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Posted by greenbarn
- March 27, 2015, 23:37:40 PMA word of advice.... Don't let your brother wrench on your bike... 
Posted by aralph
- March 27, 2015, 21:08:09 PMThat could have gotten really ugly.
That should be a nice ride home.
aralph
Posted by Troll
- March 27, 2015, 14:39:31 PMI don't know if I want to comment on this or not....at least you still have a fuel cap.
Posted by JagLite
- March 27, 2015, 13:58:20 PMThis is really strange...
Or is someone messing with my brain?
I am positive I posted up my intro with pictures of my '99 1500 but it is... gone?
I was going to add the latest story regarding my bike to the shipping fiasco story when I bought it.
Quick recap:
Bought on ebay with intention to ship home from Florida to Alaska.
Discovered after buying the bike that the "Quick Quote" shipping on ebay is totally wrong if outside the lower 48 states.
Actual shipping cost to Alaska was 3-5 times as much as the quotes.
I ended up shipping my bike to my brother's place in CA.
Problems with delivery attempts (truckers fault) delayed delivery but the shipping company agreed that mistakes had been made and very apologetically refunded $500 of the $850 cost.
(I do recommend them and will use them again: Federal Motorcycle Transport)
My brother is an active dirt bike rider but has never ridden a cruiser or other heavy bike so it was quite exciting for him to ride the mile home on a bumpy rutted dirt road on the Drifter but he made it without tipping over.
Fast forward a few months of seemingly endless rain with no riding he has been starting it up every couple weeks and running the engine for about 10 minutes.
Since the bike ships with less than a quarter tank of gas I asked him to fill it up.
OK? up to date now...
He had emailed me about a key for the gas cap since the ignition key wouldn't go in.
I told him that it had to be the ignition key and perhaps a shot of WD40 would help.
Or possibly some joker had stuck a toothpick or something in the lock that he should look for.
I called him a few days later to see how he was doing and he told me the story about filling the tank on the Drifter.
He tried the key in the cap and just couldn't jam it down all the way no matter how much he tried...
But while twisting and wiggling it and pushing down on it... the key turned the lock!
Whoa! the key doesn't go in all the way to unlock it. That would have been nice to know.
(the seller never sent the Owner's Manual he promised to mail)
So, the key turns, the cap is now unlocked he figures but the cap won't unscrew.
Hmmmm, this thing is TIGHT! No matter what he tries he can't get the cap to budge.
He tries with each hand, then both hands with no success.
Getting frustrated with the whole stupid thing he looks around to find something to give him a better grip on the cap.
All his tools (carpenter) are in his job box at work and all he has at home is a great big plumbers PIPE WRENCH that is rusty and ugly.
He doesn't want to use that because it would scratch the tank all up.
But there is nothing else to do so he gets some rags and lays them on the tank to protect the paint and he gets that big, ugly, heavy, pipe wrench and sets it on the rags to get a good grip on the gas cap... 
Are you ready for the gruesome details?
When he laid the pipe wrench on the rags on the tank... it hit the release for the cap and the cap popped open.
Oh.
It hinges open.. 
Would have been nice to know that too... 
He filled the tank and all is well.
I fly down mid June to ride it home to Alaska