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Veritas Ex Member	Gas Jockeys 06/24/06 at 18:02:41 What do you do if you find yourself in a place where you find only full serve gas stations, or New Jersey where they don't let you touch thier pumps? Do you push your bike to a self serve, or is it ok to ask them to do it yourself?
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DaddySauce Junior Member Offline Fried Squid is the best! Posts: 68 Arizona Gender:	Re: Gas Jockeys Reply #1 - 06/24/06 at 18:41:10 I don't know the laws there... but I've heard of people getting really pissed off if you try to pump your own gas. I think it's like that in Oregon or somewhere up north as well. Stupid laws if you ask me.
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Re: Gas Jockeys
Reply #2 - 06/24/06 at 21:34:51

Wow, I've never heard of that. Every time I pull up to a full serve, the jockey just stands there all nervous, with the pump out at arms length, ready to hand it off to me, like he thinks it might be a better idea if I do it myself, because he might wind up dead. At 5'4", 120lbs. I'm not a very intimidating person. But the idea of a territorial pump jockey is just too funny.

And laws?? They actually inacted laws that protect territorial gas station attendants?

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Steve530 Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline Posts: 452 Knoxville, TN Gender:	Re: Gas Jockeys Reply #3 - 06/24/06 at 23:18:11 New Jersey and Oregon.
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Veritas

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Re: Gas Jockeys
Reply #4 - 06/24/06 at 23:53:03

Yeah, in those states, for "safety reasons" you are not allowed to pump your own gas.

In my Mustang, I always planned my gas stops to avoid needing it in New Jersey, but with the S40, I can't do that because of it's limited range.

I swear, if a gas jockey tried to fill up my tank and got gas everywhere, I'd stuff him into my gas tank.

So it is ok then to request to do it yourself?

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Kropatchek Serious Thumper Offline Why more than 1 cylinder? Posts: 1457 Alphen a/d Rijn Netherlands Gender:	Re: Gas Jockeys Reply #5 - 06/25/06 at 02:59:43 Here in the Netherlands you can hardly find a station that pums gas. It's all DIY. Greetz Kropatchek 8)
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Guido Ex Member	Re: Gas Jockeys Reply #6 - 06/25/06 at 06:28:17 What's a full service station? Don't have any in these parts.
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HawkEye1967 Full Member 2005 No Login Offline L. T. R..R. T. L Ridding for the Son Posts: 170 Gender:	Re: Gas Jockeys Reply #7 - 06/25/06 at 07:52:47 I don't blame the guy for not wanting to be stuffed into your gas tank, no laws here but at the full service stations here they just hand me the nozzle and I do it myself. btw just how mean do you look.
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Gas Jockeys Reply #8 - 06/25/06 at 09:25:20 I've never had that problem, even in the "Independent Soviet Republic of Portland". Working in bike shops, and looking a bit like Charles Manson, does have its advantages... Find a station willing to let you pump it yourself. Or make the pump jockey wrap a rag around the filler opening to catch any splash out. -WD
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Gas Jockeys Reply #9 - 06/25/06 at 13:35:18 I honestly can't remember the last time I saw a full-service gas station.
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starmom Ex Member	Re: Gas Jockeys Reply #10 - 06/25/06 at 16:04:07 yup, its a northeast thing, New Jersey............... they would probably over fill and make a mess, and I would be PISSED!
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thedocdm YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 7 South Williamsport, PA Gender:	Re: Gas Jockeys Reply #11 - 06/25/06 at 16:53:07 I was wondering this myself when I rode to NYC a few weeks back. I stopped in NJ and the attendant just handed me the nozzle. First and only fillup in NJ with the bike.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10875 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Gas Jockeys Reply #12 - 06/25/06 at 17:34:46 My son is stationed in NJ with the Air Force, I must say that I have never in my life seen such a "PROGRESSIVE" state that is so freaking backwards, inside out and upside down.
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Lion Full Member Offline Posts: 101 Budapest, Hungary Gender:	Re: Gas Jockeys Reply #13 - 06/26/06 at 02:21:22 It must be disgusting when a stranger puts something into your pretty bike's fuel tank. Phew!
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vroom1776 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2110 Gender:	Re: Gas Jockeys Reply #14 - 06/26/06 at 12:00:16 Yeah, it's a bunch of BS. I usually just sit ont he bike and let him hand me the darn pump. when I have to fill up at one of these darn palces.
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