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Gas Pumps: Fueling

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Alright, so I'm out for a ride early evening yesterday and see that I need some gas. New bike, picked it up Monday and the first time I am pumping gas for a motorcycle and NOT a car! Pull into the Esso station on Hwy 7 & Pinevalley and prepay the pump and then I start pumpin'... Only to my dismay that the pump doesn't seem to wanna flow how it does when pumping gas for a car! It kept stopping, so I kept fiddling and it kept stopping. Stopped at 10 bux and I said **** It.... Anyways, someone wanna please explain to me why I felt like a total basket case at the pumps yesterday LOL!!!
 
You probably had the full metal part of the pump completely in the gas tank, right? The pump clicks off when the gas reaches the tip of the pump, so next time just pull out a little more. I usually have the tip of the pump slightly below the gas cap, and can see the gas flowing into the tank.
 
Don't shove the nozzle the entire way in, this isn't sex.
 
Don't jam the handle all the way into the tank. The overflow preventer will kick in, almost immediately, and stop the flow. What I usually do is hook the metal tube of the hose just below restrictor plate, in the filler, then fill until it reaches the restrictor. you have to be careful, when approaching that level, in order to avoid spillage.
 
lol makes sense! :cool: I guess i was more like WTF? and just said the hell with it

Thanx guys
 
how far are you sticking the nozzle into the tank? Does the tank have a "stop" to rest the tip of the nozzle on? On my CBR, the tank has a stop so it only allows the nozzle to go in approx 2-3 inches but none of my older bikes have had this. If your bike does not have this option and you are sticking the thing right down in the tank, that is your problem. You are triggering the pump to shut off as it senses the tank is full.

Edit: Ooops a touch late
 
When you're filling up it's also a good idea to get off the bike. If you're sitting on it, a small twitch is enough to send gas spraying all over the bike and yourself, and you have nowhere to run. Gas does not like hot exhausts.
 
I always pump fuel while sitting on my bike, keep it upright but kickstand down in case I have to jet lol


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ernyov said:
I always pump fuel while sitting on my bike, keep it upright but kickstand down in case I have to jet lol
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Same here. Occasionally some pimply-faced gas attendant will come out and say, "You can't do that!", but that's rare.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
Same here. Occasionally some pimply-faced gas attendant will come out and say, "You can't do that!", but that's rare.
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really? how come?

Centre stands definitely make filling up with petrol easier..

what I hate is when the petrol spashes all over my paintwork - blah! I try to grab paper towels before I pump the gas to catch the drips from the nozzel.
 
kiwi said:
really? how come?

Centre stands definitely make filling up with petrol easier..

what I hate is when the petrol spashes all over my paintwork - blah! I try to grab paper towels before I pump the gas to catch the drips from the nozzel.
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They say that it's unsafe, because the bike might fall over. Last time I had someone say it to me, was about 2 years back.
 
croco said:
When you're filling up it's also a good idea to get off the bike. If you're sitting on it, a small twitch is enough to send gas spraying all over the bike and yourself, and you have nowhere to run. Gas does not like hot exhausts.
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Also your skin does not like to be sitting in gas. If you get it on your hand, it will just evaporate, but if you spill it on your crotch and there is enough to stay in your clothes for a bit, you'll find out it burns.
 
croco said:
When you're filling up it's also a good idea to get off the bike.
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There are YouTube videos of idjits setting fire to their trucks while filling gas cans in the back, instead of putting them on the ground like you're supposed to. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, the fire goes quickly. You really, really don't want to be sitting on your bike when that happens.
 
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