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(06-03-2014, 02:37 AM)kevbroce_imp Wrote: [ -> ]With the CARB nozzles, I just shove it on the tank and pump away for about 2.25-2.5 gallons. If it gets much over 2.5 it always auto shuts off for me. If any mores going in I assume I'm about to make a mess. I cannot get a good medium flow out of those things, it's either full blast or a drizzle. If I eyeball the whole way with those things I'm either spraying drops all over the place or letting half the gas evaporate...

A perfect description.

That is a odd nozzle! We don't have them. Thanks for the pic. And good luck filling up your bike.

(06-03-2014, 07:09 AM)Ridem32_imp Wrote: [ -> ]That is a odd nozzle! We don't have them. Thanks for the pic. And good luck filling up your bike.

You're in Mississippi...don't you just pour the gas in from an ol bucket?

Yea we all have the ole buckets. Lol. Most are just a tad rusty but we just wipe her out and let yer rip lol. Sorry I can't talk rite now we fixen to eat greens & chitlings and side of grits with potato pie mayonnaise their is a lot of folks over to eat

http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread....ght=nozzle

This old thread has some good gas pumping techniques.

(06-03-2014, 08:44 AM)Ridem32_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Yea we all have the ole buckets. Lol. Most are just a tad rusty but we just wipe her out and let yer rip lol. Sorry I can't talk rite now we fixen to eat greens & chitlings and side of grits with potato pie mayonnaise their is a lot of folks over to eat

LOL. Good one! But I'd definitely take somma dat tater pie mmmmmMMMMM

Lol ES y'all ain't rite

(06-03-2014, 05:49 AM)shdwghst457_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Could someone maybe fab up some sort of adapter funnel to mesh with the CARB nozzle? Or would it detect the open air at the other end, defeating the purpose?

Yeah, there was a company that made a big yellow doughnut-looking gasket that you could carry with you, in a special pouch, and the intent was to do just as you suggested. It worked brilliantly with some bikes, but didn't work at all with others. I just finally tossed it and went back to the old way.

In fact [url=https://www.mccuff.com/]here it is.

BTW, topping off to get the last bit of fuel as they say on the website is a bad idea. You need that air space for heat expansion.

I learned how explosive and dangerous gasoline was the hard way; I used to play with fire a lot when I was young and stupid and finally I just about barbecued myself. There are some horrifying videos of people being blown up or burned whilst fueling up but amazingly, I think just about all of them came out of it OK (in the videos I watched, anyway).

We used to have those CARB style nozzles here in Phoenix. Fortunately, they've mostly been replaced by a different style that has the vapor recovery cap at the top of the pipe, so it works on cars but doesn't interfere with fueling a motorcycle. I used to hate having to hold the accordian gadget back while trying to fuel. I always ended up with stinky hands. Ours look like this :

My confession of the day: my ribs are killing me.