5% of the time when I know I'm going to just drive away, I stay on the bike with the bike upright and put in as much gas that will go into it and go.

95% of the time when I know I'm going to take a break, I use the jiffy stand, stay on the bike, fuel, and then get off the bike later.

100% of the time I am talented enough to pull the bike up close enough to use a credit card at the machine without getting off the bike.

lp

 

I always set my bike on the center stand, get off and fuel.

 

What are you all afraid of....The bike is going to take off and leave without you if your not sitting on it?...J/K...I have always gotten off the bike when fueling, not sure that it really matters though.

 

if you ever have a filler nozzle malfunction, (auto shut off not work) you and the bike will get a bath ,whether you need one or not....i always get off the bike.

 

Fuel cap is on the right so that it's at the top of the tank when on the side stand. Not sure how you'd get more fuel in it if it was level. Am I missing something?

 

I also get off and fuel from the right. I have never gotten it so full this way that it leaks after putting it back up and riding. Now with the SG, it's a little more difficult. That damned backward fuel door, and the fact it's in the center of the tank, not the right. ALL that combined with Missouri's stupid fuel vapor recovery systems on all the "Metro areas" fuel pumps.

 

+1 on the centerstand for refueling.

 

+++ on the dismount fueling. Gotta stretch the legs a bit & you're probably not getting much more fuel in w/bike centered.

 

Mostly, I pull up, crank he handlebars to the right, get off and fuel. However, if I'm late for work and she needs a quick refuel, I'll just roll right up to the pump, credit card, pump some fuel into it and leave. (I had a pump not shut off once though and have been really leary of that overfill every since so I don't do this much! Plus, Washington doesn't have those vapor collectors much yet so it's easier to fuel than say at Oregon's pumps.)

 

Never fueled up sitting down, but seen it done often..... How about climbing back on your ride. I saw a patrolman mount from the right side. Always from the left for me.