What Does Your Refueling Regimen Consist Of?

[Bokobob_imp]

Pull up to pump, turn off key, put side stand down, climb off and flip modular face piece up. Remain standing on left, remove tank bag and sit it on seat. Get out and swipe credit card, select regular or 87 Octane. Fill into bottom of neck, no additional added. Close gas cap, put key back in ignition, put tank bag back on. Take receipt from pump and stuff in left pants pocket. Climb on, kick side stand up, turn on ignition and fire it up. Toggle to trip B (miles ridden on this tank and observe miles ). Zero Trip B, toggle back to Trip A (miles ridden on this day.) Close modular helmet, snick in gear, look around and take off.

Well said...funny. Accurate.
my routine is to put bike on side stand and fill to bottom of neck and then coax a little more into it, trying to not slosh any gasoline onto the tank, but not always succeeding.

[the Ferret]

Yea I'm going to refill again before I'm close to empty anyway so I don't try and force any more in once it gets to the bottom of the neck. Too much chance of over filling, spilling on the paint etc.

I have also filled on sidestand, stood it up and tried to get more in but it doesn't seem to make much difference if its on the side or center stand. Not much more can be added.

[Inhouse Bob]

+1 for MTC I can only add that I fill up while straddling the bike... not because I want to, but because I always always pull up too close to the pump and then can't get off the bike once I put the side stand down and lean the bike. I cannot seem to learn that lesson.

[fruno_imp]

I try not to fill her up while I am ON the bike. My old driving teacher (yes, we have to take lessons for the license over here) taught me so, because it is impossible to escape if spilled gas catches fire on the hot motor or exhaust.

watch this: https://youtu.be/k3K7LTCS65U (rated PG)

Fruno

[DJS_imp]

here is video of my 1st fillup.

[the Ferret]

Cann't believe I just watched a 7 minute video on filling a motorcycle with gas lol.

Man, that was a lot of finger fiddling on those buttons. What all were you doing?

[Django]

That's different in Germany. We don't have to pay in advance, but after fueling.

So, I
- pull up to the pump, left or right doesn't matter,
- open gas cap,
- grab fuel hose from Octane 95 pump (European Octane)
- fill up to bottom of neck, quite fast,
- put fuel hose back, close gas cap,
- put CB on centerstand,
- go to pay, note down odometer on receipt,
- come back, reset counter A,
- ready to go.

[Inhouse Bob]

I try not to fill her up while I am ON the bike. My old driving teacher (yes, we have to take lessons for the license over here) taught me so, because it is impossible to escape if spilled gas catches fire on the hot motor or exhaust.

watch this: https://youtu.be/k3K7LTCS65U (rated PG)

Fruno

Well, I guess I'd better learn to pull up wider and get off the thing. Thanks for the lesson in safety!

[DJS_imp]

Cann't believe I just watched a 7 minute video on filling a motorcycle with gas lol.

Man, that was a lot of finger fiddling on those buttons. What all were you doing?

that was the first fillup. all the fiddling was trying to remember how to reset the trip meters.

i have since committed the procedure to memory and no longer have 7 minute fillups.

[Guth_imp]

I recall us having a similar conversation a while back here on the forum. The majority of my fill-ups occur during my commute. I don't use a tank bag under those circumstances and as such, I tend to straddle the bike, remaining seated while filling up. Others pointed out the danger of fire or explosion back on that thread as well. I can see the impact in the video posted above (to be fair, it looks that guy would have been engulfed in flames even if he was standing next to the bike).

I do not use the auto-pump feature on the nozzle when filling up, instead preferring to release the gas at a pretty slow rate to avoid the mess made by splashing gas. As it gets closer to the top of the tank, I've got it flowing about as slow as the pump will allow to finish things up. After the gas has reached the filler neck in the tank, I'll trip the pump switch with my hand, cutting off the flow completely and then I'll let the last bit of gas drip out into the tank before returning the nozzle to the pump, minimizing the chance of any drips on the tank. (In my case, filling up is definitely not an exercise in efficiency.)

Now if I'm out on the road, in which case I might be using a tank bag, or am ready for a bit of a stretch anyway, I'll go ahead and dismount before fueling, and then all of the above still applies.