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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Filling gas tank Reply #15 - 08/22/05 at 21:45:26 Reelthing wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08: 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 That's kinda what I figured. I just haven't really made it a priority to assess it any further.
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klx650sm2002 Serious Thumper Offline The more I learn the less I know. Posts: 2041 Cumbria,England Gender:	Re: Filling gas tank Reply #16 - 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
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Filling gas tank Reply #17 - 08/23/05 at 11:26:19 They went out in the late 60's and early 70's here.
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vroom1776 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2110 Gender:	Re: Filling gas tank Reply #18 - 08/23/05 at 11:31:41 Savage_Rob wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08: They went out in the late 60's and early 70's here. ...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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DavidV Ex Member	Re: Filling gas tank Reply #19 - 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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Susan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline Been AWOL but I'm back... Posts: 682 Eastern PA Gender:	Re: Filling gas tank Reply #20 - 08/24/05 at 08:43:42 sluggo wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08: 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. This may work for you giants but for us shorties, off the bike it is!
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Re: Filling gas tank
Reply #21 - 08/24/05 at 08:50:26

DavidV wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:

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.

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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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: Filling gas tank Reply #22 - 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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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Filling gas tank Reply #23 - 08/24/05 at 12:49:31 Susan wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08: This may work for you giants but for us shorties, off the bike it is! giant's, excuse me but i've always considered myself inseamed challenged at 28 in.
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bikingb Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline Love to Ride! Posts: 278 Appleton, WI Gender:	Re: Filling gas tank-gas cap gauges Reply #24 - 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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Susan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline Been AWOL but I'm back... Posts: 682 Eastern PA Gender:	Re: Filling gas tank Reply #25 - 08/24/05 at 19:09:41 sluggo wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08: giant's, excuse me but i've always considered myself inseamed challenged at 28 in. 23 inches here...
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Filling gas tank Reply #26 - 08/24/05 at 20:16:53 Susan wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08: 23 inches here... Wife has a 36 inch inseam.
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Re: Filling gas tank
Reply #27 - 08/26/05 at 15:44:49

Savage_Rob wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:

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.

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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rkutzner Ex Member	Re: Filling gas tank Reply #28 - 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....
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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: Filling gas tank Reply #29 - 08/28/05 at 08:00:15 A snake crawling down the back of the tank towards your....AAHHHHHH.
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