What side do you fill your fuel tank from?

[Farmer Palmer]

Silly question. Bikes don't have an offside or nearside. Cars do, but not bikes. Bloody 1200 owners giving us a bad name.

Airheads have a port and starboard (or even a starboard and larboard)...

Horses have a nearside........

 

[snappo]

It depends if you are in the northern or southern hemisphere.

Yer, it goes in anticlockwise if you fill it up Down Under.....

 

[Deleted account 230818001]

HELP!

My bike's fecked ...... 'cos the filler cap's in the middle! .......... So I have to fill it in the middle!

No one else seems to have this problem, what can I do ?

 

[Deleted account 230818001]

Ooh, erm, I forgot to say, just don't use your mobile phone on the forecourt as the petrol pump hitlers will get upset.

No, not in case of an explosion, just because there's a rumour that it may reduce the digital display of how much you need to pay after filling up!

 

[Crapaud]

I remember when we had a porn star refuel his bike.

He waited until it was just about full then he pulled out the nozzle and sprayed fuel all over the station.

 

[Loiq]

how much fuel do you have to put in these bikes and how often...? this is all news to me the dealer never mentioned this....

 

[Mutley]

Give up and buy a vintage Harley, then you can fill up any side you want

Of course they make 1200s look reliable but that's all part of the fun :cool

 

[cookie]

The inside works for me.

 

[B4ndit]

I'm not sure. I have a man who does mine. I will ask him tomorrow.

 

[STUBBS]

mostly the darkside where we keep the fuel containers

 

[Packer]

I don't need to fill mine at all due the fact that it's an 1150 and all those in the know realise that they are so brilliant that they actually make fuel. I empty it from the inside though if that helps.

 

[socket086]

i thought you have to sit on bike to fill it so you wouldent spill any on the ground
now i find out that i have being doing it wrong and should put it on side stand and spray some around as well
christ i better put out me smoke as well.

 

[llotse]

What fuel do you use ?

 

[Wapping]

I refuse to fill me bike. The basteds, have you seen the cost? Rip-off merchants. Can anyone recommend a good independent who can supply, as I am sick to death of paying to subsidise the overblown premises demanded by the nationals, stuffing yet more money into their wallets.

What I want is a local biker friendly supplier, open when I want. Most I have contacted will only supply in loads of several thousand litres, the feckin' idiots

 

[G5RJO]

I fill it from the front!

This helps in a number of ways.....

The filler flap opens backwards so you can aim better.

You can hide behind the screen in case of a 'Ewan' splash.

You can spray the stuff in and really make sure fuel is going in! After all, how do you really know fuel is going in? It could be a con!

Thing is though, do you keep your gloves on when refuelling?

Roger.

 

[tanneman]

Same side as the tax disk

 

[NLC]

I refuse to fill me bike. The basteds, have you seen the cost? Rip-off merchants. Can anyone recommend a good independent who can supply, as I am sick to death of paying to subsidise the overblown premises demanded by the nationals, stuffing yet more money into their wallets.

What I want is a local biker friendly supplier, open when I want. Most I have contacted will only supply in loads of several thousand litres, the feckin' idiots

You also get 300mpg so hardly ever a need to fill up.

 

[ebbo]

I fill from the left with the bike on the propstand, the filler neck is drilled with two 13mm holes to let the air out so it's real quick to fill

 

[Engineer]

I just stick it in, pump like crazy and keeping going until it splashes out all over the floor.

 

[Keith Chapman]

Another filling question, Do you rock your bike to shift air locks while filling so that you can get more fuel in ?