My understanding from having ridden in OR and having a bunch of us
descend upon a station, as well as having a pal as DM for BP. The pump
monkey is able to service a number of cars simultaneously while he can
only do one bike at a time. More anal bike riders get peeved when the
monkey scratched the paint of his pretty bike, and spilled fuel really
got them going. If there are six pumps, the bikes will take all the
hoses and be gone in five gallons. More time is spend processing
payment. With six cars, the pumps are doing 10-20 gallons and there is
time to deal with each individual client.
Also found that with a diesel, the monkey will ignore you and allow you
to pump, since he is not interested in smelling like fuel, and more
able to service the petro cars
On Thursday, January 19, 2006, at 12:21 PM, Levi Smith wrote:
Personally I think self-serve bikes in a full-serve station makes no
sense.
Basically because:
-I can't possibly fathom having someone else pour gas into your lap
making
any sense.
AND
-I can't possibly fathom how the government could be smart enough to
agree... (:
And, you do kind of hold the handle at an angle (I'm sure it depends
on the
bike), in my case, with the nozzle all the way in the shutoff shuts it
off
long before I reach the top. So then you have to kind of pull it out
some
to get more in, but at the same time trying not to spill it all over
your
bike and/or yourself... (:
Levi
On 1/19/06, Tim C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Huh - never had a bike, so don't know. I was just making a guess as
to
why
motorcyclists might get to do their own. Thought maybe the nozzle
didn't
fit in right for the cutoff to work (however it works) - I've observed
some
motorcyclists holding the nozzle at odd angles etc.... I also seem to
remember something about the law being amended on safety grounds with
motorcycles for some reason - but I'm really grasping at straws of
vague
memories now.
So, yeah, who knows - laws and "reasons" for them are often simply
maddening.
T
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Hmm, cutoff always works for me on my bike....
Levi (:
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