When you fill your bike with fuel...

[Shadows]

How do you make a dog go "meow" ...put it through a band saw.. ..meeeoow

You have to freeze the sucker first

[Shadows]

I've completely covered my (hot, having just emptied a tank full on the open road) bike and myself with petrol in a forecourt before and I didn't burst into flames.
Petrol doesn't burn so well, the concentrated vapours do.

[Zookey]

actually,Its an OSH law regarding service station forcourts and seated motorcyclists.But i for one fill up seated except for BP Danniverke where the pump wouldnt work and the voice told me to remove my helmet so road off and fuelled up at Woodville.That was the only time its ever happened.

[Capinure]

u gonna have to get off to pay for gas anyways might as well be off when u fill up.

[Subike]

Having experiance petrol burns, from my wrist to my elbow, from petrol soaked overalls, that were ignited from a hot exhaust, I never will put myself in that risk area again.
I dont care if the tank will take 1 liter more, or if its easier to straddle fill a bike.....having being burnt once, never again.
I know it is personal choice and reasons can be given for it to be OK.
But the pain, days of work, hospital visits, etc are not worth the risk.
And I would say that if you are wearing a synthetic material jacket!!!
melted synthetics do not stop burning till it hardens.
Plastic watches become permanent wrist fittings!
Sorry not a choice I will take ever.

[Badger8]

Always on the sidestand for me.
First time i filled her up i did so on the sidestand, then remembered all the wank about getting extra in if it's upright, so pushed her up off the sidestand and upright. Lo-and-behold, the level was still in the filler pipe, so never bothered since. (may be different with different shaped tanks, who knows).

Stayed straddled one day after a long rough ride when i wanted to rest for a moment before getting off, and the guy wouldnt turn the pump on till i got off. Despite having my gloves and helmet on the ground next to me, the tank bag on the handlebars and the keys stuck in the removed cap sitting in my crotch, he sighted the old 'gas-n-run' as the reason for making bikers get off.
Only takes a second to straddle her mate, takes at least a minute to put all my gear back on. He didnt seem to understand... Muppet...

[Waxxa]

The amount of extra fuel you can put in the tank from bike on the stand v straddling the bike is so small, how much mileage would you get?

Fill the tank to the first click of the fuel pump and be done with it.

[Candle]

Yea i always fill up with her in the stand that way i can just go pay and get riding to much on again and off again takes to long and means i cant get riding again. Besides if you get hit by a strong gust of wind or are having 1 of those days and the bikes falls over your really bugard, but if your beside it theres less chance of anything going wrong. Also the guys at the stations don't like it they all reckon im gonna do a runner which has crossed my mind a couple of times