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Title: Filling gas tank Post by 650-rider on 08/22/05 at 07:45:14 I have a rookie question - when you fill the gas tank, should the bike be on the side stand, or standing up straight? If you fill the bike while on the side stand, then it is too full when you stand the bike up. So it might leak out unless the filler cap is sealed. Thanks for your insight into this. |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Munson_kl279 on 08/22/05 at 07:57:12 It would be a little difficult to fill you bike up with it standing straight up, unless you alway have two people with you. And, if you fill it up while on the kick stand you will put less in than you would standing straight up. The only time I had a bike leak gas out of the gas cap was when I filled the bike up and it was set up to stand straight up on it's kick stand. A general tip: Don't fill the tank all the way to the lip, this will cause gas to leak out of the gas cap. ~Munson |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Savage_Rob on 08/22/05 at 08:01:54 And I've noticed spillage unless I do the following: Fill up while on the sidestand. Stand bike straight. Replace cap. If I replace the cap while it's still on the sidestand immediately after filling it, occasionally it leaks. |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by mikedasavage on 08/22/05 at 08:08:38 yea i just dont fill it all the way up but mine leaks too. My buddy said i should prolly get a new cap. any thoughts on that? |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Reelthing on 08/22/05 at 08:15:54 What I do is fill it on the stand upto the bottom of the metal tube or close - and before I put the cap back on - slosh it back and forth a couple of times. The '95 will still leak at times if I hard right leaving the station - may need a new gasket myself. |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by gazab44 on 08/22/05 at 11:12:38 I also only fill up when its on the stand.....no reason, its just easier that way :) |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by sluggo on 08/22/05 at 11:22:38 wow, i go the other way. i never dismout the machine. pullup remove cap, insert card, fill, replace cap, say no to the reciept. split. all without even putting down the stand. |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Munson_kl279 on 08/22/05 at 11:26:45 sluggo wrote:
I would to, but I usually have to go inside for some smokes. ~Munson |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by gazab44 on 08/22/05 at 11:28:40 I would have to ride inside to pay, don't think that would be appreciated... ;D |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by mikedasavage on 08/22/05 at 11:31:48 If i'm stopping for fuel i'm gonna stretch. I'm never that much of in a hurry anyway becasue if i was on my bike i prolly got there sooner then i should of to begin with ;D |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by sluggo on 08/22/05 at 11:40:33 gazab44 wrote:
lol. i do ride over and park for the stretch and smoke. |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Joel on 08/22/05 at 13:17:19 sluggo wrote:
That's how I do it as well. Unless I want to run in and grab a gatorade. |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by diesel on 08/22/05 at 18:23:14 while gasing up the wing in ohio once, they would not turn pump on untill rider AND passenger both dismounted. mabey just that stations rules, i donno, mabey state regs. after that we both just got off at gas stops, never tested it again. bill aka diesel. |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Michael on 08/22/05 at 19:59:12 Savage_Rob wrote:
Cool Rob..Must try that.......Great tip! cheers Michael |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Reelthing on 08/22/05 at 20:25:38 Savage_Rob wrote:
Sounds like we are in effect doing the same thing - bet an air pocket is forming on the left that gets burp'd outa there - either before - no leak or after - leak - the gas cap goes on |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Savage_Rob on 08/22/05 at 21:45:26 Reelthing wrote:
That's kinda what I figured. I just haven't really made it a priority to assess it any further. |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by klx650sm2002 on 08/23/05 at 07:28:47 The two petrol stations I use both have forecourt attendants to serve fuel (v unusual), I sit on the bike and get off to pay, no real reason. On my visits to South Africa I have found all petrol stations have forecourt attendants and tipping is normal practice. Clive W :D |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Savage_Rob on 08/23/05 at 11:26:19 They went out in the late 60's and early 70's here. |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by vroom1776 on 08/23/05 at 11:31:41 Savage_Rob wrote:
...except in jersey where state law (unless it's changed) says that you can't pump your own gas, which i think is BS, but they don't check your fluids like back in the day... |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by DavidV on 08/23/05 at 13:57:58 Oregon is like that, too. You can't pump your own gas, but the attendant doesn't have to stand there and hold the handle. Not sure how that helps. I passed through pretty quickly last year, so I didn't bother to ask about it. |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Susan on 08/24/05 at 08:43:42 sluggo wrote:
