Refuelling whilst still mounted

[Lurch]

I'd like to hear how the fuck you think i'm gonna fill up the tank of my Sach's Madas 125.
It's a Frame tank, 5.1 litres and only 4.8 get in there while its on it's side stand.....

You could ride that thing for 400ks on 4.8 litres couldn't ya? Stop being greedy

[.produKt]

180k's round town on a 5.1l fill ;p

[swbarnett]

>>There's a limit to the hoops I'm willing to jump through just because I don't have my name on title deed to the land on which I happen to be standing.<<'

Good! - now fuck off to the next service station then.

I thought you might say this. What if every station does the same thing?

[Big Dave]

Milk parked cars. Your breath will stink of petrol but you can still sit on the bike.

[swbarnett]

Its not an unreasonable request to ask us to dismount during fuelling.

Nobody has yet come up with a reason that is not based on an infinitesimal risk. We've eliminated or mitigated all the real risks. Now we're being forced to worry about trhings that are, effectively, not a problem at all.

To ask us to lie on the floor for 5 minutes as you have posted has nothing to do with anything a petrol station could or would ever ask. Try harder for a more reasonable example, then you may have a worthy argument.

It's an obviously ludicrous example to prove a point. To me being told to get off my bike is jsut as ludicrous because I can see no reasonable reason to do so.

We are free to do whatever we choose,

I wish this were true.

we are never free from the consequences, whether we agree with them or not.

Very true, I would be the fisrt to accept full responsibility for the direct adverse concequences of my actions.

[brett7777]

On my Harley Sportster (similar tank) it actually has a warning there that says NOT to fill the tank to the brim.

[quickbuck]

On my Harley Sportster (similar tank) it actually has a warning there that says NOT to fill the tank to the brim.

You're right.
Almost all bikes (If Not ALL) should not be refueled to the brim.
See Petrol takes up A LOT more space warm than it does cold.

The fact that it expands and spews fuel out the overflow makes it quite pointless to fill all the way to the brim...

Okay, you always get the, "I Full right up and then ride until it's empty", but the fact is that it is still a little dangerous, as what happens when you tip it into the 25k bend at 50 while leaving town????

Can't believe this is still going....

[BoristheBiter]

Nobody has yet come up with a reason that is not based on an infinitesimal risk. We've eliminated or mitigated all the real risks. Now we're being forced to worry about trhings that are, effectively, not a problem at all.
.

Because they ask you to, its as clean cut as that, why is not the point
It is their property and if they ask you to do something then it should be done. it is not an unreasonable request to hope off your bike while refueling.
are your manners that bad that you don't give a rats arse about anyone but yourself.
It's a bit like going around to someones house and leaving the fridge door open just because you can't be fucked to close it.

[motorbyclist]

The fact that it expands and spews fuel out the overflow makes it quite pointless to fill all the way to the brim...

Can't believe this is still going....

exactly.

but i suppose KB just loves a good pointless argument! I can't wait for DB or Katman to get in here

[george formby]

Ooooooh, the irony. Leaving Paeroa on Sunday my mate & I fuelled our bikes up at the same pump whilst sitting on them. Just to save time & quickly get out the way for people who were waiting. I soooo anticipated seeing someone give us the universal wanker signal from this thread.

[kwaka_crasher]

Dont forget to leave your helmet on when you do your banking too.

Much easier to just wear a burka. Strangely, they're unfazed by that.

To ask us to lie on the floor for 5 minutes as you have posted has nothing to do with anything a petrol station could or would ever ask.

You sure about that? What if they say it's to fully discharge the static electricity generated from you walking across the door mat at the entrance? There's no evidence that's an actual problem any more than using a cellphone or refueling whilst sitting on the bike.

The fact that it expands and spews fuel out the overflow makes it quite pointless to fill all the way to the brim...

What overflow?

[quickbuck]

What overflow?

The one around the scupper of your tank that poors fuel all over the right hand side of the tyre.........

[PrincessBandit]

Can't be fagged reading the whole 9 yards of this.

My point is: you have to get off your bike at some stage to go pay for the gas so what's the big deal about dismounting to pay after you've filled compared to before you start filling? It's not such a hard thing to do (getting off before filling) given that you have to get off it anyway. Except unless your pillion gets off and pays on your behalf - and tbh, how many times does that actually occur?

I reckon there is simply a heap of riders out there who object simply because it's stated and expected of them.

[Edbear]

Can't be fagged reading the whole 9 yards of this.

My point is: you have to get off your bike at some stage to go pay for the gas so what's the big deal about dismounting to pay after you've filled compared to before you start filling? It's not such a hard thing to do (getting off before filling) given that you have to get off it anyway. Except unless your pillion gets off and pays on your behalf - and tbh, how many times does that actually occur?

I reckon there is simply a heap of riders out there who object simply because it's stated and expected of them.

Surely you're not suggesting some people have a, "Nobody tells me what to do!" attitude..?

[quickbuck]

Surely you're not suggesting some people have a, "Nobody tells me what to do!" attitude..?

Hells Bells, what is the world coming to???
Mr. 4 Year Old attitudes making it into the grown up world????