Refueling while seated?

[akacastle]

p.s.

It's easy! I do it if I'm paying by card, but I usually pay with cash 'cause I don't really trust a lot of places not to rip me off. It's happened too many times in the past.

p.s. if you have a hard time keeping your bike balanced, maybe you should be driving a car...

I agree. Are we really to this point of being physically challenged?

 

[crazybob]

I wet myself

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[Redzx6r]

Loki can't believe this thread is still going....it's just pumping gas people.

 

[SlideSF]

If you don't select "debit" then the station's pump will treat it as "credit" and lock down a crazy portion of your account (in case you're refuelling an RV or something).

If the station's pumps don't discern between debit and credit, I don't fuel there. Selecting debit has never caused a problem for me, and I've refuelled all over the state.

I didn't know that, but it makes sense. Still, I've never had problems paying with cash, and certainly not had my bank call me about it. It's the last thing I want to worry about when I'm on a road trip!

I'll stick with cash, thanks. And use my sidestand. If I really need to get few extra drops I will use the centerstand.

 

[Gixxergirl1000]

A lot of our traditions come from riding on horseback. Unless you are a cop you get off on the near side, that comes from horsemanship. Same thing with giving your steed some oats, you step off and put on the feed bag. It's part of the history and tradition, it shows respect to the traditions. I know that sounds weird and un-modern but tanking up while seated is sort of uncouth.

After approximately 35 years of horse riding/ownership, I've seen a feedbag once... in an old tackroom, covered in dust. Never seen one ever in use. And you don't step off your horse after a hard ride and start graining them- you need to let them cool down first.
Besides, having put in as many thousands of hours (and tens of thousands of dollars) as I have in caring for my horses, I feel absolutely NO need to show respect to a non-existent tradition... rather glad to be away from it, at this point...
Also, I'm fairly certain most of us dismount on the left because that's the side the kickstand is on...

These questions always remind me of the thread where a guy passive-aggressively called out everyone for not noticing him and stopping on the side of the freeway during the morning commute because he ran out of gas. He claimed that 'he KNEW how to fill up a bike' though it was later revealed he used the side-stand method and thought that would give him the full advertised tank capacity fill-up. So effectively he starved himself at the pump. It was a new gen Ninja 250 with fuel gage instead of a petcock, too. *sigh* That was a good thread. Anyone else remember it?

Yup, great thread... he started out by asking if anyone had seen the red kawi on the side of the freeway, wondering if the rider was OK... finally admitted it was him... what a flamefest that turned in to...
Didn't it get nominated for one of Brandon's "Thread of the Year"?

Everything is more laid back up north. Its not a race or an issue of manners at the gas station as there are always free pumps available. My question is...am I the only person in the country that still pays with good old AMERICAN cash? Credit cards are evil!! On another note I know it stays cooler in the bay area but up here in the summer time high 90's to 113 degrees is the norm. On many of our group rides (where we stop at a gas station every 50-75 miles) the people who squeez every last drop into their tank find their bike pissing gas out after it expands from the heat. In a city where there is a billion gas stations why would you worry about "10 more miles"

Some of us don't ride in cities... and I'd rather have that extra 10 miles and not need it, than need it- and not have it.


Personally, despite having short legs, I stay on the bike when I fill up. I use a debit card. I remove one glove, so I can get my debit card out of the inside pocket of my leathers. In all my years of filling tanks on bikes, I've never spilled gas on myself... not even sure how someone would manage that. Seriously, it's not rocket science...

 

[Hooli]

After approximately 35 years of horse riding/ownership, I've seen a feedbag once... in an old tackroom, covered in dust. Never seen one ever in use.

Oh, I've seen plenty of women who would look absolutely marvelous, if they wore a feedbag.

 

[Gixxergirl1000]

I didn't know that, but it makes sense. Still, I've never had problems paying with cash, and certainly not had my bank call me about it. It's the last thing I want to worry about when I'm on a road trip!

I'll stick with cash, thanks. And use my sidestand. If I really need to get few extra drops I will use the centerstand.

