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PostPosted: 08:19 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
That was random. Got any links? Do petrol pumps randomly burst in to flame regularly?
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PostPosted: 08:31 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lol.

So stupid. If you smoke you may get cancer. Stops people...don't think so Wink

I'd prefer to fill the bike upright.
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PostPosted: 08:59 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Re: Sitting On Bike Whilst Refueling Reply with quote
rustgold wrote:
Have a look at a few service station fire videos. What do you think is going to happen if you're sitting on your bike, with the nozzle between your legs, and it erupts in flames. Your nuts are going to be fried, and it'll serve you right.

You're not being a manly rebel, you're being a dimwit if you sit on your bike to refuel at a servo.
How often does this happen then?

I saw some videos of bikes crashing online as well; does that mean make us dimwit's for choosing to ride bikes too?
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PostPosted: 09:25 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Anyone who calls it a "servo" has got to be Australian. I thought the Aussies were all laid back and whatever?

People die crossing the road. You suckers who cross the road... fuck dat shit, I'ma stayin' this side, where it's safe. It's all good, there's a pub this side of the road, although no shops or anything. I mostly stay in the house and order stuff online.

Oh wait! People die sitting on their sofas. I mostly spend my time lying on the floor waiting for my Tesco orders. And when it arrives I eat everything straight away in case any food is near its use-by date.
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PostPosted: 09:32 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
weasley wrote:
Anyone who calls it a "servo" has got to be Australian. I thought the Aussies were all laid back and whatever?


Not at all, even more H&S obsessed than here.
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PostPosted: 10:13 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
I bet more people die after eating service station re-heated pasties...
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PostPosted: 10:25 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lol

Not only do I do it.
My instructor filled his bike sat on it, then mine while I was alongside him sat on mine, followed by the other student's when I rolled forward 😀

We obviously are all horribly burned and dead...
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PostPosted: 12:01 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Haha, what an out of the blue thing to say.

I have never seen a fuel pump spontaniously combust, never seen one whilst in one or driving/riding past one, heard of it on the news, newspapers nothing. So, how often does this happen oh wise OP???

Should I be taking extra precautions whilst around fuel? If so what should I do? Please educate us dimwits.
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PostPosted: 12:15 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sitting on the bike whilst refueling is a safety feature actually ,- if there was a fire, I'd be the first one out of there as I'm already ready to go see.
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PostPosted: 12:27 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Re: Sitting On Bike Whilst Refueling Reply with quote
rustgold wrote:
To those who insist on sitting on their bikes whilst refueling.

Have a look at a few service station fire videos. What do you think is going to happen if you're sitting on your bike, with the nozzle between your legs, and it erupts in flames. Your nuts are going to be fried, and it'll serve you right.

You're not being a manly rebel, you're being a dimwit if you sit on your bike to refuel at a servo.


Thermite reaction?

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PostPosted: 12:44 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bishbash II wrote:
Haha, what an out of the blue thing to say.

I have never seen a fuel pump spontaniously combust, never seen one whilst in one or driving/riding past one, heard of it on the news, newspapers nothing. So, how often does this happen oh wise OP???

Should I be taking extra precautions whilst around fuel? If so what should I do? Please educate us dimwits.


Happens regularly in the US.

There are a series of things that need to happen which are unlikely to happen in the UK, mainly because they don't allow you to lock the pump lever in the on position.

Motorcycles can and do go up. Usually if people overfill the tank, the fuel finds its way out down the overspill hose and lands on the hot exhaust, vapourising. Tiniest spark can then ignite it.

Most pump fires are caused when someone in a hot area gets out of the car, puts the nozzle in the tank, locks it on then gets back into the (air conditioned) car where it's cool. The auto cut-off kicks in when it's full. They get back out of the car and in doing so generate a static charge. They reach for the nozzle and a static spark earths itself onto the fuel filler, igniting the fuel vapour*. You should touch the pump first to earth yourself before reaching for the nozzle.

