groin on fire

[Pixie]

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". .

Foaming at the mouth (and any other orifices if you can manage it) helps too.
As does gibbering maniacally.
Seriously, though,there are other reasons you don't want to flush your genitals with volatile hydrocarbons.

[bear]

I don't have an issue with attendants trying to fill the bike up or even offering, must have that look that Wolf mentioned sorted.

[John]

Seriously, though,there are other reasons you don't want to flush your genitals with volatile hydrocarbons.

Becaused You'd become a sex bomb?

[Ixion]

Becaused You'd become a sex bomb?

Timebomb rather. That eventually explodes into the big C.

[750Y]

hmmm strange guy approaches You & talks about Your crotch?
you get that often? 8-)

[Wolf]

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

I'm part Scotish, I'd be more inclined to "get off" on not paying...

[Wolf]

I don't have an issue with attendants trying to fill the bike up or even offering, must have that look that Wolf mentioned sorted.

Well, if you live up to your nickname, you probably do...

[250learna]

I have to agree with the well meaning guy on that one.

Why...
look down, what are you stood on?
concrete (slippy when wet)
oil on concrete (makes concrete wet)
petrol on oil on concrete (ice skates please)

it would only take one slip, one forget the side stand one moment to make you look like a complete and utter groin.
Imagine:
Your tank is full.
Just as you reach over for the cap you notice a some hot stuff getting out of a cage.
You nearly drop the cap, but reflexes kick in an you catch it.
Unfortunatly the bike over balances a little, you try and correct it.
As you move your foot, you find an oil slick...
next thing you know, your petrol tank is leaking a little cos the bike is on the floor and gravity sucks.
You would be really unlucky if your pipes were still hot enough to ignite the petrol, but if they did, then your groin could well be history...

ok well for starters if i see any oil or such spilled i will not stop at that pump i dont know bout you but i dun like slipry tyres
when you stop, if there was oil or or rain bypassed the cover, you would fall off long before i reach for petrol (if you are realy that unstable)
and if you value a perv more than your bike than you got some serious issues... or maybe I do?

[250learna]

hmmm strange guy approaches You & talks about Your crotch?
you get that often? 8-)

NO!!!
who have you been talking to???

[scumdog]

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

Me.
All the time.

Stop close enough to pumpso I can reach it easily
If any slippery 'Pajero marks' were close enough to the pump I'm using to be a danger then the Pajero would have had to been parked on top of the bloody pump at some stage!!

Paying?
At home: "put it on my account".
Elsewhere: Chrissy-Bimbo (who is already off the bike) goes in and pays for it.

If I filled my bike while it was on the stand I would have to fill it from the left (not always easy) and "that last 200ml" in my case would be another 30km of riding.

BTW At Haast on the way to the Hokitika rally saw a dude on an Aspencade type bike do the 'right thing' and park his bike and he STILL managed to spray us with fuel.

Ya just have to take care

[Skyryder]

So your're siting on on your bike filling up and get rearended. So here you are down on the ground with the bike on top of you unable to get up and litres of petrol spilling out of the tank. OK this may not happen but for those that sit on your bikie while filling, where would you sooner be if some dork rearends you, sitting on your bike or standing??

Skyreder

[Zed]

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

I too oppose the 'sitonyorebike'nfill' method of pouring petrol into the tank! The only practical reason for doing it would be to keep the bike vertical so you can squeeze in that extra 200mls of gas in the top of the tank? Otherwise surely it's just a form of laziness?? You have to eventually remove your lazy carcass off the seat to pay the bill anyways so why not get off to fill the darn thing too?

You could always buy a bike with a centre stand!

Anything to add Lou?

[Jeremy]

The thing is though that 200mls is quite a large number of ks on some bikes. Though you probably gain more than 200mls just by filling up in the early morning when petrol is at it densest.

[Stevo]

Me.
All the time.


If I filled my bike while it was on the stand I would have to fill it from the left (not always easy) and "that last 200ml" in my case would be another 30km of riding.

Dream on.............. obviously not referring Fuelly Suckitdown Sportster.

Always head for the pump with most diesel and oil on the ground! Makes for a more impressive light up on the way out that way

[Skunk]

I don't understand.

If you need the bike upright to fit the extra in - what happens when you then put the bike on it's stand to go and pay?

Even with the cap closed it'll still run out the overflow or vent. And if it doesn't, did you really need it upright anyway?

What the point? When the bike goes onto reserve you fill up. That means there's at least 3 litres still in there. Or do you ride round and round the block till thats gone so you can fit more in?

I don't get the point of squeezing as much in as you can. There's so many reasons not to and no decent ones to do it. That goes for cars, motorbikes, whatever. Fill up, yes. To the brim, not me.

Each to there own I guess. I just like to be well away from those that do sit'n'fill.