Re: [ST] Red ST's are just the best!

["Denis Liakos" <denoose@xxxxxxx>]

A good friend of mine was having starting problems with his virtually new 
SP3 this past spring, and, long story short, removing the gas tank revealed 
a very cozy mouse nest, complete with a half- pound of rabbit food.  New 
plugs and moving the rabbit food to a sealed container solved the problem...


Denis Liakos
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Mugleston" <john.mugleston@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 4:36 PM
Subject: [ST] Red ST's are just the best!


> Good evening gentle folk!
> I have resisted posting this as we have given rodents a hard time 
> recently,
> but.........
>
> My 99 model Red ST - 99 model Red, the best colour IMO (see, I'm getting
> the hang of this internet stuff, even if I can't spell color!) went in for
> the fuel connector recall a couple of weeks ago at Windy Corner in Barwell
> near good old Hinckley.  I had the 12,000 service done at the same time.
>
> I dropped the bike off on the wrong day as I had written it down on the
> calendar a week early.  As usual, WC were friendly and helpful and fitted
> me in on the same day as there was not much going on that day anyway.  I
> rang from work in the afternoon and the ST was ready, I didn't pick up on
> it at the time, but the mechanic sounded a little amused.  I turned up 
> late
> to pick up the bike in the evening, but they were still there waiting.
> Great.  However, when they chuckled as I approached I wondered what was
> going on.  A little uncharitable I thought - I cant help having no fashion
> sense, and a heavy dose of 'bikers head' comes to most of us given time.
> Quick check of my zip, but all was well there.....
>
> I was then asked where I kept the ST.  Did I live on a farm?  'No' I said,
> 'I keep it locked in the garage'.  Did I live near a river?  Now I have
> never dropped the ST in a river as far as I can remember, and I'm sure I
> would have known the next day from having wet boots.  (The last bike that
> went into a river was the AJS in 1974 on a dark Friday night when the
> headlight failed.  But I never told anyone about that, and it had started
> OK after I took the plugs out and it has dried off a bit).  'No, its
> several miles to the nearest river'.
>
> Did I have a dog they asked?  This sort of questioning seemed to be going 
> a
> bit far - all I wanted was to get back on the ST.  I cautiously said that
> yes, I do have a dog, a border terrier.  Where did I keep the dog food?
> Did I store it in the garage with the bike?  'Well yes, I used to a couple
> of years ago but not recently'....
>
> They then held up a bag of about 80 slightly darkened dog food pellets.
> They then showed me a picture on their digital camera of the ST with the
> tank off and air cleaner open.  INSIDE the chamber, under where the filter
> should be was the dog food.  The filter had a hole in it too.  The guy who
> runs the spares desk is Australian, and he said he had seen a similar 
> thing
> before at home when he worked on cars.  They suggested that a rat had got
> inside the garage and found the dog food.  It had taken the pellets up
> inside the air intake to the filter area and made a nest inside.  Several
> pellets had made it down to the throttle bodies, and no doubt some had 
> gone
> through the engine too.
>
> Now I'm not too clear on the anatomy of the air intake myself - does this
> seem believable to you guys?  The pellets certainly seemed to be the same
> type/size as we use for our dog, but the ST showed no ill effects.
>
> Anyway, the ST runs well (as indeed it did before), but I have made sure
> there are absolutely no gaps round the garage door!
>
> Keep the red side up.
>
> John
>
> ---
> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.770 / Virus Database: 517 - Release Date: 27/09/04
>
>
>
>     *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   * 
> *
>      The ST/RS Mailing list is sponsored by Jack Lilley Ltd.
>          http://www.TriumphNet.com/st/lilley for more info
>   http://www.TriumphNet.com/st for ST, RS and Mailing List info
>
> 



     *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
      The ST/RS Mailing list is sponsored by Jack Lilley Ltd.
          http://www.TriumphNet.com/st/lilley for more info
   http://www.TriumphNet.com/st for ST, RS and Mailing List info

=-=-=-= Next Message =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=