toooldtocare
Active member
I think my factory cap is metal, but the hinge is plastic and very small. It also only opens 90 degrees, leaving hardly any room for the hose with the vapor recovery system. That thing must be 3+ inches in diameter. I can hardly get it down on the tank without bending back the factory cap.
Funny about the engineers and their cad machines. I am one (retired, first aerospace and later medical equipment) and often we were told how much a design should cost, not how long it should last. We even had one program at a major defense contractor that I worked for called, "Design to Cost." Kind of tells you all you need to know.
Recently I let go my 78 Motorsport for this R12R, which I love for its brakes and handling, power, etc. and I plan on keeping it. But the airheads had so much more charm, so yesterday I put my bid in on another one, a 77 R100S that is being restored by two friends. No plastic gas cap hinges on it, or even a hinge.
Wayne
Funny about the engineers and their cad machines. I am one (retired, first aerospace and later medical equipment) and often we were told how much a design should cost, not how long it should last. We even had one program at a major defense contractor that I worked for called, "Design to Cost." Kind of tells you all you need to know.
Recently I let go my 78 Motorsport for this R12R, which I love for its brakes and handling, power, etc. and I plan on keeping it. But the airheads had so much more charm, so yesterday I put my bid in on another one, a 77 R100S that is being restored by two friends. No plastic gas cap hinges on it, or even a hinge.
Wayne
