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buell
09-09-06, 09:49 PM
Out on a run up to the green welly from dundee via coupar angus but by the time i got to perth i was covered in oil, wondered why the bike was slipping and slideing out of corners, (Thats one of my lives gone now, used to be a cat) the guy behind me got a splattering at the tullybackart twisties, managed to limp to Drysdale Motorcycles where i was able to clean up get another oil cap (off a stock bike) and oil, £13.55 later and some wipes and we were off again,.
So a big thank you to Drysdale M/C of Perth.
Now my question is has anyone had this problem with the oil cap loosening off.
The bike is a 2004 SV650s and the cap, last time i checked was tight.
Or am i right in saying that it was loosened off by someone.
The Girlfriend has an SV as well and has had the same problem but the first time it happened we found out that one of our mates loosened it as a joke (a non-biker) and may have forgot to tighten it up.
Any ideas.
Cheers in advance..
Stu
09-09-06, 10:01 PM
great mate :shock:
Anonymous
09-09-06, 11:08 PM
mine has never come loose in the 5.5 years i have had it.

think someone has been playing silly games. slap them
Razor
09-09-06, 11:12 PM
You can get anti-tamper caps that can only be opened with an allen key.
buell
09-09-06, 11:40 PM
Yes great mate soon to be walking on crutches,
cheers nutty tart thats what i wanted to hear,
Razor do you have a link for the anti tamper oil caps.
cheers peeps.
Blue Flame
10-09-06, 12:38 AM
mine has never come loose in the 5.5 years i have had it.


And what about the oil cap..... :wink: !!


This happened to me once as well. Didn't come right off but wasn't far off. Probably kids. :roll:
northwind
10-09-06, 02:28 AM
I remember it happened to one of the London guys too... Bizarre thing to do.
Razor
10-09-06, 09:13 AM
Razor do you have a link for the anti tamper oil caps.


No, seen them in one of the spares catologues, can't remember if it was M&P, MPS or Busters. Then again might have been Hein Gericke...
SVeeedy Gonzales
11-09-06, 09:34 AM
Someone nicked mine while it was parked at work earlier this year. Git.

Does your cap have an o-ring in it? If the o-ring is missing it will seal less well and may come loose during riding. If the o-ring is still in there there's no way it would come loose unless someone was messing with it
buell
11-09-06, 06:45 PM
Someone nicked mine while it was parked at work earlier this year. Git.

Does your cap have an o-ring in it? If the o-ring is missing it will seal less well and may come loose during riding. If the o-ring is still in there there's no way it would come loose unless someone was messing with it


Bought the bike last September and it has only been off once for an oil change/service at the start of the season (april for me )and the ring was in and the cap was tightened.
cheers