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Title: at the gas station
Post by: SS express on October 07, 2005, 04:59:49 PM
Easy question/topic...
When I fill up at the gas station, I don't usually dismount my gs.  Just swipe the card, open the tank, helmet on, fill up, go.  This seems to be a good idea because the tank is level, and I can put more costly gasoline in it.  
Am I at risk of spilling and lighting myself on fire and burning to death?  Does anyone here dismount?

Thanks- That's it!!!
Title: at the gas station
Post by: JetSwing on October 07, 2005, 05:04:32 PM
you're sitting on a fire bomb
Title: at the gas station
Post by: RVertigo on October 07, 2005, 05:04:51 PM
I dismount and fill on the sidestand.  I've personally found the difference in gas to be pretty small and not really worth it.

As for tipping over and spilling gas everywhere...   :dunno: Could happen...  It's more likely that someone would hit you and you'd fall over, but...  Could happen.  Same goes for being on the side/center stand though.

As long as your comfortable and confident with it, then I don't see a problem.  I know several people here fill while sitting on the GS.
Title: at the gas station
Post by: scottpA_GS on October 07, 2005, 05:10:38 PM
I stay on  :thumb:  debit cards ROCK! I dont see any risk in catching fire.. you do have to shut the bike off to open your tank right? I see no point in getting off the bike unless Im going inside to get something else  :thumb:

I only wish I could fill my car up w/o getting out  :mrgreen:
Title: at the gas station
Post by: Alphamazing on October 07, 2005, 05:27:02 PM
That's what I do, as well as others I know. It's really a preference thing. I highly doubt you're in any danger as you've got the bike off.
Title: at the gas station
Post by: JetSwing on October 07, 2005, 05:30:44 PM
Quote from: scottpeelI only wish I could fill my car up w/o getting out  :mrgreen:
it's called full service
Title: at the gas station
Post by: Alphamazing on October 07, 2005, 05:43:55 PM
Quote from: JetSwing
Quote from: scottpeelI only wish I could fill my car up w/o getting out  :mrgreen:
it's called full service

Full service? What's that?
Title: at the gas station
Post by: RVertigo on October 07, 2005, 05:45:53 PM
It's called getting gas in Oregon...


Speaking of....  What do they do for motos in OR?  Hmmm... (http://www.funender.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/think.gif)
Title: at the gas station
Post by: Alphamazing on October 07, 2005, 05:47:33 PM
They come out, take your keys from you, open your tank, huck a nozzle in there, scrape your paint up, ding your tank, and expect you to tip them.
Title: at the gas station
Post by: RVertigo on October 07, 2005, 05:49:55 PM
They take tips? :?



Really?


There's no tip line on the CC receipt...

Poor bastards.
Title: at the gas station
Post by: Alphamazing on October 07, 2005, 05:50:33 PM
I wouldn't know, really. I was just making assumptions based on the people I normally see hired at our gas stations.
Title: at the gas station
Post by: enecks on October 07, 2005, 05:53:52 PM
Heh, that's one of the few things I actually miss about living in Honduras: full service gas stations.  They would even rock the car back and forth to get the air out of the line (myth? *shrug*).
Title: at the gas station
Post by: RVertigo on October 07, 2005, 05:55:36 PM
I did that on my wife's (read boss) car...  I got another 1.5 gal in after the thing shut off.   :o

The gauge read full until about 75 miles.   :thumb:
Title: at the gas station
Post by: Alphamazing on October 07, 2005, 05:57:17 PM
75 miles? What the hell does your wife drive? The new Bugatti Veyron 16.4[url]? (http://gstwins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21488)
Title: at the gas station
Post by: RVertigo on October 07, 2005, 06:00:12 PM
1.5 G was the extra... Then it read just under full...

It's a Hyundai...  Something like 30ish MPG.
Title: at the gas station
Post by: Alphamazing on October 07, 2005, 06:00:48 PM
Oohhhh, I gotcha. It was a mis-co-myooooo-ni-ca-shuuunnnnnnnnnnnn.
Title: at the gas station
Post by: roguegeek on October 07, 2005, 06:50:32 PM
I still on the ticking time bomb I call the GS while at the pump. I also ass molest (http://www.gstwins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=196799#196799) the thing while I'm putting in the gas so I can get more in. I've had some stares since I started doing it, but now I just smile really big :) and stare back at them. They usually turn away in no time. :thumb:
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