What difference does a few ml of fuel make?

[pritch]

program on discovery called "myth busters" told about cell phones and fuel stations , apparently its a myth , but then again do you beleive every thing you see on tv?

There was an email hoax about cellphones in gas stations doing the rounds a while back. That should show up on a search of urban legends.

Then again, on petro-chemical work sites they do have special radios...

[myvice]

Petro-chemacal plants use intrinsicaly (sorry bout spelling, dictionary didnt have it) safe radios and cell phones (not easy to get and lots$$$) But try this, get a cup of petrol, drop a lit cigarette in it , watch in amasement as fuckall happans. To get petrol to light of a hot motor you would be bloody unlucky. I full mine up while sitting on it, to hell with the little signs telling us what to do!
Telling us what speed to do next!

[Oakie]

So how do you gauge how full or empty your tank is Oakie? Have you run out of fuel much before?

Wow, you must have an oddly shaped tank or maybe your bikes on one heck of an angle on its stand!?

What a horrible experience, sorry, but you better watch out cos I've seen more and more of those *signs* in Service Stations that show a motorcyclist sitting on his bike filling it up with petrol with a big red X through it!!

I gauge the fullness (emptiness)of the tank by the kilometres on the tripmeter which I re-set whenever I fill up. It used to get about 238km before coughing out. The last 3 fills have only been at about 219km. Part of the difference is due to filling on the side-stand ... but I don't know about the rest of it. Colder air? ... idling the bike for 3 or 4 minutes in the morning while I get into my gear? ... possibly I've changed my riding style? It's about 15 kml which I don't think is that great for a 400/4 of the non-sporty variety. Comments on that anyone?

Tank is a bit odd shaped I suppose. (See photo) Bit of a camel hump at the top.

Could have been worse I suppose. I didn't actually have to push it. Just crank it over at the side of the road until it fired up again. Did take a couple of minutes though.

[danb]

Ok.....

Im slowly getting the hang of filling up the bike correctly - Every time I fill up now I seem to be getting a little extra in the tank, Im surprised how long you can keep on filling the Honda after it looks like its up to the rim of the filler, I am also now slightly leaning on the bike so its more upright as well which seems to help. Half the time im to lazy to wait for "Just a little bit more".