This may work for you giants but for us shorties, off the bike it is! ::) ;D |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Savage_Rob on 08/24/05 at 08:50:26 DavidV wrote:
Wow. I'd honestly be surprised to find a place in Texas where you didn't have to pump your own. |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Reelthing on 08/24/05 at 09:47:22 you mean like in labeled full service? Can't remember when I saw that last |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by sluggo on 08/24/05 at 12:49:31 Susan wrote:
giant's, excuse me but i've always considered myself inseamed challenged at 28 in. ;D |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank-gas cap gauges Post by bikingb on 08/24/05 at 18:44:41 Speaking of filling up. Is there a gas cap that has a gauge on it that fits the Savage? |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Susan on 08/24/05 at 19:09:41 sluggo wrote:
23 inches here... :o |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Paladin on 08/24/05 at 20:16:53 Susan wrote:
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Digger on 08/26/05 at 15:44:49 Savage_Rob wrote:
This works for me, too. I'd also like to add that I put in just enough gas such that the fuel level barely kisses the bottom filler tube in the tank. |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by rkutzner on 08/27/05 at 18:12:54 My 05 manual says on the kickstand and no higher than the bottom of the metal tube, and I've found out it is for a reason! If I try to squeeze in even a hair over the bottom of that tube, I get a thin slow moving 'yellow snake' out of the cap down the back of my tank.... :o |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Greg_650 on 08/28/05 at 08:00:15 A snake crawling down the back of the tank towards your....AAHHHHHH. |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by PAPA_THUMP on 08/28/05 at 08:39:44 ??? ??? :D :D rkutzner is correct. I get off the bike also.. too look in the tank while filling. pump slow.. not full blast... I am familiar with the snake.. usually appears right after I have waxed the tank !! how are gas prices? $1.49 for reg. here in GA. ??? |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by shawn_b on 08/28/05 at 09:05:30 1.49 where i have fam.in macon and am head that way next week ::) shawn |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by gazab44 on 08/28/05 at 12:13:37 PAPA_THUMP wrote:
Oh NO..!!! not gas prices again..........please........ do you all like to see a grown man cry :'( :'( :'( |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Savage_Rob on 08/28/05 at 15:14:21 PAPA_THUMP wrote:
Wow, that's nice. It's about $2.55 - $2.65 in Dallas. |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by bikingb on 09/02/05 at 08:19:28 Savage_Rob wrote:
I just filled up this moring at $ 3.10 per gallon in Wisconsin. I know we are still lucky it is not per liter |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by gazab44 on 09/02/05 at 08:25:41 GO ON THEN...I'M CRYING NOW :'(..HOPE YOUR HAPPY.. Nearly £1 per litre here in UK 1.00 GBP = 1.83965 USD |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Savage_Rob on 09/02/05 at 08:27:59 bikingb wrote:
It's gone up in Dallas now too. I managed to get it at $2.78 yesterday at the grocery store's gas island using the discount I got for shopping at the store. Otherwise it would've been $2.84. Elsewhere in my area, I've seen it at around $2.90 - $2.95 for regular (87 octane) and $3.15 for premium (93 octane). |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by DavidV on 09/02/05 at 08:42:26 The worst I've seen in MD has been $3.49 for regular. Most places are still at $3.00 to $3.25. I spoke to two gas station owners yesterday. One ran an independant station, the other had a corporate station. Both of them agreed that standard markup is ten cents per gallon. They have to pay the distributor for the whole load when the gas is delivered. They also said they'd never seen a sixty-cent per gallon rise in price before, and they have no idea where the top price might be. |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by PerrydaSavage on 09/02/05 at 08:42:29 Our Gasoline (petrol for you English, benzina for you Italians ;)) went up another $0.189Cdn/litre last night to $1.34Cdn/litre which is equivalent to $4.30USD per US gallon ... as long as it stays this high, no more pleasure Riding for me ... I'll commute on the Bike as long as the weather holds out ... :( |
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Title: Re: Filling gas tank Post by Bluejeanz on 09/02/05 at 18:13:42 Susan wrote:
I don't know Susan, I'm 5'4" and I fill up sitting on the bike. I like to choose places where I can stick the card in the pump and I never leave the bike...never even put the side stand down. |
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