A first for me.
11-09-19, 01:08 PM
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A first for me.
Finally started on a Moto Grand Record that's been in the queue for awhile. Working on the components I got around to the handlebar, pulled the cloth tape, bar plugs and levers off and was getting ready to soak it in solvent to loosen the glue when I noticed an object down the tube, something off the bar plug I thought. Fished it out - no, it's not from the bar plug. I've found assorted loose hardware floating around in frames and once a bunch of dead wasps in the bottom bracket shell. But this is a new one on me - at least it appears unused (I hope). The tape and plugs looked original but maybe not so possibly someone re-taping the bars did this as a private joke or in case he/she got lucky on the road. Or maybe it's a good luck talisman, no clue. But no doubt it's been in there a long time.
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11-09-19, 01:20 PM
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Is it French fit?
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Wishful thinking or delusions of grandeur? 
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I was thinking it was going to turn out to be a St. Christopher medal or perhaps the emergency dime riders used to affix to their mounts back in the epochs prior to cell phones (and when you could make a public phone call for ten cents!).
Gives proof to the female belief that men are always ready to go at the drop of a hat, or other garment...
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I was thinking it was going to turn out to be a St. Christopher medal or perhaps the emergency dime riders used to affix to their mounts back in the epochs prior to cell phones (and when you could make a public phone call for ten cents!).
Gives proof to the female belief that men are always ready to go at the drop of a hat, or other garment...
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11-09-19, 02:04 PM
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Maybe the bike's owner was hiding the item from his mother.
My father said that in his day, it was worse to be caught with an incomplete pack of condoms than a complete one.
My father said that in his day, it was worse to be caught with an incomplete pack of condoms than a complete one.
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11-09-19, 02:58 PM
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Sure beats having to explain the imprint and discoloration from the hopeful storage of said article, in a young lad's leather wallet, to his mom, back in the day.
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Emergency water vessel. Read a survival book sometime.
11-09-19, 06:57 PM
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Was thinking the same re DNA - if I had a UV lamp handy I could ascertain. 
Oh well, positive it's unused and knowing it had to have been in there for 20-30+ years based on the bike, cloth tape and bar condition, my thought now is that maybe I should just put it back in before I tape the bars. Continues the 'tradition' and will provide grins for me knowing it's there (I'm easily amused) and also a head scratcher for the next poor shmo who finds it. 
I will post a pic of the bike when I get it finished of course.
Oh well, positive it's unused and knowing it had to have been in there for 20-30+ years based on the bike, cloth tape and bar condition, my thought now is that maybe I should just put it back in before I tape the bars. Continues the 'tradition' and will provide grins for me knowing it's there (I'm easily amused) and also a head scratcher for the next poor shmo who finds it. I will post a pic of the bike when I get it finished of course.
11-09-19, 07:30 PM
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I really like the idea of putting it back where you found it. Who knows, someone else may have as much fun with their discovery as you've had with yours!
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C'mon now, guys, can't we all chip in, and put a FRESH condom in it's place? 😁😉
11-09-19, 10:39 PM
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A first for me.
aka My first time
aka My first time
11-09-19, 11:00 PM
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Let us know how that works out tonight!
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Get your minds out of gutter. It's a medical finger condom for putting the chain back on after a puncture
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11-10-19, 10:21 AM
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Good idea, whether it's true or not. I'll make sure I have nitrile gloves in my under-seat tool bag.
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