My scooter broke down last night Stranded!

[woo]

Last night left my mates house and was next to tooting bec lido when my scooter started acting funny!

I has just bought this piaggio zip 100cc 4stroke on Monday and had it serviced on Wednesday and then it breaks down on thursday!

So called the AA at 21:30 and they didnt get to me until 22:50 so I am sat on the scooter waiting freezing my ass off.

Then bing it hit me at 22:35.................................................................................maybe i have run out of petrol?
So i open the petrol cap look inside the petrol tank with the torch from my house brick phone (samsung galaxy note 2) and move the scooter about and no sign of petrol or noise of petrol swirling about!

I sit there waiting feeling like a right lemon hoping that i have simply run out of petrol!

AA guy turns up then goes and gets me petrol then we fill up the scooter with petrol after 2 mins Hey presto scooter works!

My scooter ran out of petrol!
I have never ever FAILED so hard in all my life!
(bearing in mind i now know that the petrol warning light on the scooter does not work so not all my fault lol)


before its said "Brool story bro!"
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Elen sila lummen omentielvo!

[mentalboy]

You're not the first and you certainly won't be the last to do this.

Always a relief when you find out the engine hasn't self destructed
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Make mine a Corona.

[doggone]

Reset the trip meter when you fill then top up when you get near 100 miles or whatever seems appropriate.

[Sable]

Always reset my trip meter me!* Also have that lovely fool proof reserve! I love that switch! Never lets me down!** Its wonderful!

*Except when you forget too look at trip meter...

**Then later find out you also didn’t switch reserve back too main....

[Wave2k]

Welcome to the cheap shitty winter bike club
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Ducati 1299 Panigale
2009 Corvette C6 z51
RS125->CBR400->RXS100->GSXR750K2->Ducati749S->CBR600RR5->TL1000R->DRz400->RSVR1000->Honda VTR SP1->CBR400->GSXR1000K6->Honda H100->CBR600RR3->Ducati1299

[jjdugen]

Built up an RD250 last winter. Took it for a shakedown ride up to Rivi Barn, £10 of petrol in it at the start of the ride. Got to Rivi fine (about ten miles) Rode out feeling smug, got into Horwich (3 miles) it died.
Did all the usual checks, plugs out, electrical connectors etc...... Nope, not quite beleiving it, I loked into the, dry, tank. Jeezus those old 2 smokes sup petrol!
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The CBR900RR has been sold. Aprilia Falco worms its way into my heart.
Try Soi 23 on Amazon for a good read.... Self promotion? Moi?

[garth]

[treeno]

Done this before... CG doesn't even have a light so the only warning is having to switch to reserve. Glad it wasn't anything worse though!

[Wave2k]

The speedo doesnt work on my H100, it pisses fuel everywhere but i also enjoy riding it lol
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Ducati 1299 Panigale
2009 Corvette C6 z51
RS125->CBR400->RXS100->GSXR750K2->Ducati749S->CBR600RR5->TL1000R->DRz400->RSVR1000->Honda VTR SP1->CBR400->GSXR1000K6->Honda H100->CBR600RR3->Ducati1299

[paddlesat16]

Aahhhh I remember the long push home when I was 16 on my first bike, having run out of petrol and having no money.....doh
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I once saw a bloke shagging a donkey.... in Saudi arabia. Theory Test Passed 26/10/09 Mod 1 Passed 26/4/10, Mod 2 Passed 7/6/10 Current Bikes Suzuki GSX1400 K5, Aprillia Pegaso 650, Suzuki DR350T.

[truslack]

[johnsmith222]

[TheSmiler]

[treeno]

[Kawksam]

I have no idiot lights at only speedo and trip meter and a old fashioned fuel tap which is a god send compared to vacuum pump, reviews says for my reserve is 20 miles pushed that to 60 once.

and done that before down A610 70 mph and runs out que kangaroo jumping and scurrying around for fuel tap.

[Dave-the-rave]

At least he looked in the tank without spending ages trying to bump it, pushing it up hills until he was sweating like a junkie with a giro THEN looking in the tank.

A bloke in a pub told me he did that.

[andyscooter]

the piaggio zip doesnt have a tripometer

you cant reset it

i know i have also done the same with mine

but i knew i had run out of fuel and was on the way to the petrol station
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if its spelt wrong its my fat fingers and daft auto correct on my tablet

[The Shaggy D.A.]

[Ariel Badger]

I once pushed a Velo six miles to my house, I had correctly diagnosed that it was suffering from fuel starvation but neglected to check the tank
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