Ever ahd to get off to fill up with fuel

[orac]

well i went to get gogo today, pulled up to the pump and took my lod off, the only station in the whole of plymouth that requires lid removal. any how went in to pay and the woman and the sesk tells me i have to get off the bike before filling up.

what the hell, the only "bikers" i see get off to fill up are the ones riding scoots. the reason for this is the petrol may spring out of the tank and spontaniuosly compust - health and safetly has truely gone mad, i have havent cought fire when filling up in the past ten years - why it going to happen now.

any of you lot come across this madness anywhere else
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[Skudd]

Not again.................. and so soon.
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[stonesie]

I usually do get off the bike, never been a problem...

[orac]

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No, but then I get off the bike when I fill up and take the lid off since I hate wearing one to start off with.

Dunno about your petrol, but I can see the BCF spelling nazis spontaneously combusting tho.
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[orac]

let them, i have had 20 years about people telling about spelling, not realising that u cant spell well for a particular reason, the same reason i have difficulties reading
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[AlexW]

[J.M.]

Through various different threads we've established that complaining does nothing to change things. You have to comply or fill up somewhere else.

I always comment in these threads that Morrisons made me remove my lid to fill up, so I always use another station, one that I know always lets me sit astride the bike with my lid on, despite the signs saying not to.

Just make it very long winded.

I've removed my lid and put the bike on its centre stand before to fill up, unsure as to the reason why. It was very funny when the car waiting (2 pumps in a line, I was at the front one and a car was filling up behind me) saw me approaching my bike and then started to come forwards to my spot... only to be greeted by me putting on my helmet, moving the hair out of my eyes, putting on my gloves, knocking it off the centre stand, finding neutral and then starting the engine. The bloke ended up having to leave the forecourt because he didn't wait and was blocking everyone, turn around and join the queue at the petrol station again.
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[Shinigami]

to be honest, I always get off and remove my lid, i don't see what all the fuss is about, who give a fuck really?
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[orac]

the only reason i used that station was down to the fact it save a big detour to get fuel, however i will be going elsewhere now - strangely tho it co-op texico and all the other texico stations are fine with lid on sat on the bike.

however its is funny watching car drivre getting impatient. i had one guy waiting to leave, getting ever closer to the bike while i was in paying, i took i nice long time putting my gloves on, reseting the trip counter. he ended up reversing u trying to go between a another set uf pumps where he got promptly stuck and couln't go through where i was as another car had already filled the space
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[Rob W]

[Suntan Sid]

Tempted to post "Not This Shit Again", but seeing as I've never posted in one of the, many, available threads here goes.

What happened to customer service, FFS?

At my, normal, petrol station we have forecourt attendants who fill your vehicle up for you.
If you're in a car, you don't even have to get out, although I do and practice a bit of the lingo. You even get front and back windscreens cleaned!
If you're on a bike, the attendant usually asks if you want to fill it up yourself or let him do it, no removing helmets, no getting off the bike, unless you want to. Oh, and the petrol's cheaper as well!
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[Ayrton]

I get off the bike because i have to get off to pay anyway and it gives me time to stretch me legs. I see no reason to make a fuss about getting off, or removing your lid.

[janner_10]

[U_W v2.0]

well if you have to get off to go in and pay, then whats the problem?

yeah they dont want you on your bike while filling up because it IS a health risk, no doubt people have dropped them, been sat on a bike and stacked it ect ect,

they're just trying to cover thier asses.

but agian, if you have to get off to pay, why not just get off in the first instance?
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[J.M.]

[plugger147]

I usually get off to fill up, not for any silly rule but because a: the ground is sometimes slippery (split fuel or sand) and I don't fancy dropping my bike and b: a petrol sniffing incident in the bath many years ago has left me with a deep fear of getting the evil liquid anywhere near my genitals....
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[TheSmiler]

Started using my tank bag more now instead of my back pack so have to get off anyway to fill up, need to remove the tank bag. Still fill up faster than most people who turn up at the petrol station.
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[Ayrton]

[ruck bodgers]

its safer to park the bike down the road from the garage i fill up at . and go fill a can .
there all mentalists they fly into the garage in crappy nissans and start doing doghnuts on the forecourt or handbrake turns into the pumps .
its the same area where all the drivers indicate as they turn rather than before turning .if they bother to indicate at all

[J.M.]

[Andy_Pagin]

I don't know why people get so worked up about this. You're pouring an incredibly inflamable liquid into a tank sitting on top of a hot engine, overdo it and the whole lot could go up like a bomb, if you're sitting astride the bike you could die from the burns.
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[Pol Anorl]

petrol station opposite my house fills it for you so i can be sat fully geared up waiting

tis good.
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[DRZZack]

Why are people so bothered about this? You get off the bike anyway to pay, and I doubt very much that the extra 1/4 litre of petrol you put into your tank as a result of having the bike bolt upright is going to make a difference.