..
                  Those guys didn't return to you the $100 "lost cash" they found.


                  I used to find all manner of goodies under the rear seat..

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Black_peter
                    Hey Cyber any sign of my right upper grap rail bushing??
                    Just wondering..
                    Not yet, but I haven't had my oil pan off lately

                    Cheers,
                    =-= The CyberPoet
                    Remember The CyberPoet

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                    • #11
                      I cant believe it stayed on there that long

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                      • #12
                        I guess now would be an opportune time to discuss my "missing" throttle assembly screw that we searched for about 20 minutes?

                        You must have some anti-Houdini chromosomes.

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                        • #13
                          Yeah , I've found o-rings and bolts sitting on my engine right under the carbs before that I KNOW had been there for many miles . Good place to look for extra parts when you need them .
                          I am a fluffy lil cuddly lovable bunny , dammit !



                          Katrider's rally 2011 - md86

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