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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 07:26 PM
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was going to go for a ride today stopped at a couple of lights the bike died like usual
restarted continued on stopped souple of miles later at another light and see smoke look down smoke on my pipes. wth look for oil leak then I see my filler cap is gone.. a couple of times before my bike has kinda sneezed when it is cold and the cap has jumped up and hit me in the leg I went ot harley and tried to get anew o ring for it ( harley acc. heat guage type) they said no replacement anybody had similar thing happen?? oh I got a little energy drink and the bottle fit the hole so I still got to ride but now have to clean up bike and wash levis (oil on back of leg...
 
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 08:54 PM
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I had a buddy who had that happening to him on his Buell...he said he had too much oil in it.
 
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