Geez Louise, what is that SMELL???

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silverbear

The Boy Who Never Grew Up
Jul 9, 2009
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Rainy weather here in the north country. I have my Worksman sitting in the small living area of my trailer, fitting new fenders and doing what I can to get it ready for a motor. I remembered that I had a still in the package throttle assembly and decided to go ahead and mount it on the handlebar... tore open the plastic and man oh man, does that thing smell! When I get a new engine I generally open it up outside so that the stink can dissipate. Two different venders and it all smells the same. It still smells in here a day later from that one throttle and hand grip. Even the dog doesn't care for it it and she likes to roll in dead fish, dead toad in the road, nasty things. If she thinks the kits smell bad, then it has to be.
What is that? Something in the plastic? Some kind of shark oil lubricant? Inquiring minds want to know. It makes me feel sorry for the Chinese factory workers.
Silverbear
 

Bikeguy Joe

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That is the smell of unstablized rubber decomposing . The hand grips and rag joint are the source of your oderiferous emmination.
 

Bikeguy Joe

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I remember opening the old Monogram Models!!!! They has a delicious smell unlike any other model car.
I have often thought about buying one just to open it and see if they still smell the same.
 

xlite

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I remember opening the old Monogram Models!!!! They has a delicious smell unlike any other model car.
I have often thought about buying one just to open it and see if they still smell the same.
Persinaly is waz thu glu thet gav me as thril. :)
 

Bikeguy Joe

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I also remember thinking the world was going to **** in a handbasket when I had to buy my first tube of that orange smelling "non-sniffable" glue from testors.