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Keyless Gas Cap With Hinge?

10 posts Started 11 Jun 2014 Last recovered post 11 Jun 2014 Wayback Machine snapshot 18 Oct 2014

#1

I've been thinking about getting a keyless gas cap, but the ones that I am finding are not hinged. I don't like the fact that you have to hold on to the gas cap. You run the risk of dropping it while fueling up. Anybody know of one?


#2

nope.  there are none.


#3

Dammit. Oh well. It's not that big of a deal I guess. Stick with the keyed one.


#4

you can always drill a hole in the cap parts  and attach them with a cable.

i have seen that done before  :fing02:


#5

I used to have a bike with a keyless gas cap, but I can't remember what it was. You had to push down on the cap and push a button off to the side a little, which unfastened the cap. Seems like it might have been a 1971 Honda 350, but just kind of guessing.

Just set the cap on the pump, on the ground, not a big deal. That's the way almost all used to be.


#6

When I bought my keyless gas cap I envisioned dropping it and watching the thing roll across the parking lot and down into a storm drain.  Fortunately, after six hundred thousand million fill-ups later I have yet to drop it.  It fits nicely into the map pocket of my tankbag. 

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#7

That looks cool, but why do you have that rather than the lockable?


#8

That looks cool, but why do you have that rather than the lockable?

Honestly, I wanted an all black gas cap and was too lazy to tear the stock one apart to paint it.  Plus a lot less wear and tear on the key. 


#9

That looks cool, but why do you have that rather than the lockable?

For me it would be strictly convenience. Plus I don't like my keyring hanging down enough to scratch the tank.


#10

Okay Dutch, that works.

MarriedMan, keyring? I've never, ever, ever used a keyring on a bike. Ever, Never, ever.


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