BobbyBlue
Arrhythmia and Blues
Ok...its not friday so I'll risk it.
Last friday I was on my way home after watching MotoGP at a local English pub ( Lion and Rose in Alamo Heights for you locals ). They know me and give me my own little booth complete with lcd tv. So after a Guinness and some awesome vegetarian curry I was headed back to my abode. Gas was low and at 98 degrees my 05 was feelin a lil warm. Time to fill up. The pumps are running very slow, tanks are low, and its takin forever. As this is a busy intersection theres lots to watch. This absolutely fire breathing old 5.0 Mustang with a blower/supercharger hissing and thrashing around totally captivates me. Cams loping...what a cool car ! I notice steam wafting past my visor at the same time a car load of very animated young hispanic men, who had just pulled in behind me, are going apeshit yelling at me and trying to roll up the windows of their '84 Oldsmobuick at the same time. I look down to see my jeans wicking something up my leg...a glance at the tank tells me it aint water ! Gas is gushing down the left side into the fairing and I can hear it steaming off everything thats hot....sheeeeiiit. Then it dawns on me that if my fan kicks on ( there is a mod for this, since undone I might add ) I will have a real flame job going on...there is maybe 2 qts of gas at my feet and its evaporating quickly, I slowly replace the nozzle and walk the FJR some 20 feet to the front of the ice house I almost burned down ! I carry paper towels and after drying everything I can reach go inside to clean my jeans...and underwear. The fan kicks on just as I'm exiting and nada...
Lesson learned...if the pumps are slow, the vapor kickout will not work..******...( me I mean )
Real lesson learned...Dont take your eyes off of that nozzle 'till your done !
Blessed,
not charbroiled,
prolly still stupid,
Bobby
Last friday I was on my way home after watching MotoGP at a local English pub ( Lion and Rose in Alamo Heights for you locals ). They know me and give me my own little booth complete with lcd tv. So after a Guinness and some awesome vegetarian curry I was headed back to my abode. Gas was low and at 98 degrees my 05 was feelin a lil warm. Time to fill up. The pumps are running very slow, tanks are low, and its takin forever. As this is a busy intersection theres lots to watch. This absolutely fire breathing old 5.0 Mustang with a blower/supercharger hissing and thrashing around totally captivates me. Cams loping...what a cool car ! I notice steam wafting past my visor at the same time a car load of very animated young hispanic men, who had just pulled in behind me, are going apeshit yelling at me and trying to roll up the windows of their '84 Oldsmobuick at the same time. I look down to see my jeans wicking something up my leg...a glance at the tank tells me it aint water ! Gas is gushing down the left side into the fairing and I can hear it steaming off everything thats hot....sheeeeiiit. Then it dawns on me that if my fan kicks on ( there is a mod for this, since undone I might add ) I will have a real flame job going on...there is maybe 2 qts of gas at my feet and its evaporating quickly, I slowly replace the nozzle and walk the FJR some 20 feet to the front of the ice house I almost burned down ! I carry paper towels and after drying everything I can reach go inside to clean my jeans...and underwear. The fan kicks on just as I'm exiting and nada...
Lesson learned...if the pumps are slow, the vapor kickout will not work..******...( me I mean )
Real lesson learned...Dont take your eyes off of that nozzle 'till your done !
Blessed,
not charbroiled,
prolly still stupid,
Bobby
