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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: mhershon on August 23, 2019, 04:58:32 PM
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A couple of months ago I ordered a black, keyring-style oil filler cap wrench from an outfit in Australia, Blackbantam Designs. I told them I wanted a black one because my V7 Special, a 2014, is black and silver. As it happened, they were out of black ones or black material, so it took a while for my tool to arrive, but there was certainly no urgency. During that time I heard from my contact at Blackbantam, Finbar McCarthy, know as Fin. He apologized for the long wait and I told him it was cool.
When my tool arrived, I found that it would not fit over the flanges of the filler cap. I filed and sanded and made it work. Took maybe half an hour. I wrote Fin and told him that I'd done that and succeeded in making the tool fit. I figured he'd check future tools to make sure they weren't too tight, as mine had been.
Just today I opened our mailbox and found a small envelope with a stamp worth $3 Australian, a picture of the Queen. Inside was a second keyring/tool and a short note from Fin McCarthy:
"Let's try this one! Really appreciate your patience. Fin."
If you have just bought a Guzzi, your new bike has an oil filler cap and you'd like to have a tightening/loosening tool on your keyring, remember Blackbantam Designs. Fin will meet you more than halfway.
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Welcome to the forum mate..
That is a beaut story, there should be more like it. Just a suggestion for future reference if you’re interested, careful how you use “black”, “tool” and a “long while to...arrive”, in the same post.
That eighth line tempted me mightily also..
There are a lot of sick minds out here... :thumb:
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Cool story, there! Thanks for posting - good to hear some GOOD news now and then.
Don't mind Huzo - he tends to be a little wacko. :wink:
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Cool story, there! Thanks for posting - good to hear some GOOD news now and then.
Don't mind Huzo - he tends to be a little wacko. :wink:
Yea but he’s still our buddy:)
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Cool story, there! Thanks for posting - good to hear some GOOD news now and then.
Don't mind Huzo - he tends to be a little wacko. :wink:
A LITTLE......?!!!
Why, you misjudge me Sir...!
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I have a keyring spanner as well. Can't remember if it's that brand. Probably ok if you have nothing else but hard to get any real purchase on the cap and you burn the crap out of your fingers if the bike is hot. I just stick to multigrips.