OK....I have had Harleys before and never had this type of trouble. I can't get the gas cap off.... What is the trick if there is one to getting the gas cap off a Heritage. I can screw it closed and it clicks however when I unscrew it to where it stops, it does not come off, and I am pulling up pretty hard. Is this a test, if so I _____'ing failed.....
Help....
Phil

 

Never Mind.....I figured it out....What a idiot I am sometimes!


Excuse me please while I go bang my empty head against the wall in the corner. I hope the pointy hat doesn't fall off that shows my intelligence, or lack there of....


Geeze.....

 

so, what was the problem

 

LOL....we've all been there Phil.....well...maybe not with the gas cap issue....but something similar of sorts I'm sure....

 

Ya' just gotta be smarter than the motorsickle!

 

My wife was fussing at me yesterday that we took the wrong exit while i was pulling into the larking lot of our destinaton. It happens, only not to me. Haha

 

Thanks guys! Well, lets see...I have had a lot of motorcycles, mostly Yamahas and Harleys. However it had been a while for me with a Harley. Yet I had never had a gas cap issue with any of them....even the 2010 FXSTC Softail custom I had. (And I think that had the same type of gas cap!)


Anyway, when I turned the gas cap to open it about 3/4 or more of a turn from tight, it would stop. At that point, I tried to pull it up and it would not come up. So, I went back out and tried to pull it up again and it was still stuck there. So I tried to turn it more with more force and bingo...it unscrewed all the way and came right off like it was suppose to. It actually is a bit tighter that I thought it should be to unthread and the point between where it clicks to show it is tight and where it loosens easily until it actually starts unthreading is a lot more than I realized. So, live and learn.


Gosh, I bet I have had over 25+ different motorcycles so far (am 61 now) and have never had a gas cap stump me! It's funny now, but I guess the 2012 Heritage gas cap is a slight bit tighter and a different design maybe. Anyway, all is good most of the embarrassment has subsided for now anyway...
LOL!!!


Have a good weekend everyone


Phil

 

Of course now the question is ..... where to put it while filling the tank with gas?

 

Sit it on top of the gas pump or put in in my jacket or vest pocket.


Did I get the right answer and win the prize???





Phil

 

Yes.