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mscuddy · 12-10-2010, 04:44 PM

I was in the post office on the Honda chair, returning some Frog Legs front suspension for wheel chairs that didn't fit. The Frog Legs people are great, and said they'd modify them for free, and ship 'em back free too. So anway, I'm in this endless line when some bearded wog holding a replica WWI german helmet standing behind me says "your chair's is leaking oil"...at which point I replied "It thinks it's a Triumph..."

Little did I know he was riding a rat sixty something Bonneville with 12 over forks, and struts on the back. Underneath it was a pool of 60 weight about the size of a dinner plate.

As I rode by I saw him putting on his spiked Kaiser replica made of shiny plastic, and pionted to the every increasing pool of oil forming under his rat turnip. He then flipped me the bird. High praise in my book when you get the finger from idiots.

Sometimes the Gods smile on me, sometimes they don't. Made my day though....

acecycleins · 12-10-2010, 04:54 PM

Matt,
That, by far, is the funniest thing I have read this week. The visual is great, but I'd love to have seen pics of this.

pushrod · 12-10-2010, 06:33 PM

Your chair was made in England?

You know, that's why the Brits have never been a success in the computer industry. They couldn't figure out how to make a computer leak oil.

I'm afraid to ask about the chairs electrics...

Morbo the Destroyer · 12-11-2010, 08:39 AM

Great story Matt. You'd think he'd have been proud of his "heritage!"

After over 15 years of dealing with minor to really annoying oil leaks on my 77 Low Rider, I finally got my "modern Japanese motorcycle." The dealer over-tightened the chain when they prepped it, and the sprocket seal started leaking within a week of getting the bike.

pplassm · 12-13-2010, 04:58 AM

Great story Matt!

sarnali2 · 12-13-2010, 09:09 AM

Boy some people have no sense of humor......
The little plastic spiky lid should have been a clue...

mscuddy · 12-13-2010, 10:22 AM

Did you know that at one time EVERY army on Earth used the "picklegrubber" helmet with the spike on it? Even the good old USA used it in the 1880's. Not made from plastic however...

sarnali2 · 12-13-2010, 11:35 AM

Well it's a good idea in close combat, you can whack some poor SOB upside the head and clean his ears out

12-10-2010, 04:44 PM	#1
mscuddy MODERATOR X Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Next to my still checkin the temp. Posts: 5,444	Funny Triumph-oil leak story I was in the post office on the Honda chair, returning some Frog Legs front suspension for wheel chairs that didn't fit. The Frog Legs people are great, and said they'd modify them for free, and ship 'em back free too. So anway, I'm in this endless line when some bearded wog holding a replica WWI german helmet standing behind me says "your chair's is leaking oil"...at which point I replied "It thinks it's a Triumph..." Little did I know he was riding a rat sixty something Bonneville with 12 over forks, and struts on the back. Underneath it was a pool of 60 weight about the size of a dinner plate. As I rode by I saw him putting on his spiked Kaiser replica made of shiny plastic, and pionted to the every increasing pool of oil forming under his rat turnip. He then flipped me the bird. High praise in my book when you get the finger from idiots. Sometimes the Gods smile on me, sometimes they don't. Made my day though.... __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.

12-10-2010, 04:54 PM	#2
acecycleins Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Georgia Posts: 4,125	Matt, That, by far, is the funniest thing I have read this week. The visual is great, but I'd love to have seen pics of this. __________________ "Slack" - a state of being in which everything flows smoothly.....a frame of mind so at ease that the universe naturally cooperates.

12-10-2010, 06:33 PM	#3
pushrod Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Baja 'Bama Posts: 3,478	Your chair was made in England? You know, that's why the Brits have never been a success in the computer industry. They couldn't figure out how to make a computer leak oil. I'm afraid to ask about the chairs electrics... __________________ You would not understand, this is not how I am... I have become - Comfortably Numb.

12-11-2010, 08:39 AM	#4
Morbo the Destroyer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,309	Great story Matt. You'd think he'd have been proud of his "heritage!" After over 15 years of dealing with minor to really annoying oil leaks on my 77 Low Rider, I finally got my "modern Japanese motorcycle." The dealer over-tightened the chain when they prepped it, and the sprocket seal started leaking within a week of getting the bike. __________________ Fun Facts to Know and Tell! Thomas Jefferson wrote that the 1st Amendment erected a "wall of separation" between the church and the state (James Madison said it "drew a line," but it is Jefferson's term that sticks with us today). The phrase is commonly thought to mean that the government should not establish, support, or otherwise involve itself in any religion. Its.......A FACT!

12-13-2010, 04:58 AM	#5
pplassm Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,875	Great story Matt! __________________ Mongo just pawn in game of life.

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12-13-2010, 09:09 AM	#6
sarnali2 Aging Cafe` Racer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sittin' down by my window, lookin' at the rain. Posts: 8,132	Boy some people have no sense of humor...... The little plastic spiky lid should have been a clue... __________________ "Carpe` Throttelum -Loud Suits Save Lives" "All the BMW riders in the room, I want you to leave. Now. Out. "

12-13-2010, 10:22 AM	#7
mscuddy MODERATOR X Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Next to my still checkin the temp. Posts: 5,444	Did you know that at one time EVERY army on Earth used the "picklegrubber" helmet with the spike on it? Even the good old USA used it in the 1880's. Not made from plastic however... __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.

12-13-2010, 11:35 AM	#8
sarnali2 Aging Cafe` Racer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sittin' down by my window, lookin' at the rain. Posts: 8,132	Well it's a good idea in close combat, you can whack some poor SOB upside the head and clean his ears out __________________ "Carpe` Throttelum -Loud Suits Save Lives" "All the BMW riders in the room, I want you to leave. Now. Out. "