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sharpmagna wrote:Don't fill it too far up the filler neck though or you might have gas spewing out the key hole in your gas tank

That would be no good on this bike, cause it will spew right onto the battery

sharpmagna wrote:Don't fill it too far up the filler neck though or you might have gas spewing out the key hole in your gas tank

this is true. i think on the ex it has to do with an emission control something or other on the tank. though that may be cali models only.

Some service stations such as Exxon's allow you to just tilt the fuel nozzle slightly inside the fuel tank to allow maximum input. Other stations such as Mobil or Cheveron require the nozzle to be fully inserted into the tank...to get by this, use your right hand to hold/guide the nozzle, while using your left hand to pull the accordinon like rubber piece around the nozzle all the way up...this allows the gas to come out of the pump. Keep the tip of the nozzle inside the tank, as once fuel is touching the nozzle, the pump automatically stops.

i always grab a couple of pieces of paper towel or whatever they have out there and hold it over the fill hole, prevents splatter, and when i'm done filling i don't get any spillage because the paper towel soaks it up.

It's generally not a good idea to try to get every last drop in your tank - especially during summer. You have cool gas from an underground tank filling your tank. Guess what happens when it heats up in your tank? It expands. Most bikes have an overflow that will drip this onto the ground. It's not that big a deal but preferable not to happen.

I never fill my tank to the brim unless I know that I'll immediately be putting another 25 miles or so on the bike to bring the gas level down a bit.

Be careful on a hot day. I've found that if I fill her all the way up (bottom lip) on a hot day then the cold gas (stored underground) starts expanding as it gets hot and starts to come out the keyhole in my cap.

VP wrote:Some service stations such as Exxon's allow you to just tilt the fuel nozzle slightly inside the fuel tank to allow maximum input. Other stations such as Mobil or Cheveron require the nozzle to be fully inserted into the tank...to get by this, use your right hand to hold/guide the nozzle, while using your left hand to pull the accordinon like rubber piece around the nozzle all the way up...this allows the gas to come out of the pump. Keep the tip of the nozzle inside the tank, as once fuel is touching the nozzle, the pump automatically stops.

As far as I know, CA is the only place that has that STUPID accordian rubber piece that has to be pulled back. Whoever came up with that idea deserves a serious beating.

isnowbrd wrote: As far as I know, CA is the only place that has that STUPID accordian rubber piece that has to be pulled back. Whoever came up with that idea deserves a serious beating.

lot's of tree huggers here in CA... it helps to reduce vapors and protect the environment.

our bikes are also equipped w/ a evaporation emission control system.

w/ my gixxer750... it's weighs 2lbs more than the 49 state model.

but at least we can legally lane spilt and it's riding season all year long.

i do envy the firearms open carry law on some texas cities.

We had those accordion looking things on the nozzels here in FL for a while. I dont see them anymore. I dont get off the bike usually. With static electricity in mind, it would be safer to touch the forks or some big metal part before touching it to the inner rim of the tank. This would discharge any static away from the tank. You could hold the nozzel in one hand and touch a metal part of the bike with the other as well to discharge any static.

I have a CA emissons bike, and my wife drives a CA emisson Mustang. My mustang lost most of its system somewhere along the line, but the nearly 20 yr old V8 5-Speed gets better mpg than the CA equiped brand new V-6 auto. Pretty soon, all 50 states will have the same. We really need to lobby here for the lane splitting. I am sure Cali is cool and all, but I am not parting with my guns and legal right to carry. And the cost of living is insane there.

One thing that always made me wonder about what Californians are thinking is the earthquakes. Hurricanes are bad enough, without worring about being swallowed up by the earth with no warning. We get at least a weeks notice to take cover or leave. Who here has ridden a bike in an earthquake? Surely its been done.

isnowbrd wrote:

VP wrote:Some service stations such as Exxon's allow you to just tilt the fuel nozzle slightly inside the fuel tank to allow maximum input. Other stations such as Mobil or Cheveron require the nozzle to be fully inserted into the tank...to get by this, use your right hand to hold/guide the nozzle, while using your left hand to pull the accordinon like rubber piece around the nozzle all the way up...this allows the gas to come out of the pump. Keep the tip of the nozzle inside the tank, as once fuel is touching the nozzle, the pump automatically stops.

As far as I know, CA is the only place that has that STUPID accordian rubber piece that has to be pulled back. Whoever came up with that idea deserves a serious beating.

I saw those in VT and NH when I went to pick up my bike this past Tuesday. I see them in NJ occasionally too. Vapor recovery nozzles.