I got home Thursday night with oil all down my right leg, boot and back half of the bike. The oil filler cap had gone :-(.
A ring and drive around the local dealers resulted in none in stock. I popped into a local mechanic that I have used a few times in the past for mot and tyres and once for some work, bit I am by no means a regular, just on the off chance he had one on the shelf.
Although he did not have one spare, he took the filler cap from his own bike and gave me that to keep me going until he can get a new one on Wednesday - he knows I use the bike to get to work and he is away with the family until Wednesday so not using the bike.
Last time he did work, he had a 3 week wait until he found I was going touring in 1 week, so he snuck me in so the bike was good to go.
Bloody nice bloke, good mechanic and reasonable rates too. If anyone is looking for a mechanic, tyres or MOT near Uckfield, East Sussex, I can highly recommend Terry Everest at Everest Motorcycles.
Hope 'advertising' is ok, but it is rare to find people like this.
