Pennyrick
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Just returned from a week of touring in Florida. I had to visit some clients in the lake country in the middle of the state and my wife suggested she tag along and we ride both RT's. After five days of the Florida/south Georgia heat I don't think we will visit Florida in the summer on the bikes again. It was pretty brutal with a heat index of 105-107 almost every day.
My wife made the trip interesting on the fourth day. We had pulled into the motel and she began to unpack while I checked in. The motel had not reserved the ground floor room we wanted and since the only room available was three floors up I decided to move on up the road to find another motel. When I came outside to tell my wife the news, she dropped her purse back in the frunk, closed the lid, put her helmet back on and then uttered a very unladylike word.
You guessed it, she had put her keys in the purse that was now securely locked in the frunk.
I told her not to panic and use her spare key. Of course, the spare key was in her purse.
I called the closest dealer in south Georgia that was about an hour and a half away. The service manager said other than taking off the left side panels and trying to release the lock cable he didn't have a solution. He said they had tried that unsuccessfully on a roadster at his dealership but finally had to break the frunk lid to get inside.
I borrowed a tire iron and a claw hammer from one of the guests and gingerly wedged them under the lid but nothing released. Then my wife took the hammer, inserted the claw end in the middle of the frunk lid and pried up. With a slight clunk, the lid came free along with two broken pieces of the underside of the lid that held the lock pin in place. I had planned to use duct tape to hold the lid in place for the rest of the trip but the breaks of the lid pieces that held the lock pin in place were so clean I decided to super glue them. They lined up so well I was able to put even pressure on the pieces to get a secure bond. Once it was set I locked and released the frunk a few times and it worked perfectly.
I read somewhere that once something is bonded well with Superglue it is stronger than before. I had planned to buy a new frunk lid but since it appears to be working well, I don't think I will be in a great hurry to replace it. The lock is not a stress part and if it does come apart, I can always order the lid at that time.
Anyone have a better location for the spare key?
My wife made the trip interesting on the fourth day. We had pulled into the motel and she began to unpack while I checked in. The motel had not reserved the ground floor room we wanted and since the only room available was three floors up I decided to move on up the road to find another motel. When I came outside to tell my wife the news, she dropped her purse back in the frunk, closed the lid, put her helmet back on and then uttered a very unladylike word.
You guessed it, she had put her keys in the purse that was now securely locked in the frunk.
I told her not to panic and use her spare key. Of course, the spare key was in her purse.
I called the closest dealer in south Georgia that was about an hour and a half away. The service manager said other than taking off the left side panels and trying to release the lock cable he didn't have a solution. He said they had tried that unsuccessfully on a roadster at his dealership but finally had to break the frunk lid to get inside.
I borrowed a tire iron and a claw hammer from one of the guests and gingerly wedged them under the lid but nothing released. Then my wife took the hammer, inserted the claw end in the middle of the frunk lid and pried up. With a slight clunk, the lid came free along with two broken pieces of the underside of the lid that held the lock pin in place. I had planned to use duct tape to hold the lid in place for the rest of the trip but the breaks of the lid pieces that held the lock pin in place were so clean I decided to super glue them. They lined up so well I was able to put even pressure on the pieces to get a secure bond. Once it was set I locked and released the frunk a few times and it worked perfectly.
I read somewhere that once something is bonded well with Superglue it is stronger than before. I had planned to buy a new frunk lid but since it appears to be working well, I don't think I will be in a great hurry to replace it. The lock is not a stress part and if it does come apart, I can always order the lid at that time.
Anyone have a better location for the spare key?
