Filling Up While Sitting?
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Road Master
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Filling Up While Sitting?
Saw this statement in another thread and thought it would make for a good survey: (did a quick search and didn't find a similar thread)
"I was filling up the my bike while still sitting on the bike!??!?! Pretty sure that is how most of us do it, and for sure how I do it all the time, all over the world (literally)."
So, how many of you fill up while sitting on the bike? I for one have never done it. After two or three hours on the bike I'm always ready to get off and stretch a bit. Also, much easier to get to the wallet, stick credit card into pump, and go to the bathroom.
"I was filling up the my bike while still sitting on the bike!??!?! Pretty sure that is how most of us do it, and for sure how I do it all the time, all over the world (literally)."
So, how many of you fill up while sitting on the bike? I for one have never done it. After two or three hours on the bike I'm always ready to get off and stretch a bit. Also, much easier to get to the wallet, stick credit card into pump, and go to the bathroom.
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In some states sitting on the bike while filling it up is not legal.I would think common sense would prevail,but common sense is not so common these days.
Just a thought what if the pump doesn't click off when the bike is full? You will have a situation with a lap full of gasoline and the flammable liquid running down on a hot engine.
Just a thought what if the pump doesn't click off when the bike is full? You will have a situation with a lap full of gasoline and the flammable liquid running down on a hot engine.
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Road Master
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Interesting. I haven't seen an "attendant" here in the south for decades.
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Gents, that was my post.
I pull in, shut the bike off, no kickstand, put the cap on top of the pump (I am not vertically challenged), pump my gas, reinstall cap, THEN I pull over in the shade, dismount, lavatory, drink etc. When I am done with my break, I am ready to leave and do more miles. If in a rush same routine without the shade and dismount.
If you are relying on the pump to click off when filling your tank, you are destined for problems. Hold the nozzle high enough so you can see the fuel level rising and stop the pump manually. If it has that rubber crap on it, two hands one holding the evap thingie up high enough to let the pump operate.
Jersey is a communist state, they do not trust that you are smart enough to pump your own gas.
I pull in, shut the bike off, no kickstand, put the cap on top of the pump (I am not vertically challenged), pump my gas, reinstall cap, THEN I pull over in the shade, dismount, lavatory, drink etc. When I am done with my break, I am ready to leave and do more miles. If in a rush same routine without the shade and dismount.
If you are relying on the pump to click off when filling your tank, you are destined for problems. Hold the nozzle high enough so you can see the fuel level rising and stop the pump manually. If it has that rubber crap on it, two hands one holding the evap thingie up high enough to let the pump operate.
Jersey is a communist state, they do not trust that you are smart enough to pump your own gas.
Last edited by ChickinOnaChain; May 6, 2015 at 10:35 AM.
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Or smart enough to get off the bike when fueling.