Fuel fill up question ...

[RaYzerman19]

Side stand of course. Everybody knows that if you tilt the filler neck, those holes in the bottom are now higher on the right side and allow a bit more fuel in. Jeeze youse guys.....

 

[LgFJR]

I have always stayed on the bike........easier and quicker...........

 

[Cav47]

1) Do you fuel your bike while it's on the sidestand or the center stand?

2) Why?

3) Do you think it makes any significant difference in the amount of fuel you can put into the tank

(PS: It's NOT Friday.)

1)I ALWAYS put her on the center stand.
2)I can put more of it in her.

3) Yes it makes a difference, she likes it that way and It allows me to ride her longer

Wait, what was the question about?? Sorry wrong forum. Apologies in advance. This is NERPT.

 

[TomInPA]

I stop, lower the kickstand, then pat myself on the back for not dropping the frickin' bike! You wouldn't believe how many bikes I have seen and heard hit the ground at a gas station.

I don't care how i fill it as long as gas is under $2.00 per gallon,and I'm riding my motorcycle, I'm simply too delirious to care.

 

[DocFJR]

Hmm. I'm usually too busy deciding whether I should wipe the crud off my windshield in a clockwise or a counterclockwise pattern.

 

[Redfish Hunter]

I generally have to get off the bike in order to access the Plexus and the microfiber towel to clean the bugs off my faceshield. If I am riding with Pop, I often clean his visor as well. Plus, I always like to point out how much more fuel his bike is using. I tell him it is a combination of my Gen 3 being that much better and him weighing too much.

 

[PhilJet09]

1. Sidestand

2. I'm too lazy to put it on the center stand

3. Yes, about 4.5 gallons in the aux tank

 

[SacramentoMike]

Sorry this thread went south before I saw it, cuz now I'm afraid nobody will think I'm serious.

I fill it right up to the top, and then add enough more to create a column of gasoline about two inches higher. It's important to keep the bike really level for the first few miles after doing this as it recedes.

I don't use either stand; I just like to keep it perfectly balanced with my feet on the pegs. As a personal challenge.

 

[Queensland Ken]

I punched a hole in the filler neck of the tank, makes topping up on the side stand far easier.

Good to note not to fully top up and leave the bike in the sun, only while traveling.

I also adjusted the sender unit to give a more accurate reading.

 

[YummYam]

Convinced more goes in on center stand as evidenced by the pump displaying how much I bought versus when on kickstand, plus the bike gas readout shows max bars.

Usually don't have my wallet about my person so have to get off anyway.

Must try the staying on the bike idea.

 

[Uncle Hud]

Ignacio posted: <snip> Well, that wasn't supposed to be possible...and now resolved for the future.

Glad I could be of help with Forum operations -- in my own insignificant way.

The question(s) were inspired by watching a Harley rider fuel while sitting on his bike; something I'd never seen before, and was curious how this (current) bunch of goofballs do it.

(By the way, I did search, but Google only returned results that were old, maybe pre-2012. It's a common theme in recent Google searches for FJRForum material: results returned are all pre-2012, even when I KNOW there's a pertinent thread only a few months old. This pattern has also ignited my out-of-control curiosity. "Wonder why you don't get 2015 results, Hud?")

 

[RossKean]

Lots do it but I have never been a fan of filling while astride the bike. In the case of a splash or overfill (oops), I don't want to be seated when liquid gasoline pours over my crotch and down the side of the bike onto hot engine and exhaust. Not likely to happen but it would ruin your whole day!

 

[Ignacio]

(By the way, I did search, but Google only returned r

Google isn't the only way to search. Personally, I use the native search features 3/4 of the time with better effect. Google's results seem to be more temporal sometimes.

 

[Uncle Hud]

^^^^^ +1 (out of likes already)

 

[hppants]

For whatever reason, I do find the forum's search better over the past year or so then before. I do wish we could allow words in the search with less than 4 characters. Sometimes I'm searching for a phrase containing small words (I'm a simple man - small words suit me).

Back on "topic"....

If Uncle Hud would permit a semi-related topic....

What I would like to know from Gen III owners is: Have you run out of gas, and if so, exactly how much did it take to fill the tank? I want to know if my Gen III will suck all 6.6 gallons before dying, like my Gen I did. I am well aware that a simple experiment on my part could solve this wondrous mystery, but again, I'm a simple man and today is Thursday, so I will go ahead and take my mulligan, if you don't mind...

 

[Ignacio]

For whatever reason, I do find the forum's search better over the past year or so then before......
What I would like to know from Gen III owners is: Have you run out of gas...

Why don't you use those search skills to find that this subject has been covered even MORE than the OP and even been specifically covered in Best of NEPRT and this sagest of advice? Or do you really believe it would make a significant difference with a Gen 3 vs. another Gen?

 

[ionbeam]

Observed fill technique by an AZ rider: Fill until the pump clicks. Shake the motorcycle to redistribute the fuel, dribble more drops in. Shake. Dribble. Shake. Dribble, until the fuel level hits the over flow opening. Even though it takes 10 minutes to fill like this, it allows the rider to ride 4 minutes longer with the extra fuel packed in :lol:

I fill while astride, ya I'll probably die a flaming death doing it, fortunately I've been lucky for almost 50 years. I fill to the bottom of the fuel 'strainer' every time so I have a known fuel load and a predictable range.

Edit: I see fuel range was broached while I was typing.

 

[Bill Lumberg]

No significant difference. I usually fuel on the sidestand. But I often fuel on the bike too. Yes. I know. But I turn my head so the sparkler clenched between my teeth doesn't drip sparks directly onto the tank. I used to fill it to the absolute brim. But on my eurotrash touring bike, that resulted in weeks of downtime and over $500 in repairs due to the overfill saturating the evap canister, which eventually sent high octane black epoxy back to the tank, cementing the fuel filter, causing pump rupture. Not a problem on an FJR unless it's a California model. But once bitten twice shy.

 

[mcatrophy]

Filling whilst sitting astride the bike is unlikely to mean a fiery death, but to me it's a question of risk v. reward.

We wear helmets and protective gear because we might go down, not because we expect to go down. Without protective gear, if we do go down, we will probably get hurt, we might not die. So we wear protection in case of the unlikely happening, and its possible consequences.

I won't sit while filling. I'm unlikely to spill the fuel (far too expensive to waste), but if I do spill it I'm unlikely to burst into flames - unless some cager throws his cigarette end out when he pulls up next to me. Then, death would probably be a relief. Even without the fire I'm sure a crotch full of petrol isn't going to be very pleasant for my boys (or what's left of them), Gore-tex makes no claim about being petrol-proof. Petrol is certainly an irritant, and there are some parts of my anatomy I particularly don't want irritating.

 

[bgross]

The instructions on the container of Plutonium don't specify the orientation of the Flux Capacitor for refueling. (If I'm reading it correctly; But it gets confusing, trying to keep track when the instructions are in Arabic, Farsi, and - when I buy it at Wally World - Chinese.)

So...

1) Side stand

2) it's easier not to get the radiation suit wrinkled

3) Can't say. Fuel economy & range is a function of both Friday and NEPRT, and today isn't Friday.

Gotta run. I think the Libyans are coming.