Wellington motorway - thanks mate

**I'm motarded** · 18th September 2009, 07:27

Good shit

**PrincessBandit** · 18th September 2009, 07:37

Originally Posted by Elysium

Some people say you shouldn't trust the fuel gage when you get to the last wo bars or so as the levels can be off.

Yeah, I was looking slightly worriedly at my fuel gauge on the motorway yesterday - the last bar was flashing and I was still a good 8 km from home. Now my brain was saying you will easily get there, the last bar indicated you're down to your last 1 1/2 litres - easy peasy worth about 18 km. But that little worry worm made me get off early and head for the nearest pump.

I've been meaning to do a run to see just how far I can get before desperately needing Mr BP or Shell etc.

So encouraging to hear about kind people who will stop and help out with fuel as well as other mechanical problems.

**MarkH** · 18th September 2009, 17:41

Originally Posted by DougieNZ

I ran out of fuel on the Motorway in Wellington yesterday arvo - even though my electronic gagetry said I still had 50 km to go.

For those with enough spare storage space on their bikes there are alway fuel bottles that you could carry. A Primus 1.5L bottle can be filled with up to 1350ml of petrol - more than enough to get off the motorway before getting a ticket.

**Elysium** · 18th September 2009, 17:46

Originally Posted by MarkH

For those with enough spare storage space on their bikes there are alway fuel bottles that you could carry. A Primus 1.5L bottle can be filled with up to 1350ml of petrol - more than enough to get off the motorway before getting a ticket.

The fireball will be great to watch when you bin the bike.

**Highlander** · 18th September 2009, 17:46

Originally Posted by DougieNZ

Yeah, as luck would have it there was a 1ltr plastic milk container lying on the side of the motorway. You wouldn't credit it. A litterbug saved me!

Or should that be Litre bug?

Your assistant may not like being called a fairy. :slap:

**StoneY** · 18th September 2009, 17:53

I picked up one fuel case off the wainui hill and took him to get gas (it was dark- no hose pulling situation on THAT corner) and a while back dropped a guy into town who's trailbike had broken the go cable on his throttle assembly

Karma- it comes back round to you and did for me
When KGB and his mate saved my ass after a back axle came loose- kudos to AJ and Quasi for making the pit lane available at short notice too

Goes around comes around- never leave a biker on the roadside

**MarkH** · 18th September 2009, 18:04

Originally Posted by Elysium

The fireball will be great to watch when you bin the bike.

I am not too sure how an aluminium fuel bottle with petrol in it is any more dangerous than the bikes fuel tank. For that matter how could a fuel bottle in you pannier/top box/under the seat be worse than several litres of petrol between your legs?

**BMWST?** · 18th September 2009, 18:08

put 30 l in the ol pd today....Would be easy to pull the hose of the carby or tank to fill a container,in fact its so easy to get the tank of could fill the other bike straight from the pd tank

**Elysium** · 18th September 2009, 18:12

Originally Posted by MarkH

I am not too sure how an aluminium fuel bottle with petrol in it is any more dangerous than the bikes fuel tank. For that matter how could a fuel bottle in you pannier/top box/under the seat be worse than several litres of petrol between your legs?

True you have fuel between your legs but why add more fuel to the fire? You never know what could happen in a crash as the bottles could get thrown from the crash and start a fire or explode....never know what could happen.

**MarkH** · 18th September 2009, 18:28

Originally Posted by Elysium

True you have fuel between your legs but why add more fuel to the fire? You never know what could happen in a crash as the bottles could get thrown from the crash and start a fire or explode....never know what could happen.

Life = risk *shrug*

I wouldn't rate the chances of the fuel bottle exploding as being very high - I'd be more worried about the crash itself than what is happening with the fuel bottle. My fuel bottle would be cushioned by wet weather gear and it is unlikely to get thrown anywhere in a crash.

**KoroJ** · 18th September 2009, 20:02

Originally Posted by DougieNZ

Yeah... no reserve, but there is a supposed digital system that when the fuel level gets to 1 bar you get a digital range to go reading.

Lesson learnt... when you get to 1 bar...

....and just how many times do you have to learn that lesson Dougie??