NIIIIIICE....that is why one of the winter storage ideas for a bike is to put a plug in the mufler outlet(s) to prevent things like that!

I bet that lil sucker tasted good with some Tabasco!

 

But what did it sound like? I'm thinking about getting my pipes Mouse'd. ;D

 

hmmm - i've been trying to figure out what to do with some of my daughter's pets.....wonder if they would like a new home???


KIDDING PEOPLE - JUST KIDDING>

 

nice that's better than the mouse that did the same in my dads truck... we only got desicated dog food shooting out of the A/C vents

 

So ahhhh

How long was your bike sitting in the shop for a mouse to set up a condo? ???

 

I can dig the mouse getting in at DucPond but where'd he/she get the dog food? Did you go back and tell Donnie "I smell a rat!" "It's not a rat. it's a mouse. Special this month!"

 

It might have been the food they feed the iguana Julie keeps there.

 

Then I guess it's good that the iguana didn't get out and crawl up there. ;D

 

Two things come to mind:
1) you change your screen name to Mousketeer

2) modified joke:
"Waiter, there's a mouse in my exhaust!"
"Sshhh! The other patrons will want one."

 

Reminds me of a time that a mouse made its home inside my parents' riding lawnmower when I was a kid. I looked outside to find my father standing stupified next to the lawnmower set entirely ablaze in the engine area and little bald screaming mouse babies falling out. There was enough grass and other dry nesting material to start a small bonfire. Family value pack?

 

lawnmower set entirely ablaze in the engine area and little bald screaming mouse babies falling out.

Can't imagine how that didn't scar you....

 

I can relate, sort of. My '65 Ferrari came with a mouse nest in the heating/AC duct work when I bought it. At the same time, the driver's seat upholstery padding seemed a bit thin.

Fortunately, all of this was discovered during the initial tear-down. Well, maybe not so fortunately, as that was the beginnning of a four-year, $60,000 process to turn a car I bought for $25,000 into a car I eventually sold for $50,000. Ugh. Helluva car, though. Built like a tank, handled like a truck (or a mid-60s Camaro), stopped on a dime, and the song of that V12 engine.... Perhaps that's why all the discussion of which Monster exhaust is "best" doesn't move me much.

Exact sister-ship below. Stats as follows:

Engine Configuration: 60-deg. V12, chain-driven SOHC
Bore (mm): 77
Stroke (mm): 71
Displacement(cc): 3,967
Compression ratio: ~10:1
Maximum power (HP) : 300
At speed of rotation (rpm): 6,600
Gearbox: 5-speed
Top speed: ~145 mph
0-60: ~7.5 sec.

Okay, so this post is all off-topic and a blatant attempt to gain attention. Live with it.

 

Can't imagine how that didn't scar you....

"The Silence of the Mice".... ;D

 

"The Silence of the Mice".... ;D

[laugh] [laugh]

"Make the mice stop screaming..."

I had a friend who put a TLR up over the winter in a local storage unit. He retrieved it at the start of the next season and noticed it wouldn't start. So being the ******* he is, he dumped a **** load of ether into it and tried again. The ensuing backfire/fireball launched a fat and once-happy mouse from the tailpipe, right out the door of the storage unit where it scurried off in a daze.

I told him he should have turned that into a Circus Act and called it "Mr. Jangles and the Flaming Pipe of Death."

[laugh]

 

[laugh] [laugh]

"Make the mice stop screaming..."

I had a friend who put a TLR up over the winter in a local storage unit. He retrieved it at the start of the next season and noticed it wouldn't start. So being the ******* he is, he dumped a **** load of ether into it and tried again. The ensuing backfire/fireball launched a fat and once-happy mouse from the tailpipe, right out the door of the storage unit where it scurried off in a daze.

I told him he should have turned that into a Circus Act and called it "Mr. Jangles and the Flaming Pipe of Death."

[laugh]

I remember reading tale once similar to this with an ST where the guy ended up with 2 splatters on the rear garage wall from said launching!

 

I had a Sportster with open drag pipes that was home to a mouse nest. Started it up and the bike sounded terrible so I revved it hard and out comes a mouse and it's nest. After that I always taped the exhaust shut if I was going to store it for more than a week.

 

I had a Norton Commando that was pulled out of storage - storage being a chicken coop. Every so often I'd find some seed and feathers.

 

I found mouse poop on my seat a few mornings ago.....Its go time!

 

Then I guess it's good that the iguana didn't get out and crawl up there. ;D

it would have likely been a missing monster and a fatter iguana......that thing is HUGE

 

I figured I'd recount my latest Duc oddity for you all since Bill seemed to enjoy it so much...

I picked up my bike on Saturday from Donnie after having my 6k service done and made it almost to the highway when I noticed it smelled like someone was having a barbecue on my passenger seat. I pulled over and killed the engine, but my bike continued to billow piping hot smoke out of the exhaust. Fortunately I made it back to Donnie's before they closed up, but they were completely stumped. The smoke didn't smell or look like anything you would expect to come from a motorcycle. Donnie and Jason took the exhaust apart and found that a mouse had made a nest in my cat, and filled it with dog food. So they emptied it out and lunch was served!

[laugh] [clap] The very same thing happened to me last year. I found out when I turned on the bike and dog food wet flying all over the floor. This also happened to a friends HD [clap] [laugh]

 

These sound like good reasons to get a midpipe!

 

Helluva car, though. Built like a tank, handled like a truck (or a mid-60s Camaro), stopped on a dime, and the song of that V12 engine.... Perhaps that's why all the discussion of which Monster exhaust is "best" doesn't move me much.

Wasnt '67 the first year for the Camaro? [cheeky]

 

Wasnt '67 the first year for the Camaro? [cheeky]

That is mid.... <wants to stay in 'mid' thirties a little longer>

That's a beautifull car.

I'm going to try to mouse proof the shed now for the bikes.

 

I always considered "mid" to be 64,65,66... <Im in the exact same midthirties boat.....even though Im 37 and in my LATE thirties!!! Early late thirties.

I saw the friggin mouse that shat upon me boike this evening..... Sticky trap or traditional on/off trap, decisions decisions...