I'm feeling a bout of the vapors coming on..
So my cover is starting to act weird. Harder to open and close. So the fix on this thread is to take off, disassemble, clean and lube the internals??? Any tips? Straight forward job? Thanks for any experience input.
I did what was done in that pictorial with the exception of using a Scotch Brite instead of the flat file.
Just to be clear, that pictorial (assuming you're referring Fred Harmon's, the one I linked to.) is not about cleaning the gas cap, it's about modifying the latch mechanism so that you can close and lock the cap without the key in place. To do the shown modification with only Scotchbrite would take....?.... years?.
I replaced mine with a non locking cap. It seems to be working just fine for me.
That! I want to do just that and get rid of the need for a key. Where can I get one?
I may go that route in time, but that depends on how long the lube I just did lasts.
I have no idea how well this works. Or doesn't. YMMV.
https://www.amazon.com/Kawasaki-Release-Keyless-Billet-Petrol/dp/B0093CC9SW
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I remember breaking my key off in the lock with the '03 Honda 919 I had. Don't want to repeat that performance....
Wow, that sounds like a KiPass failure on a bike that does not even have KiPass....
:-)
Brian
KiPass may be evil, but the ethanol lobby is eviler.