I've been oogling over these pop up gas caps on Ebay lately. I hate the key access to our caps and like the flush look of the pop up style. If someone wants to steel my 2 gallons of gas, they can have it   . Anyways, I am wondering if one of these Pop up gas caps will fit our bikes? Do we need one made for a metric cruiser, or are the threads on the caps/tanks pretty universal. They also sell vented and non vented. I'm not sure which one to get (I'd assume vented, but not sure). Anyone have some help in this subject?

Something like this:


Or even a simple low profile cap like:

nuts. I knew that. It just kinda locks in place with the tabs. Oh well. Worth a try. Maybe I'll just use a ducktape flap!  

What you would need to do is remove the complete gasoline filler assembly and replace it with a new complete assembly.  All that would matter is that the new assembly be no smaller than the hole left by the stock (can always enlarge the hole, harder to shrink)

Putting quick release gas in Google Images came up with several possibles, none like the gasoling filler on my '67 Spitfire -- hit the release, cap flips back, fill, slap cap down, go!  Back then it was pay the attendent.  I could pull up to the pump, start filling, hand over $2, stop filling and be off in under a minute.  Usually when I was late for work.

Paladin's flip up cap is sold by Crime Scene Choppers. Google 'em...
-WD

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Is this what your talking about?

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If so...Yikes!!!  That's like...4 rear tires for my steed!  I said I was annoyed with my gas cap, not that my gas cap was about to kill and eat me  

Mine did the same thing one time. Not once I started it, but when I took it off the side stand and stood it up vertically, it started pumping out a bit. I figured I just overfilled a bit and when I stood it up, it got suctioned out the cap. Only had that happen once (so far)

justin_o_guy wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01: