groin on fire

**Waylander** · 20th May 2005, 08:43

Originally Posted by John

Thats because they are scared that they will be liable for it falling apart when they touch it..

Lol Was 'bout to say at this point it's probably true. Ohwell atleast it sorta runs now. Just gotta put the plugs back in and check it then I'll be over at 10 Bruce.

**hondacmx450** · 20th May 2005, 08:43

Originally Posted by stifarms

petrol on ya groin....even wit out fire guna feel like ya burnin

will clen the chezz

**Lou Girardin** · 20th May 2005, 09:06

Groin fire? Sliding down the road? I guess it's possible if you've got titanium nuts.

**XTC** · 20th May 2005, 09:07

Who sits on their bike when they fill it up anyway??/ :spudwhat:

**ManDownUnder** · 20th May 2005, 09:09

Originally Posted by SuperDave

How does that work? I thought the petrol would just evaporate after a short while and there would be nothing to worry about?

Also, I think if you managed to end up such a position that your groin was sliding across the road you would have problems even without the flames...

Good GOD man - don't bring common sense into this !!!!

... actually I agree...
MDU

**Hitcher** · 20th May 2005, 09:13

Said servo attendant made a good point but with a poor example.

Anybody, IMHO, who sits on their bike whilst filling it is a ferkin eedjit. The risks associated with easing in that extra 200mL of fuel just ain't worth it. Put it on its stand, get off and fill. That's not just safer for you, but for the service station and anybody else parked in proximity.

**crashe** · 20th May 2005, 09:47

I have never and never would sit on my bike and fill it up.
I always get off the bike and put the stand down before even opening up the petrol cap. NO ONE is allowed to fill my bike either. Had a few garage attendants ask me if they could fill it, I politely said "no thanks, only bikers fill up their bikes".

I have seen a couple of bikers sitting on their bike and filling them up.

**Lou Girardin** · 20th May 2005, 10:04

Originally Posted by XTC

Who sits on their bike when they fill it up anyway??/ :spudwhat:

I do. Always have, always will. That extra 200 ml of gas is worth fried nuts. (actually, it's about a litre)

**Oakie** · 20th May 2005, 10:09

Well I've always sat on my bike to fill it up just because it's easier to see how full the tank is getting ... but perhaps I might have to rethink that.
I have heard stories of static electricity igniting the fumes during a fill and it even happened to a guy I worked with a few years back.
And I have actually seen, (well ... heard the screams from across the road) a guy who toasted his nuts after he spilt meths on his lap while doing something and then lit a match a short time later. Put him in hospital for a while.

**bugjuice** · 20th May 2005, 10:29

I think some of the main dangers of sitting on the bike while filling is that there's often the Pajero mark on the floor (diesel) which is slippy so you could loose your footing while reaching for the fuel gun, then you go over, with your bike on top of you, and an open fuel tank. Oh joy.

Second is that the bike is level if you fill it near or to the brim, but then you put it on the side stand and the fuel spills out cos it's gone over. It should run down the overflow tube and out the bottom of the bike. Onto the floor. In front of your back tyre. fun huh?

Thirdly, if that tube is blocked, or can't drain the fuel quick enough, then it spills out where ever. Onto your hot headers? hmmmm.. hot engine, easily ignitable liquid.. that should be a barrel-o-laughs..

and this is just the fun bits.. on top of that, if it all goes up, there's thousands of gallons of fuel around... etc etc..

get off the bike. You're not the only one in the gas station.

**Hitcher** · 20th May 2005, 10:41

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

I do. Always have, always will. That extra 200 ml of gas is worth fried nuts. (actually, it's about a litre)

Do you get off when it's time to pay?

**Lou Girardin** · 20th May 2005, 11:08

Pay? Pay what?

**Wenier** · 20th May 2005, 11:22

I agree with everyone on the why sit on your bike, stability becomes a big issue. And really your gonna get jus as much fuel with it on the stand as with sitting on it, the 200ml aint gonna get ya that much closer to a petrol station if ya run outa gas.

**Wolf** · 20th May 2005, 11:24

Years ago I filled the bike while it was on its centre stand - great until I got up the road a way, put it on its side stand and had petrol leak out from the cap and flood over the side of the tank. Ever since then I've always filled with the bike on the side stand no matter which bike.

I don't like servo staff trying to fill my bike as they tend to shut off the flow and extract the nozzle simultaneously, resulting in petrol being spilled all over the paintwork. I seldom spill petrol (being of mixed heritage including Scottish - and one of my ancestors was born on the boat en route from Scotland to NZ if that's any clue to the lengths to which our family will go to avoid paying a full fare...) and get pissed off enough at myself for doing so. Also Forecourt PFY's are frequently limp-wristed enough to fail to lift the nozzle clear and often leave fucking great scratches across the top of the tank whilst leaving said dribble of petrol.

The trick is to look a lot more initidating than I so they stay well clear of you and your bike and holler "just mail us the money, bro, she'll be right". I frequently have to say "nah, mate, she's right," to bright-eyed, helpful attendants when I roll up for fuel. There really ought to be something in their induction that says "if they turned up on a motorbike, they are quite capable of getting their own petrol - it's only the incompetent losers in cages that need spoon feeding."

The more experienced attendants, I notice, acknowledge you with a nod and a smile and leave you to it - they later materialise when you're hanging the nozzle up in case you have the money on hand to save you having to walk into the building.