Found my missing socket
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: NYC
I trailered a used harley from Ga to NYC. when I arrived, I found a small collection of tools , nuts, bolts on the floor of the trailer. it's amazing how much stuff the bike can hide in the cracks and crevases.
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Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Just Outside Chicago
Tourer
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Finland
Such a relief reading all this. My week spot is the battery terminal bolts. I have handful of them IN the bike frame somewhere. Once I was looking for my glasses (can't live without them). Found them in our freezer because ice-cream was on the table and I thought I already put it to the freezer...
They still let me ride...
They still let me ride...
Cruiser
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: West Virginia
One of the first jobs out of high school I had was installing stereos and cb's at the local radio shack. I had a customer come in once to have their tape deck that I had put in replaced a few years later when CD's were catching on. Upon pulling out the old stereo, I found my best crimpers and a screwdriver that I had left in there four years earlier.. lol
Intermediate
Joined: Dec 2010
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From: Monterey, CA
Never found anything stuck in the bike but I have found random tools in engine/hydraulic compartments of the helicopter before going flying. That doesn't always leave you with the best feeling.
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From: Tonopah Az
I spent 15 years as a brake and front end mech and it would always amaze me how you could use a wrench set it down and it would crawl off and hide somewhere just to mess with you, and usually it would crawl into my back pocket. It also amazes me how those little nuts and bolts that you drop working on your bike can fall and never touch the ground so you replace it only to find it on the floor days later. It's the Gremlins.
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From: Tonopah Az
Talk about forgetful, I bought a used pick up in the 90's and found a nice Smith & Wesson .357 magnum stubby revolver taped to the back side of the air filter box in a zip lock freezer bag. On the other side of the engine compartment was a pellet gun stored the same way.
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