inkjunkie
Well-Known Member
Couple of weeks ago I went out for a bike ride & left my wallet home. Was able to limp home without running out of fuel, good thing as the wife was not home and it would have been a long walk....I took some money, stuffed it into a small container and put it under the seat, where the battery resides. Never gave anything, like the fact that the + battery cable did not have a boot on the cable end. Had an errand or two to run, what I needed to pick up would easily fit in my back pack so I took the bike. Cruising down the road and it died...WTF, here we go again....but this time the speedo went out and the blinkers were dead. Coasted to a stop in a parking lot, as I was putting the kickstand down could not help but notice the smoke...Sure enough, the container holding my "safety" money had managed to wiggle down behind the battery......forcing the + terminal into the oil tank, cooking the new battery......Will post pictures when I get it off the trailer......of course my 100 pound ramp was not on the trailer, so Ernie had to fight with it to get it on....and she has no idea how ratchet straps worked.....but she manged to get the ramp on the trailer, tie it down and round up the rest of the bike towing junk and came to town to pick my *** up....and just to add insult that heavy *** ramp and my hand had a bit of a misunderstanding.....the ends of two of my fingers are numb....
ops: If it makes ya feel any better I lost my keys last Sunday for about 2 hours, they were sitting on the hood of my Ramcharger.
