Yep, good advice. Although I already told the boy about what happened, I just read him your response, thank you for that.

Another layer of situational awareness to adopt. Thanks for your perspective.

Haha, Welcome to k-bikes. Bmw made sure to make EVERYTHING on these suckers proprietary

 If you can ID the diameter and thread pitch, and if you have a  friend w a 3d printer, you could hire a 3d artist on fiver to make you a file for probably $20 and have your friend print it.

This is interesting and not something I'd considered.  I do have a friend of a friend that has a 3d printer.  I know very little about 3d printing though and my main concern is whether the material can be submersed in gasoline but I guess I could also seal it from the inside.  Going to look into this

I'd also check ace hardware...they often have weirdo stuff.

Have you run down to the auto-parts store to see if they have any caps that might fit?  They probably have all sorts of filler caps in a bunch of sizes for various vehicles.  If you do find a cap, drill a hole and use gasket maker to seal it once the wires are in place.

I've been to all the local places here in Dallas, autozone, Oreillys, etc.. as well as home depot, lowes and tractor supply.  I can't find the same size and thread, it seems to be a very unique combination

Well, you've run into the typical "clubs own the road, respect us" thing.  Its usually just asshats that wanna play billy-bad-ass, not real outlaw clubs.  Real outlaw clubs dont go slow and you arent going to easily pass them anyway.  Very little to worry about with those hobby club jokers, but might as well just give them their space cuz life's too short.

The basic rule: Dont pass a patched biker...unless they make it clear that you can.

*usually when traffic is heavier they dont try to enforce that silly shit....they are concerned with "respect", even tho most never earned it.



The problem with those clubs is that unless you know for sure they arent connected, you run the risk of irking the wrong one.  ALL clubs are required to get permission from the club that owns the territory in order to start a chapter in the territory.  Many of those smaller clubs are in fact muscle for the outlaw clubs.  That means that ya never know.  Just play it safe and give them their space, there's plenty of road for both of you.