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Message started by Gulfstream on 09/15/07 at 18:15:59

Title: Meow...???
Post by Gulfstream on 09/15/07 at 18:15:59

Don't laugh...this is serious! My wifes bike will make a "meowing" sound after being turned off, it will go on for a couple of days while sitting in the garage then tapers off. Happens about every 20-30 minutes. It sounds like it's coming from the tank but I'm not 100% sure. Has anyone else seen or heard of this? The first fews times I heard it I thought one of our cats were stuck somewhere in the garage. I finally figured it out while working on mine...thought I was losing my mind. Strange!

Title: Re: Meow...???
Post by T-Mack1 on 09/15/07 at 18:26:22

Would say it's loud or quite ?? Loud like a cat letting you know its not happy or quite like a cat just looking around but content......

Title: Re: Meow...???
Post by skatnbnc on 09/15/07 at 18:28:44

The only cat noise mine makes is purring. ;)

Are you certain it is the bike making the noise even after being completely cooled down and not run in a few days? That really IS odd....

Please describe meow noise more!

Title: Re: Meow...???
Post by rokrover on 09/15/07 at 18:43:27

Ours (2006 CA models) do the same. I always assumed it is the gas cap vent drawing in air to relieve the slight pressure drop caused by the fuel vapors cooling.

Title: Re: Meow...???
Post by Gulfstream on 09/15/07 at 18:49:41

rokrover wrote:

Ours (2006 CA models) do the same. I always assumed it is the gas cap vent drawing in air to relieve the slight pressure drop caused by the fuel vapors cooling.

That's what I'm figuring it is too. I'm glad to hear someone else has witnessed this too, thought I was losing it!

Title: Re: Meow...???
Post by Gulfstream on 09/15/07 at 18:52:15

skatnbnc wrote:

I'm VERY sure it's the bike making the noise, sounds just like a cat. As stated above I'm pretty sure it's the tank venting.

Title: Re: Meow...???
Post by Trippah on 09/15/07 at 19:25:39

Why not open the gas cap when your wife finishes her next ride and hear some meowwing..if it doesn't stop immediately, then look between the front tire and front fender for furry frriend. :D fffff

Title: Re: Meow...???
Post by verslagen1 on 09/15/07 at 19:26:19

Mine does too.

Sounds like a cat wanting attention.

every minute of so, had the neighbor rolling.

didn't really notice it at first, cause our dam cat does the same thing and I've learned to tune it out.

Yes pop the gas cap off and it quits.

Title: Re: Meow...???
Post by demin on 09/15/07 at 20:10:12

Back in the 70's wasn't it good to "Have a tiger in your tank" Exxon I think. :DI know ha ha.But somebody out there would have remembered it and said it.

Title: Re: Meow...???
Post by SteveRocket on 09/16/07 at 09:51:26

In the UK I think it was Shell. That said "Put a Tiger in your Tank"

Title: Re: Meow...???
Post by demin on 09/16/07 at 11:18:20

That was alooooooong time ago it was one of them. :D

Title: Re: Meow...???
Post by skrapiron on 09/17/07 at 04:51:47

Mine did the same thing when I got it (CA approved model). I really thought one of my cats was trapped in the garage.

I pulled the gas cap in favor of a standard vent to the atmosephere one as well as removed the vapor return hoses.

The bike like it alot better when it can breathe easy..