haha thats what i do when i accidently hit my horn too. i just stare at the person next to me to make them think that they did something wrong.

i also put my bike on the kickstand when i fill it up. i dont like to have to balance it while trying to fill it up.

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HAHAHA, well thanks all for the tips!
I should've stared at them too, but there were so many!!


Anyway, I think I will be stuck in "parking lots, side streets (night)" for few more months before I actually go out to backroads.

 

Couple months on parking lots, yeah right. Two weeks from now you will be doing triple numbers on speedo unless you have the best self control on the planet

Welcome aboard.

 

Be careful when you're filling up the deep crevice with your special fluid that it doesn't accidently spray back out a little and get all over her body also when you take the thing out of the hole to not drip any onto the body she doesn't like that very much.

I'm talking about the fuel nozzle misting back up while you're filling and taking it out when you're done and dripping gas on the paint job. I hate that and so does my baby.

 

Now that you've read all these postings and have all these thoughts in your head you'll probably pull into the gas station and forget to put the kickstand down!

Been there, done that....duh! [&:]

 

Definitely get off the bike when you fill up. Having your pants soakedwith gas spillage is not a great option if you go down. Also, since you're gonna drop your bike pretty soon (every-one does - i did it on day 2!) it's not a bad idea to only fill it only 1/2 full so it will be a bit less "top heavy" until you get the hang of balancing the bike(especially in the garage and at stop lights, etc.)

Good luck and enjoy!
It's a great first bike

 

I've had my bike for a little over a year and still haven't dropped it. . .

*knock on wood*

 

pretty much everyone sums it up...

if you are filling it up all the way... you have to slowly pull the nozzle away from the tank... and have really good Throttle control... with the lever... so it wont spash back at you....

now... filling up gas becomes a one handed operation...

only time i use my other hand is to pull out my phone and use the calculator to check my mpg!

 

I truly hope that you're home free. I was being a bit facetious. We've all heard the old, "there's 2 kinds of riders........." one. In my case it turned out to be true! Dropped it in my back lane trying to do a U turn. Stupid, stupid, stupid!