Mystery Scooter Theater 2010 - Mystery of the Missing Oil!

[ScooterWolf]

So I'm doing my pre-ride inspection early this morning before heading off to work -- I mean real early (6:00 am) with the sun still below the horizon and bats flying around. I'm in the lane behind our house where our detached garage faces out to. It's a small side street with hardly any traffic save for the people who live there, making it the perfect place to inspect my bike.

With my bike on the center stand I check my tires by flashlight and move on to check my brakes, cables, and throttle. At that point my neighbor pulls out of her drive way and turns down the lane in my direction. Moving the bike off its stand I mossy it over to the side, side stand down in a flash, and allow her to pass. After checking my lights and electronics I move on to my oil.

I keep a small cloth towel in my repair kit under my seat. Taking it out I check the oil stick only to find -- nothing! With forrowed brow I wiped the stick clean, reinsert, take it out and find ... nothing again.

The Hell! I'm thinking. I checked the ground where I first parked the scooter - no oil there. I check inside our garage where I have the scooter parked on an old flat door over our gravel foundation.

Dry as a bone.

Okay, at this point I'm thinking --  I just got my scooter back from being serviced -- I know they changed the oil and when I checked it yesterday it was full. Granted, I had the bike parked in Philly for most of the day yesterday, but I made the 12 mile trip back to Jersey without my oil light going off. Soooo -- where's the oil?

Checking my watch I decide to risk it and take my drive into Center City Philadelphia, checking my oil light as often as I can.
As I'm driving I'm wondering when or how did I lose all my oil? It's really bugging me.

It's half way over the Ben Franklin bridge when I have my 'AHA!' moment. In other words, I figured out what happened.

So, who can solve the Mystery of the Missing Oil. First person to post with the right answer gets a Noel Scooter Prize.

-Wolf

[sidthesloth]

Don't check oil on the side stand.

[Calothrix]

Don't check oil on the side stand.

Yeah, what Sid said.

[ScooterWolf]

Yeah, the only thing that takes away the sting of making such a rookies mistake is being able to figure it out on your own. Congrats, Sid -- you da man! So, as the winner of the Noel Scooter Prize you have the honor of posting the next scooter mystery.
(whenever you want -- there's no deadline involved. I'm just passing on the right to you to post one if you want to)

Make it harder to figure out than mine.

-Wolf

[sidthesloth]

Oh, ok, I thought first prize was an X700, oh well, I will try to think of something.

[ScooterWolf]

I'm on my way to buy a lottery ticket -- if I win, the X700 is yours! Though the next mystery is yours I thought this link was definitely part of the riding into the Twilight Zone:

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/27/puerto-rican-funeral-home-presents-shooting-victim-on-his-motorc/#continued

-Wolf

[CROSSBOLT]

I'm working on a really smart--- reply. I am old so this may take a while.....

Karl

PS: I at least DID figure this one out on my own.....

[ScooterWolf]

No rush on this. Looking forward to the next mystery case.

-Wolf

[sidthesloth]

I was taking your advice of "no rush" but I was taking it a bit far. So, here goes,
When was zombie's last post and what thread was it in?

[ScooterWolf]

Wolf pulls a drag. Let's it out and ashes his cig. He'd been on the case all night. Who the hell was Zombie, and where was he?
Damn. He had no leads, but went to his only clue -- oil. Something to do with oil?

The trail leads him south, to Florida, East of the big BP oil spill. He pulls his scooter into the first town he finds and starts to ask around. Sure enough, one thing leads to another and before he knows it ... he finds his man:

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1     General / General Discussion / Re: Where's Zombie?    on: July 24, 2010, 08:07:08 AM
Hey fella's! I smelled the fresh brains on the floor. You guys have no idea how much your comments mean to me. I have been working almost round the clock, as bp has hired every able boat around for oil monitoring in the Appalochacola bay. There are only a few qualified mechanics in this area, and I happened to be the only one that is certified in A.C/Refrig, and diesel. This has me on call for repair work 24/7. IT'S A FU<KIN' MESS HERE! Not oil wise, but people wise. Boats from as far north as the Carolinas are here trying to score some of the bp $'s, and MOST of them are death traps. I just wanted to stop in to say hey to all my Buds, and I will get back on the forum tonight. Thanks for the brains/twinkie... There's not a better bunch of people anywhere! Ps... Are you holding out on me Griffon? There wasn't much of a pile of brain there~

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He lights another cigarette, pulls a drag and lets it out. Case closed?

--Wolf

[sidthesloth]

So, its back to you. Mo other takers.

[wordslinger]

...dang...i missed this thread till just now.....

[sidthesloth]

Very very sneaky.

[ScooterWolf]

Hey, Word, if you want to take a shot at the next mystery. Not a problem.

-Wolf