After spending months on various scooter forums and lamenting the fact that the petcock cover for the Sprees sucks because-
1. They fall off all the time
2. They are not made any more and as a result are rare and expensive.
To me it looked like the cover just sorta "sat" in the hole and would fall off when just starting the scooter. Which is what everyone else told me.
Well, while looking for a belt online and I stumbled across this-
![Image](http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9382/bgk842dgifny5.jpg)
Yeah, there is a little clip to hold on the cover?!?!?!? Why had no one mentioned this to me?!?!??!!
Irritating.
Of course, the piece is no longer available but I thought I could fabricate something close.
I ended up using a surplus bolt on tie wrap. I just clipped off the wraps and this is what I came up with-
![Image](http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1226/hpim2976yx4.jpg)
![Image](http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6706/hpim2971uw8.jpg)
The little loop puts some tension on the cover and snugs it up tight. The lock washer holds the whole thing on. It's not falling off anytime soon.