Hi everyone. I've been a member since I got my bike in April, and haven't posted yet, but I couldn't pass this up...

Came home today from a day out with friends to find this note on my bike. THEN was told by my roommate that Animal Control was here earlier holding pieces of salami under my bike cover trying to coax "it" out... My "meowing" gas cap!!! :D

I couldn't stop laughing and HAD to share this with you all. Ride Safe :thumbup:

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-7bD3pjS/0/XL/i-7bD3pjS-XL.jpg

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it's in the exhaust manifold

+1 for the best thread ever. My faith in humanity has been restored:p

Brian - this is great! Welcome, and thanks for posting!

Haha! That is great! :D

woah... now that's just really blond! hilarious, however at the same time a little disturbing x) like come on...

although i'm sure the people at animal control have seen all sorts of things in their line of work, and a kitten stuck in some bike is just another common everyday thing. funny they couldn't tell the difference between a whistling noise and a kitten, rofl ^.^

that just make my cloudy gloomy day start with a smile :)

Ha ha, that's great! they must be real animal lovers to know the difference between a meow and a whistle.

My housemate sits out the front near my bike every the morn for his coffee, when it gets hot the bike starts to talk to him.

Going to have to show him this thread. ha ha

lol I can proudly say I have never mistaken my bike for my cat though..

I'm in tears laughing, thanks for sharing lol

I am wondering why they bothered to make themselves look like fools, logically there wouldn't be anywhere you could put a cat or kitten in this bike and not see it. It makes you wonder if you could see if you could hide a cat in it someone and call someone over.....

"I have hidden a cat in here somewhere 100 bucks if you can find it"

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So um.... didja find the cat??


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Welcome to the boards!

OMG that was good, that would have made a great youtube video of them walking around your bike with a salami, going, "kitty kitty kitty", esp if your bike "meowed" at them.

Welcome to the group.

nb

i have come back to this thread like 5 times to laugh, good stuff xD

I had to take notice to the whistle today. I don't get how anyone can say it sounds like a cat. I wouldn't mind knowing did the Animal Control take it on face value from whoever rang them that they heard a cat coming from the bike or did they hear it too and also decide that they too could hear a cat somewhere stuck in the bike.

It would be cool if you could find the person who left you the note and say to them.

"Thanks for that I finally found it, it some how had crawled into the fuel tank last time I filled it"

That's hilarious! I can't help but laugh every time I read that note. :) I think the title for the gas cap drilling thread should be changed to the DIY - Kitten removal mod...

wow. just wow.

Love it - if your not chuckling after reading this one well . . . thank you.

And welcome to the Forum - great way to start Brian.

hahahahahahaha

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It would have been even better if you stumbled upon them all around your bike feeding it salami.

Hey man, just because the gas cap whistles doesn't mean there ISN'T a cat in your bike!

Kind of like, just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get me.

Nonetheless, absolutely hilarious!

That's great!

Near where I park my bike at work there were a pair of nesting geese and someone told me they used to peck at the wheels of my bike.. not anyone else, just mine.. wonder if that was after it had made the whistling noise... hmmm.. maybe they thought it was a cat....

My Ninja doesn't meow, or whistle. It GROWLS on command of a flick of the right hand. I guess it has a tiger in the tank.

That's hilarious! I can just see someone trying to coax out the cat ... "Here kitty kitty" :rotflmao:

PS : :welcome: aboard Brian!

LMAO!

Love the sign.

That's hilarious. +1 to the people wondering how Animal Control mistook it for a cat; I just don't see it. Thanks for sharing Brian, that brightened my day a lot

Oh man, are you gonna let them make fun of your bike like that? :rotflmao:

woah... now that's just really blond! hilarious, however at the same time a little disturbing x) like come on...

although i'm sure the people at animal control have seen all sorts of things in their line of work, and a kitten stuck in some bike is just another common everyday thing. funny they couldn't tell the difference between a whistling noise and a kitten, rofl ^.^

that just make my cloudy gloomy day start with a smile :)

They don't all sound like a whistle. Some don't make any sound and some, like mine, let out a long "moan." Sounds like a long sustained "Mew" sound instead of a "Meow" sound.

lol would've been funny if u got there when they were doing it and u just go along with the whole thing..

It would have been even better if you stumbled upon them all around your bike feeding it salami.

Get away from my bike with that meat.

It's a vegetarian.:D

They don't all sound like a whistle. Some don't make any sound and some, like mine, let out a long "moan." Sounds like a long sustained "Mew" sound instead of a "Meow" sound.

Mine sound exactly like a stuck cat. I have heard the exact sound from one of my cats before when it got stuck on a roof, stuck around my porch, and one time came home with a broken leg. First time I heard it on my bike this past spring. I had my bike parked next to the workshop and the kids and I went looking for a stuck cat all around the workshop. Took a good 10 mins. to figure out it was coming from my gas cap.

LMAO, this is a great thread! This is my first bike, and it too Mews. I've seen the youtube videos of the whistle, or the beeping, but mine mews. Only I heard it at a stop sign before getting home, otherwise I would have thought it was my cat as well!

I searched all over the place looking for where the sound was coming from before I decided that it might be something from expanding/shrinking fuel or water and just googled it. :) I searched and turned things on and off for a good 5 minutes! Looking back on it, it's hilarious!

Now if only I can teach my cat to ditch his nagging meow, for my bikes warms cozy mew. :D

Welcome Chris!

Yes YEs YES!!!

Hahhahaa just found this thread while searching- my wife asked me yesterday if a cat got into our garage!

dude that is ridiculous haha made my day.

This is the best thread ever! Becuase, even after 2 years that it has been posted, it is still making people laugh!

Edit: 1.5 years, not 2 years old lulz

That is awesome, I agree with above... good youtube video project! LOL

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This thread is way to funny to let it go

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:rotflmao:!!!! hahah good find!

I couldn't stop laughing, thanks for bring this back!!!

BTW where are the videos?

Mine does sound like a stranded cat...lol

Ok. I just have to say, I can only hope this happens to me someday. Here's to our moaning ninjas!

bwhahaha

Thanks Alex for digging up this old thread because now I'll feel like my time here has been well spent just for the chance to come across this gem:thumbup:

:)

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I needed a good laugh this morning!!! :thumbup:

Best thread ever!

I can't believe i missed this thread back in the day. Thanks for bringing it back. Was a good chuckle :thumbup:

Yeah, I can't believe I just found this now, too! LOL!

Our 250s would occasionally make that noise. I'm not sure whether one of our 300s did the other day??

Has anyone else with a 300 found it talking to them?

haha. I could see this happening. I wonder how long they stayed with the stranded kitten??

Haha... Here kitty kitty want some salami

Epic. This would have been so much better with pictures!

Let me tell you, at first, I thought there may be a puppy trapped inside from the previous owner.

Our 300s make noises too, as well as our old 250s. Must be a special feature!

I remember my 250 doing that all the time. Too funny.

My 300 hasn't done it once though.

And :thumbup: on the :bump: for this! :rotflmao:

:bump: for the new guys to get a laugh. :D

That is so funny. Thanks for the laugh.

my 300 does it and so does my hubby zx14.

I haven't heard the 300 do that but my 250 did it all the time.