While reading another post, the writer mentioned rolling his bike into the Hotel room with him. I did this once. I had just put together my custom engineered "57" and was taking a trip with my wife through Wisconsin. I'm always a little paranoid, and I was worried about the pristeen, antique looking bike parked outside at night. Mind you, I had spent a year looking for parts and six months building it.
I rolled it into the room, put a piece of cardboard under the motor (you old guys know what I mean) and crawled into bed. Within minutes, I sat up and said, "Hey, I smell gas"! Sure, ya dumb monkey, it was venting from the cap. so I pulled the cap off and placed a piece of vynal from the plastic tarp I carried with us. In retrospect, I'll bet this was a surefire safety problem waiting to blow!
Oh well, I never did this again, but I still think about doing it. Now I carry a small and ineffectual, I'm sure, cable with a lock.
