BP Broadford, Isle Of Skye!

That happened to us last weekend .5 of us went into fill up before heading to applecross wee guy came out and said we cant serve you until you get off your bikes... all 5 of us said stick your fuel right up yer arse started the bikes and left spent out £150 on fuel else where ....:(
 
bianchi said:
That happened to us last weekend .5 of us went into fill up before heading to applecross wee guy came out and said we cant serve you until you get off your bikes... all 5 of us said stick your fuel right up yer arse started the bikes and left spent out £150 on fuel else where ....:(
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I hope you felt so much better as a consequence... :augie
 
bianchi said:
That happened to us last weekend .5 of us went into fill up before heading to applecross wee guy came out and said we cant serve you until you get off your bikes... all 5 of us said stick your fuel right up yer arse started the bikes and left spent out £150 on fuel else where ....:(
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Where was this?
M
 
Wouldn't it be a damn sight easier - and politer - to just say "OK, Mate" and just get on with it?

If you get that stressed out by having to comply with a simple request, fuck knows how you must cope with traffic on the road. Life's too fucking short.
 
If you've no centre stand or struggle to get the bike on the centrestand - why not fill it up on the sidestand, then push the bike upright with one hand whilst finishing off filling with the other?:nenau

I've put fully fuelled bikes on their sidestands before and not had any leaks, I'd assume BM's ain't that different.
 
Klanky said:
Wouldn't it be a damn sight easier - and politer - to just say "OK, Mate" and just get on with it?

If you get that stressed out by having to comply with a simple request, fuck knows how you must cope with traffic on the road. Life's too fucking short.
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...well said good sir ..
 
If you've no centre stand or struggle to get the bike on the centrestand - why not fill it up on the sidestand, then push the bike upright with one hand whilst finishing off filling with the other?
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If he can't even get it on the centre stand then I think this manoevre might be a bit ambitious :augie

Three Dawg
 
Have you seen the petrol prices on Skye? (and here for that matter)
Don't lose too much sleep over it and put in an extra cupfull once you reach the mainland.
 
Klanky said:
Wouldn't it be a damn sight easier - and politer - to just say "OK, Mate" and just get on with it?

If you get that stressed out by having to comply with a simple request, fuck knows how you must cope with traffic on the road. Life's too fucking short.
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seconded :cool:
 
Feck's sake - now we need a manual for putting petrol in.

My life has been so sheltered: When I fill the bike up with petrol I take me lid off so I can hear the cashier and they can hear me. I put it on the centre stand because luggage whore that I am, I still make sure I can handle the beastie when it's loaded.

Has it ever occurred to you that filling up astride the bike, lid on looks like your going to ride off without paying?

By the way I stopped at a petrol staion on the way back to the Larne ferry, south of Belfast and everybody had to pay first before thay'd switch the pump on.

Chill.

:cool
 
Klanky said:
If you've no centre stand or struggle to get the bike on the centrestand - why not fill it up on the sidestand, then push the bike upright with one hand whilst finishing off filling with the other?:nenau

I've put fully fuelled bikes on their sidestands before and not had any leaks, I'd assume BM's ain't that different.
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Ditto :thumb
 
murdo said:
On a wee tour os Scotland Last week, fully laden, went to fill up with fuel in BP Broadford, Isle of Skye.
Have taken the gloves off, have taken the Tank Bag off, am trying to get the petrol to come out of the wee nozzle! Nothing! Then a wee lad is dispatched to inform me that they cannot authorise the pump unless I get off the bike! Now I still have my helmet on, and I said, "are you sure you want me to get off the bike",
"Yes sir, we cant authorise the pump until you have got off the bike."
oh ok then, so i get off the bike, and say to the wee lad, "is that it authorised now then?"
"Aye" says he.
I say, "now what?"
he says " You can fill it up!"
I say, "Not like that i cant, its leaning too far over to get a full tank, the bike needs to be upright to fill up!"
He says " I will hold it up for you!"
I say " Oh No You wont! Nobody is touching my bike but me! Why cant i just sit on my bike and fill it, like I do every 200 miles?
He Says" its a Health & Safety thing about sitting on something that could explode whilst filling it with fuel!"
I say" What, and thats better than standing next to something than shouldnt explode when filling it? I work in health and safety and your talking shite wee man!"
He Says " But my manager............"
I says " Your manager is an arse hole and i am taking my business else where!"

So off i trott having got the gloves and the ferckin tank bag back on, and head for Kyle, in the determined fashion that I really dont run out of fuel before here and then!
And then the worst thought occurs to me. what would i have done if i was the wee lad
in a remote part of Scotland and some w****er gives me dogs abuse, I would have phoned ahead to the next service station and said, there is a wee bloke on black GS coming your way, i think hes drunk, dont serve him!
Thankfully he didnt!

Has anyone else been forced off their bikes to fill up?
First Helmets off, now this!
Does any one work in Motor Health and safety have an opinion?

Cheers
M
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pathetic

Why do you consider behaviour like yours acceptable ? you were asked in a perfectly polite and civil manner (according to your retelling) a simple and not unreasonable request which it would have been easier all round to accommodate, at which point you're obnoxious to a child and then behave like one and cut your nose off to spite your face.

The best of it is they're probably still laughing their arses off at you
 
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bianchi said:
That happened to us last weekend .5 of us went into fill up before heading to applecross wee guy came out and said we cant serve you until you get off your bikes... all 5 of us said stick your fuel right up yer arse started the bikes and left spent out £150 on fuel else where ....:(
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wow, what a bunch heros

bianchi said:
started the bikes and left (
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.............. with the hoots of laughter from the staff still ringing in our ears
 
Klanky said:
Wouldn't it be a damn sight easier - and politer - to just say "OK, Mate" and just get on with it?

Yeah, we could all do that. And have leg guards from Mr Bottomly in the 80s, airbags fitted to every bike, 100bhp limit......

Thank God someone objects to us being stereotyped and marginalised by people's misplaced fear of crime. I NEVER take off my helmet when I fuel the bike, or go in to pay. I even keep my open face on if I nip in to B&Q. And I enter my pin no. with gloves on

Does the guy in his open topped MG get asked to remove his hat, scarf and driving gloves? I'll bet he doesn't.
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Does anyone actually know how much more petrol you can get in the tank upright, rather than on the side stand? Would it make that much difference?

Sorry - just wondered :hide
 
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