What was that noise?!

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:59 pm

On my way to work this morning as I approached the side street where The Office is, I suddenly heard a sound coming from below, just behind me. Bright and clear in the brisk morning air, it was the unmistakable ping and rattle of metal skidding on pavement.

I made the turn, pulled over, and parked. I walked back and discovered that it was just the license plate holder that had fallen off.

The rivets holding it on had both broken, and gravity did the rest.

My scoot is registered as a moped (with a sticker), so I don't actually have a plate on it. The only real function this thing serves is to hold the two side reflectors, but that's important enough that I need to reattach it.

Maybe a couple screws will work.

RoadRambler · Post by **RoadRambler** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:18 pm

Glad it wasn't anything vital! Sounds like you kept your cool well.

Post by **ericalm** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:28 am

I sometimes get spooked by or worried about noises that eventually turn out to be coming from nearby cars.

Lokky · Post by **Lokky** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:14 am

ericalm wrote:I sometimes get spooked by or worried about noises that eventually turn out to be coming from nearby cars.

Ditto, especially cars with a slipping belt, it still gets to me and it takes me a moment to realize I do not have a belt to make that kind of noise to begin with

Lostmycage · Post by **Lostmycage** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:44 am

I HATE that feeling. Whenever I hear something out of the ordinary, I start to run down checklists in my head. It's almost always from someone else.

michelle_7728 · Post by **michelle_7728** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:22 am

I was on the way to work on the freeway on one of my MP3s a couple months ago and felt something brush by my leg.

I had a sinking feeling, and yep, when I got to work I found out it was my card access badge that I thought was .

BuddyRaton · Post by **BuddyRaton** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:58 am

As the unoffical motto of Team Scooter Trash states

You ain't having fun untill parts fall off!

charlie55 · Post by **charlie55** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:10 pm

Nothing's more fun than being next to a fully-loaded dump truck when it starts to jake-brake. A true 5-star, soiled-shorts experience.

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:18 pm

ericalm wrote:I sometimes get spooked by or worried about noises that eventually turn out to be coming from nearby cars.

I often have the opposite experience with my car: I hear some horrible noise that turns out not to be the junker in front of me at a stoplight, but continues even after he's no longer around.

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:28 pm

BuddyRaton wrote:As the unoffical motto of Team Scooter Trash states

You ain't having fun untill parts fall off!

Especially true for bees.

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:52 pm

Unfortunately I was unable to find the self-sealing stem bolts that I wanted to use to fix this. Fortunately I've been saving a pack of leftover rivets and a fastener since I used them for a project in art school, and now I've finally figured out why.

Fixed!

And yes, I'm actually looking forward to renewing my $15 registration this year, so I can finally replace this disintegrating three-year-old "moped" sticker. I don't know what this year's color is going to be though, so I'm a little nervous that it'll clash. When it was new, it was a near-perfect match to the red panels on the scoot.