Do you fill up at home?

[amare32]

Was chatting with a fellow biker at work and as he commutes daily whearas I do it maybe once a week he finds it a chore to go to the petrol station to fill up as his local petrol station forecourt can be a bit of a hazard with either dozy drivers or spilt diesel. What he does is he would go to the garage in the car and fill up a couple of jerry cans and top up at home.

Seems a bit of a faff but I suppose it would reduce the risk of having any petrol forecourt related accident and all the usual hassles which come with filling up e.g.: if the attendent insists on you taking your helmet off etc.

Do any of you guys fill up at home?

[RemaL]

not me

[Aubrey]

Sounds a bit silly to me, much easier to fill up at a garage. The forecourts are generally kept clean and tidy. If you get a messy one tell the attendants, or simply go elsewhere.

[lawrence567]

Yeah seems a bit pointless to me aswell.
The only hassle with going to the garage is you have to take your helmet off!

[xspencex]

I fill up about twice a week or more and I've never had a spillage related moment...well not any where near a forecourt anyway. Seems a pain in teh ass to buy fuel in cans and take them home. Storage must be a pain as well... I'd rather it in my tank than in the back of my car.

[Aubrey]

xspencex said:

I'd rather it in my tank than in the back of my car.

Same here, a tank is designed to carry fuel, certainly better than a boot, even in a plastic can.

[Aubrey]

lawrence567 said:

The only hassle with going to the garage is you have to take your helmet off!

I never do. I once went to a garage and they wouldn't authorise the pump until I'd removed my helmet. I never went there again. There was a big article in MCN about it too.

[aeropilot]

Aubrey said:

lawrence567 said:

The only hassle with going to the garage is you have to take your helmet off!

I never do. I once went to a garage and they wouldn't authorise the pump until I'd removed my helmet. I never went there again. There was a big article in MCN about it too.

Same here, my local garage got me to do it, never went back again.

I can see some merit in keeping jerry cans at home in your garage if you use the bike daily, depending on circumstances.
A mate does this, as in his case where he lives, his nearest station is often really busy in the morning and would involve him going in the opposite direction to his commute to fill up.

[lawrence567]

They dont usually authorize it at any of them near mine.
I've been to Tesco garage before, they've authorised it.
The i've walked into the garage & some jobsworth said im not serving you until you take your helmet off.
Bearing in mind i'd put £10 in and had a £10 not in my hand.
She said it says on the door no helmets.
I said no it does'nt, she walked down to the door and low and behold there was no sign!
I put the £10 on the counter and walked out!

[Aubrey]

Nice one! Well clearly because we wear helmets and cover our faces w're all terrorists! Despite the fact they've got our numberplates on CCTV in the garage, they also have their own version of ANPR at most larger garages.

[lawrence567]

Stupid...
Just the jobsworths in the garage with their "store superviser" badge on.
Means they've bean fully trained to press a touch screen computer & stack shelves.
Idiots!

[dern]

I've been thinking about doing this as I have to fill the bike up every two days. It's pretty much spot on too - 2 days is virtually a whole tanks worth. I figured that two 25l cans would see me right for the whole week and I could wander down once on sunday to fill up rather than piss about having to fill up on the way home which is always a palava.

I've never had anyone ask me to remove my lid... I simply don't enjoy lip-reading although now have "do you have a nector card?", "please enter your pin", "would you like a receipt?", "I bet you're warm" sorted.

[bigbadbikercats]

I just use garages with a "pay at pump" facility - no need to fiddle around with cans (I do have a couple of jerry's left over from my racing days which I use for trackdays or occasions it seems prudent to have a reserve supply to hand...), no need to get undressed (well not beyond taking a glove off anyway), and no need to leave Mutley at the mercy of my fellow customers.

Works for me anyway...

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JG

[ChasMill]

Scooter - I use a 20l jerry can plus four 5l cans to fill my station hack. The journey is two miles in each direction every working day with no petrol station on the route. I find it easier to fill these up all at the same time (using the car to get to the garage) plus I have a petrol lawn mower / strimmer / chainsaw / hedgecutter that all need filling using the same source.

BMW - top up using the same cans if I am off early and cannot be bothered to stop and fill four miles from my front door, otherwise ride to the local garage.

[Chilli]

Always to go a petrol station....that's what they're for!
I was asked to remove my helmet once....will never go back there again. I could understand it if I was some 16 year old on a scooter or a pikey on a sh!theap, but dressed in lovely leathers on my nearly new bike? I always take gloves off, and am rarely in a hurry, so I certainly dont give the impression I'm leaving in a hurry. Rules is rules though.

[amare32]

I usually go to the same station so have the attendants recognise me and my bike so don't have to faff about taking the helmet off. Not quite the same with every other garage though which can be a pain.

Not so sure about keeping petrol in the garage as it's another thing to help my garage burn that little easier..

[RemaL]

Aubrey said:

lawrence567 said:

The only hassle with going to the garage is you have to take your helmet off!

I never do. I once went to a garage and they wouldn't authorise the pump until I'd removed my helmet. I never went there again. There was a big article in MCN about it too.

I have never been asked to take my lid off YET, I do say yet. bet i will now I posted this

[Chilli]

RemaL said:

Aubrey said:

lawrence567 said:

The only hassle with going to the garage is you have to take your helmet off!

I never do. I once went to a garage and they wouldn't authorise the pump until I'd removed my helmet. I never went there again. There was a big article in MCN about it too.

I have never been asked to take my lid off YET, I do say yet. bet i will now I posted this

It's gonna happen on the way home, you just KNOW it!

[Aubrey]

Sods law!

[Carl-H]

Only time I would fill up at home is if I was running premix in a two stroke to save trying to mix it at the pump just mix it in a jerry can.

Never been asked to take my helmet off, only to get off my bike while filling it up once. Can understand as it was a DT125 as they normally attract idiots.