Triumphrat

rockDAWG · 08-09-2012, 01:54 PM

Not sure if this is the proper way, but this works best for me without looking like a moron.

1. Ride and pull up very close to the pump
2. Turn off engine and put the side stand down.
3. Remain seated and straddle on the bike
4. Lean over and swipe the cc and get the Nozzle
5. Fill the tank carefully and make sure bike perfectly up right, so the tank can be fill to the fullest..
6. Reverse the process and pull away gently.
7. If I have to go inside the store, park the bike to the side
8. Take off the helmet and gloves before get in the store.

I used to

1. get off the bike to fill the tank
2. wear my helmet into the store.
It is a kind retarded. so I don't do it anymore.

Anyone have a better way.

Gob-ny-geay · 08-09-2012, 02:32 PM

Didn't realise that there would be that many different ways to do this, but here goes...

1. Ride and pull up very close to the pump
2. Turn off engine and put the side stand down.
3. Remain seated and attempt to remove the stubborn Bonneville gas cap
4. Get up off the bike (I like to look down into the tank as I fill it.)
5. Notice the new, higher price of gas, and get pissed off. Mumble a few cuss words.
6. Walk over and swipe the cc. Answer the 50 questions from Circle K.
7. Fill the tank carefully .
8. Get the Receipt, so no one can accuse me of "Gas and Dash".
9. Pull away slowly and quietly. (No one appreciates a loud, obnoxious rider.)
10. If I have to go inside the store, park the bike off to the side and not block the pump from another Customer.
11. Take off the helmet and gloves before entering the store, unless I am planning to rob it in order to now pay for the high priced fuel.
12. If robbing the store... Run like heck afterwards.

13. Repeat as necessary.

alfacliff · 08-09-2012, 02:48 PM

I always get off when fueling, sometimes the handle sticks and gas squirts all over. I dont want gas on certain parts of my body. after fighting the cap back on, I rotate the cap ccw a little bit, it its all the way tight, someone has been messing with the gas.
cliff

skromfols · 08-09-2012, 02:52 PM

1. Ride and pull up very close to the pump
2. Turn off engine and put the center stand down.
3. Remove Ipod ear plugs.
4. Remove sun glasses & helmet.
5. Notice the new, higher price of gas, and get pissed off. Mumble a few cuss words.
6. Walk over and swipe the cc. If it's sunny, try to read the very faint instructions.
7. Select grade of fuel
7. Stick my face over the tank, close enough to see how much fuel goes in while I breath the gas fumes .
8. Get the Receipt, so no one can accuse me of "Gas and Dash".
9. Pull away at my normal rate of speed. My bike ain't that loud.
10. If I have to go inside the store, park the bike off to the side and not block the pump from another Customer.
11. Take off the helmet and gloves before entering the store.
12. Ask non-English speaking counter clerk for bathroom key. Leave when he claims that "bafroom otta orda".
13. Walk around the corner, water the tree.
14. Put on sun glasses, healmet & gloves and ride away.

bschwartz · 08-09-2012, 02:59 PM

I always get off the bike when refueling as well. I hate it when the gas hose bangs into the tank so I like to keep one hand on the hose itself (insert joke here) and one on the handle.

Speedycaptain · 08-09-2012, 03:11 PM

I pull up, shut down, drop the stand. Get off the bike, remove gloves and helmet. I swipe my card, choose my fuel, grab one of those free paper towels and wrap it around the nozzle as I place the nozzle over my tank. When I remove the nozzle, I wrap the end of the nozzle with the towel again. I hate dripping fuel all over my bike...

I always get off the bike though, as it is a good opportunity to stretch and grab a drink.

Dark Asylum · 08-09-2012, 03:24 PM

Here's my method.....

1. Ride and pull up about 3 feet from the pump
2. Turn off engine and put the side stand down. "I forgot one time, and it's embarassing"
3. Remove Ipod ear plugs.
4. No sun glasses & helmet to remove, I have prescrpit transitional and I don't usually wear a helmet.
5. Unscrew cap, stick in pump nozzel
6. Swipe CC, put in debit number
7. Choose Midgrade
8. Watch fuel level in the tank.. "I had it overflow once before".
8. Get the Receipt, so no one can accuse me of "Gas and Dash".
9. Pull away at my normal rate of speed. "Loud and Hard". I just don't care about anyone around me.
10. If I have to go inside the store, leave the bike parked at the pump... See reason why I pull away "Loud and Hard", but usually I don't go inside, so it's a moot point.

SamRothstein · 08-09-2012, 03:39 PM

the first post makes me wonder how much extra fuel I could get in by keeping the bike level at the pump...

1. Pull up to the pump, however close I get is good enough. Usually drop the sidestand as I'm stopping
2. Kill engine
3. get off bike, remove gas cap, swipe card, select gas
4. hold nozzle with one hand, hose with the other, hold handle at about 3/4 on so I don't get too much splashing over (are the newer bikes the only ones with the bar over the filler neck?)
5. replace nozzle and cap
6. if I go inside I leave the bike where it is, it's never busy enough that people are waiting for one of the 25 pumps at my local station

tstrimple · 08-09-2012, 04:50 PM

I always get off the bike as well.

As an aside, any tips for how to fill without spraying gas on the bike? I'm in California, so I have to hold the VCS sleeve back on the pump with one hand and hold the handle with the other. This makes it more difficult than it should be to get the nozzle aligned and I usually end up with gas spray on the left side of the bike.

skromfols · 08-09-2012, 05:00 PM

Ya, us California types are just plain lucky with those stupid sleeves. In addition to leaking or spraying gas on your tank, you're forced to put your head right over the tank to see when to stop filling, which means that you get to breath those stinking gas fumes that the sleeves are there to protect against.