When you fill your bike with fuel...

**TimeOut** · 12th April 2008, 08:30

Side stand, when you got a 21 litre 440+ km tank you don't need to squeeze that last bit in.

**discotex** · 12th April 2008, 18:31

+1 for sidestand - unless you always park with a centrestand (if your bike is slow enough to have one

) you'll lose the extra gas out the overflow anyway..

Less worried about gas in my crotch but I'm sure it can't be nice if it happens

**bully** · 12th April 2008, 18:40

first i tip the left over fuel from the last guy on the ground, to prevent it from going on my tank..
but yer side stand, iv slipped before too. (on the slippery concrete)

**Fub@r** · 12th April 2008, 18:51

I wasn't straddled today when I filled up................only because I had pushed the bike on to the forecourt because I ran out of gas DOH!

Well at least I now know the true range of a tank of gas on my bike

**Taz** · 12th April 2008, 18:52

Originally Posted by bully

first i tip the left over fuel from the last guy on the ground, to prevent it from going on my tank..

Why? (10 friggin chars!!!!!!)

**CookMySock** · 12th April 2008, 18:52

nah thats a really dangerous thing to do. One mistake and it will fry your cock right off. and your long beard.

DB

**puddytat** · 12th April 2008, 22:40

Filling up in Nelsun the other day sitting astride,pop the cap & stick the nozzle in & start filling.....get to about 10 litres in & it stops..WTF...hear this tinny noise thru my earplugs "blah,blah ...." Farkin shit wots going on I think wheres my farkin gas!! Try again, still no action,so try swearing....doesnt work either. "Blah,blah, blah..." I hear again,so I try listening & lo & behold a wee tinny voice from the pump informs me to "get off the bike & put it on the side stand, pump will not restart until I do so"
Aaaaparantly its shop policy there because " If you saw the cctv vids of burning, exploding forecourts...."

**Marknz** · 12th April 2008, 22:44

on the side-stand only.

**klingon** · 12th April 2008, 22:54

Originally Posted by DangerousBastard

nah thats a really dangerous thing to do. One mistake and it will fry your cock right off. and your long beard.

DB

Oh that's what happened to my cock and long beard. I was wondering where they got to.

**Jantar** · 12th April 2008, 23:03

Originally Posted by MGST

I've only ever filled my bike while sitting on it, and then I put it on the centre stand and go in and pay for it. ......

So why not put it on the center stand first? Safer, and you'll get more in it.

**KoroJ** · 12th April 2008, 23:21

I always fill with the bike on it's side stand.

I tried it on the centre stand once and when I put it back on the side stand, the fuel was at the same level as normal, so I figured 'What's the point'.

I guess a few extra mls would make much difference to a 500+Km range anyway and as far as straddling the bike to fill.....for me, Murphy's law dictates that I won't do it.

**breakaway** · 12th April 2008, 23:29

Originally Posted by skidMark

Ive heard stories

Uh huh

**NZsarge** · 13th April 2008, 06:24

Main stand now I have a bike with one.
On the last bike I used the side stand and gave a wiggle or to to squeeze in a little extra.

**MGST** · 13th April 2008, 09:39

Originally Posted by Jantar

So why not put it on the center stand first? Safer, and you'll get more in it.

The only time I ever did that, some impaitent fuck decided he couldn't wait 30 seconds and tried to move my bike, and nearly dropped it ( full tank up high, launches it off stand and not ready to catch it etc ). So now I ride in, fill it while on it, and if there are other dickheads around ( there are, I live in Auckland ), I move it to a safe place before diembarking and going to pay.