locking gas cap removalwithout key?

[usmc_scott]

hello everyone! many thanks for all the help i have gotten on this forum saved me hudreds of $$$ i finally tossed the octy got the fule filters spliced in turned the gas on and got her running i was like HOLY **** she sounded so sweet and perfect no sputters backfires cold pipes or anything.....then my night was ruined...i ran out of gas so i went off to get some and...wtf? damn! its a locking cap! i didnt notice it and i have no keys so would someone be so awsome as to explain to me how i can remove the sucker without the key? im buying a new ign and cap in a few weeks but i wanna road test now =(

thanks!
-scott

[CatatonicBug]

Is it a standard or a special? The specials can be opened rather easily. Not sure about the standards...

[usmc_scott]

oops srry its a 79 special

[bikerphil]

Info here...

http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread...pening+gas+cap

[usmc_scott]

thanks alot! got it open by pushing the capdown abit and wedging a steak knife between the latch and the latch rod! in goes the fuel! sadly i have to wait till tomorrow to try and get it running and go thru the gears with the wheel off the groud good night xsers

[fredintoon]

hello everyone! many thanks for all the help i have gotten on this forum saved me hudreds of $$$ i finally tossed the octy got the fule filters spliced in turned the gas on and got her running i was like HOLY **** she sounded so sweet and perfect no sputters backfires cold pipes or anything.....then my night was ruined...i ran out of gas so i went off to get some and...wtf? damn! its a locking cap! i didnt notice it and i have no keys so would someone be so awsome as to explain to me how i can remove the sucker without the key? im buying a new ign and cap in a few weeks but i wanna road test now =(

thanks!
-scott

Hi Scott,
if you have no keys you must have hotwired the bike to get it running?
If your existing ign and gas cap are OK apart from the keys being missing, there should be a 4-digit number on the lock that will allow a proper locksmith to cut you new keys at far less cost than buying a new ign and cap.

[CatatonicBug]

Hi Scott,
if you have no keys you must have hotwired the bike to get it running?
If your existing ign and gas cap are OK apart from the keys being missing, there should be a 4-digit number on the lock that will allow a proper locksmith to cut you new keys at far less cost than buying a new ign and cap.

I agree! Then you don't have to deal with the other 4 locks on the bike that all use the same key (left side cover, gas cap, chain lock, helmet lock).

[BigDick]

slight hijack. . .

I agree! Then you don't have to deal with the other 4 locks on the bike that all use the same key (left side cover, gas cap, chain lock, helmet lock).

Where's the chain lock? Never noticed it on my bike.

[CatatonicBug]

Where's the chain lock? Never noticed it on my bike.

Right side, just above the right driver's footpeg. There is a plastic container that the chain is stored in, and a post that is mounted to the frame. The lock snaps over that post. When you remove the chain, the other end of the chain has that same post on it, and you can lock the 2 ends of the chain together.

It is about as secure as the lightest bicycle lock, so not really worth much, but it works to deter honest thieves.

[DGXSER]

The chain lock was an option. Not alot of the bikes had it from what I have seen, or alot of folks lost the lock and removed the holder. My bike has the holder, but no lock. I have never seen an XS or XJ with the lock yet.

[BigDick]

The chain lock was an option. Not alot of the bikes had it from what I have seen, or alot of folks lost the lock and removed the holder. My bike has the holder, but no lock. I have never seen an XS or XJ with the lock yet.

That explains why my bike doesn't have one. Thanks!

[yamtom]

chain lock here

Hi,

I do have that lock, my neighbor saw it and neither one of us knew WTF it was, now I know and will investigate further. Thanks again, Channel 11 !!!

[DGXSER]

Pictures please!!! I would love to see one not from a brochure actually in place on the bike and removed to see the entire thing!! Kind of a just to see it kind of thing.

[fredintoon]

Hi,

I do have that lock, my neighbor saw it and neither one of us knew WTF it was, now I know and will investigate further. Thanks again, Channel 11 !!!

Hi Tom,
my XS650 Heritage Special came with one of those.
Betcha thought it was a dog leash, eh? Though not for anything bigger than a spaniel.