wonderings
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Before i got into riding i noticed that whenever i was at gas stations in a cage i rarely saw bike riders filling up. I figured that maybe it's because riders like to fill up jerry cans and do it at home.
So now that i have a bike of my own, i'm wondering, what do you do? obviously if you are going on a long distance trip you are filling up at stations, but if you live in the city and ride around only casually do you ever just fill up a jerry can to keep at home to fill up?
That leads to my other question. If you fill up at stations and your gas cap is on top of your tank do you ever get splash over on your tank?, and if so how harmful is it to the paint/coating? I've only been riding a short time now and so far i've been too wussy to fill up at a station and just been keeping a 10 gal jerry can at home and doing it there but i guess i gotta learn to do it at the station sometime..
ok.. make fun now..![]()
How often did you see people filling up jerry cans?
I fill at the pump like 99.99% of every other biker out there as well.
I have splashed gas on my tank on previous bikes, not to often though. When that would happen I would just use the windshield brush thing and give my bike a quickly little cleanup.
Not sure what your problem is with gas stations or why feel the need to do it in the privacy of your home, but its something you need to get over.
Now my GSA lets me just shove that gas nozzle in like a car and fill up $40 + dollars worth before I need to pull it back and easy in the last 5 or 6 bucks worth of fuel.
As for gas cap on top, I wouldn't want it anywhere else, it only makes my rare trip to a gas station that much longer. My method. Pull up to pump, stay on bike, visa prepay at pump, pump, replace pump, gloves on, gone. Not that I am in a rush or anything, just hate stopping :lol: