07-11-2022, 07:38 AM
Most tampering happens without a plan. So what can happen to a bike without a secured oil-filler cap ?
- the cap is stolen, not a disaster so, just plug the hole and ride home
- the cap is opened and sth filled in - but what ? water, tooth paste, gas ? If that happens you're either very unlucky, or it's done by the neighbor who you know and who hates you ...
Anyway, an tamper-proof cap would have to have more than a torx head, torx is too common these days.
I saw a 'mom' let her 5-year old bang his toys on the wings of an airplane parked during an airshow - imagine the fury of that owner (a flap bent and you can't fly home no more).
- the cap is stolen, not a disaster so, just plug the hole and ride home
- the cap is opened and sth filled in - but what ? water, tooth paste, gas ? If that happens you're either very unlucky, or it's done by the neighbor who you know and who hates you ...
Anyway, an tamper-proof cap would have to have more than a torx head, torx is too common these days.
(07-11-2022, 06:12 AM)PowerDubs_imp Wrote: When I was in the Army- I got a knock on my door one day- and a guy told me he just saw somebody sitting on my bike and it fell over and they left... oil cap wouldn't fix that either.
I've actually seen a 'mom' put a small kid on someone's bike in a parking lot as if it was a ride / toy. I was livid inside.
I saw a 'mom' let her 5-year old bang his toys on the wings of an airplane parked during an airshow - imagine the fury of that owner (a flap bent and you can't fly home no more).