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I haven't ridden the Monster in a few weeks, been working too much..

Rolled it out, cranked it up..

Sounded funny..

I have an S2R with a Sparks high mount exhaust.. one pulse sounded...weird..

I can feel the exhaust pulse, but the left one is weaker... hard to explain

I revved it a little and the next thing I know, Mickey Mouse flies out looking very dazed and confused.  I would have taken a photo, but my Blackberry doesn't have a camera (so I can take it to court with me...)

Poor bastard died by the time I got back.. Tibbs the neighbor's cat got a free dinner.. Slightly smoked.

Ive heard stories of this. many people keep traps near their bikes during winter months. And I've been told to check the air box if it's been sitting awhile. I dont know how they'd get in there, but I know they can squeeze through a hole the size of a dime. I know they like to chew on wires, so beware. If one had the b@** to climb into the stinky exhaust, chances are he may have done a little knibbling. Confused about the Richard Gere title??

i checked the bike up and down after that, saw nothing.

richard gere.  rodent.  tailpipe..  eh.... forget it..

I believe it had to do w, a Hampster ?

Dolph    :)

Was it in a condom?  I believe that's how its normally done.

I keep a Gixxer at my farm in the barn. Always too damn busy with farm work to ride it as much as I would like. Due to field mice loving farm equipment, cars/trucks, bikes, etc. that are in barns to build nests and chew off wires I have a moat (Mr. I would love this!) of a mix of several varieties of mouse/rat death bait surrounding the bike and tractors. I figure that as bad as they want to get on the bike and equipment to make mouse condos and chew up everything they won't be able to pass up the "buffet". I even wrapped the exhaust outlet on the Gixxer muffler with 5-6 layers of aluminum foil. Sure, a heathy one could chew through it but not one who'd been dining at the yummy "buffet". [evil]

This spring, I found a winner... or at least evidence of a winner. I noticed mouse footprints in the dust on the rear wheel on the Gixxer and pulled off the Guardian bike cover. First thing I did was pop the seat cowl cover and ta-dah! Mouse condo. Little make the beast with two backser had chewed up my manual, red shop rags, insurance card and in his spare time stuffed the whole area with grass for a warm, cozy home. Amazing! It withstood the "buffet" temptation long enough to do all of that but thankfully did nothing else! No chewed up wires or rubber hoses. Nada. How the heck did he not roll over dead within the first day? Assuredly he finally ate the "buffet" and met his maker but not before he made a really nice top floor, VIP condo in the tail of the Gixxer. [thumbsup] Mouse on a mission! [clap]

As soon as I saw the thread title, I saw it going very, very wrong. Thank you for not disappointing me.  [thumbsup]

Dammit!
Took the bike out for a short Putt around the neighborhood last night and had similar weirdness......I attributed it to bad gas or a plug, will check for rodents.  Surging, one cylinder kicking in and out and inconsistant exhaust note.

I might use Fastwins Gauntlet idea!  A moat made of sticky traps.

One of the other locals had his bike at the shop for a bike and a mouse built a nest in the udder. Fired up and ran fine but about a block from the shop copious amounts of smoke as the nest caught.

Wasn't it a gerbil?

And you know this.... how? Lol.

Holy FACK!!  So now I also have to worry about mice getting in the bike's (notice how I covered that base right away?) tail pipe as well?   :-\  Why did I move to DC again?  lol

Totally bike unrelated but this story has mouse content ;D

While camping with my wife in the South Australian desert we were over run by a mouse plague of biblical proportions
We found mice through the car a thousand miles later.
Every morning every square inch of the sand outside out tent was covered in footprints.
When driving the swarms of mice were so dense you could not see the tar for little furry bodies crossing the road.
In the rear vision mirror the little tyre flattened bodies were covered by the next group.
My wife was breast feeding my first son during this trip
and the little buggers had got into her bag and smelt the milk on her bra.
They had eaten out a neat circle out of each cup,
wish I had taken a photo it was a great look with the bra back on.

Another sign the Apocalypse is near! [laugh] You know it's bad when rodents attack your wife's bra! My wife would never stopped running and her feet would never touch the ground. [thumbsup]

At the shop I worked at, owner of a Triumph Daytona 650 came in complaining of the engine stumbling. Tried to crank it over and it would start up and then stutter and shut off. Long story short,  Removed the airbox lid and two birds flew out, I jumped a good 5 feet backwards. It was the twi birds who had built a nest in there.

We had to remove numerous mice/rats/birds from airboxes, it's not that uncommon, after everyone got their bikes back on the road after winter we'd see two or three every year.

an officer and a gerbilman

  [roll]

  [laugh]

Broaden your horizons man

Careful planning would make a great deterrent for tailgaters.  Double Barrel!

They used my fourwheeler as a food storage depot. Bastards

just move out here...we dont have that problem 8) [laugh]

Bastards filled the hood of my 77 firebird full of dog food one winter. Almost a 5 gallon bucketfull. 

I can still hear a few pieces rolling around whenever I pop the hood  [bang]

Mice attacked the wiring in the 3000GT twice now, always a pain in the ass to find the spot.

A few months back, at the Rock Store, a fellow had pulled up on a Desmosedici and I overheard a conversation he was having with friends.  His OTHER Desmosedici was in the shop because rats had eaten a portion of his wiring!  Apparently, he had had similar problems with one of his Ferraris.

what a terrible problem to have  [roll]

sounds like someone needs to spend less time shopping for mantoys and more time with an exterminator

Too bad you didn't get that on video..........woulda been HUGE on Youtube [laugh]