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How much fuel do you put in? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by wellbudyweek@lemmy.ml to c/motorcycles@lemmy.world

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I bought my first motorcycle a few days ago (will post the promised pics soon!) but I noticed that the nozzle of the fuel station goes quite deep into the tank, so if it shuts off automatically, my tank is only half full.

From cars I know you shouldn't fill up further after it automatically shuts off, but they don't have this issue, so...

The question is, how do I know how much fuel I can put in the tank, without damaging anything (short or long term)?

Edit: thanks for the responses, since the bike is more than 20 years old, I don't haave the manual. But just filling it up as full as possible while the lid can still close comfortably seems to work just fine

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[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

My reasoning is that sometimes things don't go to plan, either by one's own mistakes or some outside influence.

In terms of filling a bike while sat on it, you have an open container of flammable liquid between your legs and no ability to run.