How do you fuel up?

[flynrider]

OFTEN .... 16 times in the last 4 days

Man, no kidding.

Center stand mostly, side stand often. Never while sitting on bike.

Safety gentleman. Accidents never happen until the do. Bad practice IMHO.


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I'm still curious how these accidents happen. I can only imagine it occurring if someone leaves the pump locked and the auto stop fails or they are simply not paying any attention while they are filling their tank. Not trying to start anything here, just truly curious.

I've run across some badly maintained pumps. Not surprisingly in little gas stations out in the middle of nowhere. Both times I've had big spills it was because the pump handle (the part you squeeze) was sticky. When I released it, it just stayed where it was and kept pumping until I was able to use my other hand to pull it down and stop the flow. I never use the pump lock when fueling a motorcycle.

Last time I complained, the guy said he'd had a few complaints, but only from motorcycle riders. I pointed out that in a car, the auto shutoff feature stops the pump when gasoline backs up into the filler neck (regardless of the pump handle position). Motorcyclists generally do not stick the nozzle deep enough into the tank to allow this feature to work.

While I'm not really opposed to fueling while on the bike, I know myself. I could see a situation where I was distracted at just the wrong time.