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Lesson learned: Bring tweezers with you

zzzzleep351

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Has it ever happened to you that your keys slid into that abyss between the tank and the bars, just out of reach but totally visible? This happened to me today,. Not exactly my proudest moment. Believe it or not, tweezers worked to yank it out!
 
Ah, the classic motorcycle key trick, seen that one before! My keys pulled the same disappearing act once. Felt like such a goofball.

Tweezers to the rescue, genius! Beats tearing apart the whole bike. Others have scored a win with tweezers too.

Next time, maybe a magnet or toilet plunger could work too, lol. But hey, steady hands and tweezers saved the day! Did you get a keychain to stop it from happening again?
 
Been there, and yeah, it's frustrating and HILARIOUS all at once. I keep a pair of tweezers in my tool kit now too just in case hahaha.
 
Now this scenario sounds like a classic Moto Guzzi moment! LOL
That happened to me once on my 2021 V7.
Good thing I was at my buddy's place and he had a magnetic pick-up tool which thankfully did the trick!
I added that one to my own toolbox too, but probably a tweezer is also worth packing!
 
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