Comments on: Ride Log: Then the dipstick fell off http://www.nathanielsalzman.com/motorcycles/ride-log/ride-log-then-the-dipstick-fell-off/ Chicago area designer, writer, maker and petrol head Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:13:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nathaniel Salzman http://www.nathanielsalzman.com/motorcycles/ride-log/ride-log-then-the-dipstick-fell-off/comment-page-1/#comment-5389 Nathaniel Salzman Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:09:00 +0000 http://www.nathanielsalzman.com/?p=1239#comment-5389 Yeah, it's no fun. I've already caught the new one worming its way out again. I now carry a spare in the glove box. Such a nice bike, yet a critical little part like that is cheap plastic instead of brass like it ought to be. Then again, it wouldn't be a Vespa if something odd didn't go wrong on it once in a while. Glad you didn't wreck. Ooh, heated vest. That's a very good idea. Yeah, it’s no fun. I’ve already caught the new one worming its way out again. I now carry a spare in the glove box. Such a nice bike, yet a critical little part like that is cheap plastic instead of brass like it ought to be. Then again, it wouldn’t be a Vespa if something odd didn’t go wrong on it once in a while. Glad you didn’t wreck.

Ooh, heated vest. That’s a very good idea.

]]> By: Tom http://www.nathanielsalzman.com/motorcycles/ride-log/ride-log-then-the-dipstick-fell-off/comment-page-1/#comment-5388 Tom Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:56:46 +0000 http://www.nathanielsalzman.com/?p=1239#comment-5388 Had the same delightful experience this past Sunday. I was head to a ride of the St.Cloud Scoots down to Elk River. I had on the Stich, vest plugged in, nice and cozy...got about two blocks from the meeting place and almost wiped out in a lh turn. I stopped and the whole backend was splatter painted in oil. I had the same thought as you..."sure happy the scoot was water cooled." A friend picked up the remaining dipstick at Scooterville yesterday for me. I should be back on the road this evening. My new motto,"Watch you dipstick." Had the same delightful experience this past Sunday. I was head to a ride of the St.Cloud Scoots down to Elk River. I had on the Stich, vest plugged in, nice and cozy…got about two blocks from the meeting place and almost wiped out in a lh turn. I stopped and the whole backend was splatter painted in oil. I had the same thought as you…”sure happy the scoot was water cooled.” A friend picked up the remaining dipstick at Scooterville yesterday for me. I should be back on the road this evening. My new motto,”Watch you dipstick.”

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