DavidP wrote:
As a MC rider I'm a little amazed a fellow rider would not tend to the nozzle and rely on the auto shut off to stop the pump. Moronic.
X2. Never use the auto shut-off when filling a MC. NEVER. Only an inexperienced rider would do that.
There are other, more common, ignition sources near gas pumps. Static electricity is one of the biggest, and that is rare with the vapor recovery systems at most gas stations. Start the pump, put your lazy, I can't stand for 3 minutes butt back in the vehicle and slide across that seat, get back out and touch the nozzle. Zzzt-boom. Very rare, but it happens.
Or the one I constantly watch when I refill the plastic gas cans for my lawn mower and yard equipment. I put them in the pickup bed, and when I get them out at the station, I pick them up -not slide them across the inner plastic tailgate cover -from the bed, place them on the ground, and then touch the metal grounded gas pump before opening the cans or touching the fuel nozzle.