First thing we do in the UK when we go to a pump is touch the metal nozzle with it in the holster and earth ourselves. Then it's set up so we can't let go of the nozzle again until we're finished fuelling.

Classic here:
https://youtu.be/tuZxFL9cGkI

One with someone filling a fuel can, similar story.
https://youtu.be/1tYO4jvnJHw

Here's a motorcycle one. If you pause at 1-2 seconds, you can see the spilled fuel from the overflow running back along a join in the concrete.
https://youtu.be/k3K7LTCS65U

Here's another bike igniting an fuel overfill.
https://youtu.be/VLuPVoLpNUM

But OP is still talking out of his arse because motorcycle fuel fires start under the bike, not in the tank. You are holding the nozzle the whole time so are earthed and a static charge can't build up. Arguably, you're less likely to overfill standing next to the bike but it'll set your feet on fire before your balls.

*They then panic and pull the nozzle out, making a flamethrower and dripping burning fuel all over the forecourt instead of a small, easily controlled fire in the fuel filler cap.
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PostPosted: 13:00 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is indeed a stark warning. I always fill my bike while I'm sat on it so that I get an actually full tank and consistent level to satisfy my cdo.

But, every single one of the hundreds of times I've done it the bike has exploded in a fiery deathball of flames. Hundreds of times it's killed me.

I wish I'd read this thread when I started riding 22 years ago - I would've saved a fortune on funerals.
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PostPosted: 13:43 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Re: Sitting On Bike Whilst Refueling Reply with quote
rustgold wrote:
To those who insist on sitting on their bikes whilst refueling.

Have a look at a few service station fire videos. What do you think is going to happen if you're sitting on your bike, with the nozzle between your legs, and it erupts in flames. Your nuts are going to be fried, and it'll serve you right.

You're not being a manly rebel, you're being a dimwit if you sit on your bike to refuel at a servo.


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PostPosted: 15:16 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Far safer to be sat on the bike,
So, Fuck you, you stupid ozzy know it all cunt, (from the local friendly kiwi)
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PostPosted: 15:38 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe its to do with the Coriolis effect..
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PostPosted: 15:40 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
weasley wrote:
I thought the Aussies were all laid back and whatever?

I think they went faster-than-Fosters-light on the manly scale and now it's all Waltzing Matilda. They have mandatory bicycle helmet laws.

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=australia+nanny+state
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PostPosted: 16:10 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rogerborg wrote:
weasley wrote:
I thought the Aussies were all laid back and whatever?

I think they went faster-than-Fosters-light on the manly scale and now it's all Waltzing Matilda. They have mandatory bicycle helmet laws.

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=australia+nanny+state


If you want to go on a group motorcycle ride-out in Queensland, you're expected to call the police and notify them of when and where you're going to "avoid harrassment".

Effectively, if you haven't, they'll stop all of you.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/bikers-asked-to-give-police-notice-of-rides-20131031-2wm1l.html
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PostPosted: 16:15 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is why i stand on my helmet and fill up, this grounds me to the earth and stops any staticisms from becoming generated within the fibres of my skin tissue to prevent a thermite reaction.

its a well known trick passed down hundreds of years!
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PostPosted: 16:19 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Re: Sitting On Bike Whilst Refueling Reply with quote
rustgold wrote:
You're not being a manly rebel


I think I can safely say that I have never had an ambition to be a manly rebel.

It's never occurred to me *not* to sit on the bike whilst refueling, actually.

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PostPosted: 16:22 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
PaulFZS wrote:
This is why I stand on my helmet


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PostPosted: 17:16 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've just noticed the bike in the OP's avatar...

Assless chaps etc.
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PostPosted: 17:38 - 29 Dec 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Teflon-Mike wrote:
Maybe its to do with the Coriolis effect..


Isn't that to do with a butterfly flapping it's wings somewhere and it effecting something on the other side of the world? Wasn't there a film about it?
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