FWIW, I use my debit card, and every year in the Spring, when I start logging a lot of miles on the bike, and get 3 or 4 refills in a day, I always get a call from my bank, wanting to make sure it's me. I appreciate their diligence, but sometimes I wish they could flag it to show I'm out on the bike (again)... I mean, three $8 fuel stops isn't going to get you very far in a car...

 

[Kornholio]

$8? Damn your tank is small!

 

[Gixxergirl1000]

$8? Damn your tank is small!

If it's almost empty, it's around $13. But it's not some long-distance hauler like yours!

 

[Kornholio]

If it's almost empty, it's around $13. But it's not some long-distance hauler like yours!

Yeah but don't you and Brandon pretty much have the same sized tank? I know from riding with him that he pays almost $20 (if not over that depending on the area) to fill up. Unless you're running regular 87, I'm not sure how you're getting out so cheaply.

 

[Gixxergirl1000]

Yeah but don't you and Brandon pretty much have the same sized tank? I know from riding with him that he pays almost $20 (if not over that depending on the area) to fill up. Unless you're running regular 87, I'm not sure how you're getting out so cheaply.

No, I've never put $20 into the tank... I almost always refuel before the fuel light comes on, though. I think the most I've ever put in was around $18 once, but that was the last time gas prices went up so high.

 

[Xof711]

It's not even an option for me to fuel straddling the bike... I barely touch the ground with both feet

 

[crazybob]

It's not even an option for me to fuel straddling the bike... I barely touch the ground with both feet

I'm 5'6" and on the V-Strom I can barely tip-toe on both feet, and I still refuel on the bike with no problems by doing the same trick that helps you out anytime you stop: scooch your butt to the side so you can flat-foot one foot, and put your other foot on the peg. You can put the side-stand down without resting on it too if it makes you feel better.

 

[The]

I sit on it because I like feeling the cool fuel fill up my tank on a warm day.

 

[kgmoto]

on the bike and only the right hand glove off. just so I can get my wallet out but yeah usually leave the bike in gear so that it does not move at all

My wallets in my jacket. I slide one thigh up the seat while sliding in my card, after that its back to the saddle to refuel. I also pull up with the pump on my right. I insert the pump, then grab the trigger using my left hand, which keeps the pump more vertical as Im filling. Just what works for me.

 

[Feanor]

I always get off the bike to refuel. It's not a balance or short leg issue, it just feels little more sure handling the gas nozzle off the bike since I don't want to scratch my tank or get even a drop of fuel on the bike.

when the bike is on its stand, I fill it up till its almost halfway up the neck on the tank. when I level the bike out its still above the bottom of the filler neck so keeping it upright for my particular bike is not a reason to stay on it while refuelling.

I also have these thoughts of what would happen if for some reason there was a spark or some other thing that caused the fuel to ignite. I would imagine that it would be an almost impossible scenario, but still, you would look really funny trying to leap off the bike while it was an inferno with you sitting on it.


"SARASOTA - A motorcycle burst into flames as its rider pumped gas into it at a Shell station in south Sarasota around noon Saturday.


Motorcyclist William Wright, 53, told authorities the motorcycle's gas tank was nearly full when he noticed flames in its exhaust pipe, said Sarasota Fire Capt. Susan Pearson.

The flames engulfed the motorcycle and spread to the gas pump, Pearson said.

A fire engine quickly extinguished the flames, Pearson said."

 

[Lovedoc]

I think you should get off at every opportunity.

Also, you might need to dodge a Prius.

 

[Kornholio]

Refueled while seated this morning. Success.

Obligatory...

 

[ob1ventura]

7 pages on refueling a bike

fwiw I usually get off. Maybe a bit anal but thinking if the ash gets too long and drops into the tank it may screw w/ the injectors.

If w/ a group of friends I'll stay on just to speed things up.

 

[ST Guy]

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Originally Posted by ST Guy
I wet myself

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'Never done it myself. However, I did see a friend do it and it wasn't his fault. It was a faulty pump nozzle. After seeing the results (outside of his riding gear) and hearing what it did to his nether regions (didn't actually see that), I decided that getting off the bike was the best approach. Besides, doing so provides one time to stretch a bit and loosen cramped muscles and all before getting back on for another tank full.