My wife recently reversed into my Bonnie and I got severe sciatica from trying to pick it up in a panic. So today, back and leg felt better and I decided to take my new Thruxton to the H cafe in Oxford. Pulled into a filling station and performed my usual over the top careful insertion of the fuel line so as not to spill any petrol on my new one off paintjob. Press the lever and the bike and me are covered in petrol. Inside my helmet, lucky I was wearing sunglasses, all over my jacket and the right side of the bike. Looks like no damage was done to the paintwork, and I guess I was lucky I didn't go up in flames myself. Never heard of this before, look at the photo. Garage filled out an incident report and I have email BP.
Bloody hell, how dangerous was that! I hope you’re putting in a big compensation claim for it. Does look like you’re going to have to change your username to Jonah!
Bloody hell mate Bet someone drove away with it still in the car and it came out without breaking probably just waiting to happen to one of the next customers Unlucky that it was you
I saw this weeks ago and I thought Id never hear of that again. Not the same thing but the panics real.
It did hit the exhaust headers! I guess you just need an actual flame rather heat. I was nervous starting it up though. They had an engineer there in 10 mins, he also reckoned it had been weakened by someone driving off with it in the fuel tank. It had broken, but he said there are 2 shutoff valves, it did stop but pumped out a fair bit first. I'll see what BP say, and maybe invest in a gremlin bell or 3. Cheers
........................... Fuel Flash point ............. Autoignition temperature Gasoline (petrol) −43 °C (−45 °F) ............ 280 °C (536 °F)
Two points of view... You were unlucky. Or, you were very lucky. I lean towards lucky.... Go out and get a lotto ticket
Thanks for the comments to say you are glad I'm ok. You are all welcome to some of my current luck if you really want it !!! I haven't been out on my GB500tt for several months, time to f@#k that up now. Cheers
Whatever you do, DO NOT go out on your GB500tt. Let me look after it for you. Just message me your address and I'll be down your place later on tonight to pick it up. I'll even give you a 50% discount on storage charges for the first 12 months.
That’s back luck indeed Tony but good luck for you that your ok. I never ever sit on any of my bikes whilst filling with fuel, puts you in a dangerous position.
The GB500tt was a 40th birthday present in 2000, I would never part with it, though you are welcome to take it for a spin. Glad the wife didn't run that over as it is still on the original paintwork and any scratched parts, levers, etc. are pretty unobtainable now. I never sit on the bike when filling up either. I do peer right over the fuel tank though as I like to be sure I don't spill any petrol.... Taking my Arai Chaser apart now to try and wash the cheekpads. Glad I was wearing the cheapo sunglasses I got for free at the Triumph TFest yesterday. Petrol all over your face is bad enough without getting it in your eyes as well.
Thanks for that, but if I take any of your good luck, my bad luck will shift to someone else......trouble with that is it never goes where you might wish it to... I'm glad it didn't go bad for you, and you've walked away intact. That's a good result. Be sure to take them to the cleaners... I know we live in a litigious society, but I think they deserve a rocket up their arris. Okay, some fookwit drove off and damaged the nozzle, but the very least the service station should have done at that time is shut the pump down and had it inspected by an engineer before allowing it to be used. Thereupon rests your case. Negligence. The engineer got there in ten minutes after your mishap... After is too late (thankfully it wasn't, but damn)
Found out recently that Shell stations have made it policy to make bikers get off their bikes before refuelling.
That's unbelievable! glad it turned out OK in that you received no physical damage ...everything else can be sorted, Make sure you stick them with as big a bill as possible...they deserve it ...they get enough from us.
