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Dillbag
Mar 4, 2007

Click here to join Lem Lee in the Hell Of Being Cut To Pieces
Nap Ghost

Nuevo posted:

"What the gently caress! I thought it should be like steel ball, but there's some like, loving cheating inside."

Oh my god I'm dying. Finns are the best.

does every finn sound like Markorepairs?

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Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

builds character
Jan 16, 2008

Keep at it.

Sagebrush posted:

I kind of want to go back to Oregon on my motorcycle and just stare at the guy at the gas station, back and forth between the pump handle and the gas hole next to my groin, and see what happens

e: huh, what do you know, they changed the law

I don't know what the law is, but in NJ they just hand you the pump.

Ak Gara
Jul 29, 2005

That's just the way he rolls.

quote:

The law recognizes that the special fueling requirements of various bikes made the rider the expert at fuel dispensing

What were the gas attendants doing wrong?

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Ak Gara posted:

What were the gas attendants doing wrong?

Well, for one thing, most motorcycle gas holes lead right up to the brim of the tank (vs. having a pipe leading down to the tank like in a car), so if you don't consciously slow down near the end you'll splash gas everywhere.

Also you need to stick the pump in and then slowly withdraw it as it fills up :flaccid: because if you just ram it in and let the auto-shutoff do its thing you'll leave it a good quarter empty.

Jesus Christ
Jun 1, 2000

mods if you can make this my avatar I will gladly pay 10bux to the coffers

Sagebrush posted:

Well, for one thing, most motorcycle gas holes lead right up to the brim of the tank (vs. having a pipe leading down to the tank like in a car), so if you don't consciously slow down near the end you'll splash gas everywhere.

Also you need to stick the pump in and then slowly withdraw it as it fills up :flaccid: because if you just ram it in and let the auto-shutoff do its thing you'll leave it a good quarter empty.

why don't they just put car gasoline tanks in motorcycles to solve this problem

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp
could you maybe napkin sketch what you think this solution might end up looking like?

Three-Phase
Aug 5, 2006

by zen death robot

Gorilla Salad posted:

By federal law, all Australian fuel bowsers require an automatic cutoff - but it has 30 seconds to activate.

I have to remember this if I ever end up driving in Australia.

Fortunately I already got some extremely good safety advice for driving there:
http://youtu.be/7NYous_vZtY :nws:

Jesus Christ
Jun 1, 2000

mods if you can make this my avatar I will gladly pay 10bux to the coffers

Jonny 290 posted:

could you maybe napkin sketch what you think this solution might end up looking like?

sure thing!

Three-Phase
Aug 5, 2006

by zen death robot

Hahahahaha

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
Jesus Christ

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp
i dig the filler nozzle and expansion chamber to cut down on unwanted discharge from spirited riding. a+


e: oh i missed the gashole on the side. Yeah that works, sure


--
or,
You could just fill the frame with gas



i want one so bad

Jonny 290 fucked around with this message at 12:01 on Oct 20, 2016

Jesus Christ
Jun 1, 2000

mods if you can make this my avatar I will gladly pay 10bux to the coffers
now that's just silly

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule



The erect penis really makes that art.

Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus


Humphreys posted:

The erect penis really makes that art.

But the art is not encouraging safe riding at all, neither head is wearing a helmet. :colbert:

Abyssal Squid
Jul 24, 2003

I like how the handlebars are also dicks.

tactlessbastard
Feb 4, 2001

Godspeed, post
Fun Shoe

Abyssal Squid posted:

I like how the handlebars are also dicks.

Haha, I missed that.

KoRMaK
Jul 31, 2012



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw1cdRew-Zg&t=13s

Dillbag
Mar 4, 2007

Click here to join Lem Lee in the Hell Of Being Cut To Pieces
Nap Ghost

Why do you have to zip up your pants every time you get off that hog, Travis," Punchy said. I nearly fell off the bike, aghast. "You got a pussy in that thing?" I coughed and gulped. "Hahahaha, nice one, Punchy," I said

Javid
Oct 21, 2004

:jpmf:
Truckers can pump their own gas in Oregon, too, probably because no station wants the liability for when their meth-addled gas pumper fills a 200 gallon diesel tank with unleaded.

I wish that law came with a provision requiring a minimum ratio of attendants to pumps, most stations just have one guy running around manning all the pumps and it takes way too loving long to just get some gas.

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

"Tiny Trains"

What's the point of those laws? I've only ever had "full service" twice in my life and it took about 3x as long to get filled up and go and I had to awkwardly interact with a weird teenager who hated life. Most stations around here are self serve, a few will have a full-service line, and a very very very rare few are full service only.

Is it just a make-work sort of thing?

Javid
Oct 21, 2004

:jpmf:
Yep.

FuturePastNow
May 19, 2014


wasn't it like a mafia thing

`Nemesis
Dec 30, 2000

railroad graffiti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryPk0SWbwNY

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

"Tiny Trains"

Woah looks like a disaster brewing and cars close to the site want to GTFO, I'll park my truck in the intersection blocking it and put my hazards on!

GotLag
Jul 17, 2005

食べちゃダメだよ
That truck's got its turn indicator on, not hazard lights.

Also holy poo poo now I've watched it to the end I realise why they included that second view from the other camera :stare:

GotLag fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Oct 20, 2016

zedprime
Jun 9, 2007

yospos

Baronjutter posted:

What's the point of those laws? I've only ever had "full service" twice in my life and it took about 3x as long to get filled up and go and I had to awkwardly interact with a weird teenager who hated life. Most stations around here are self serve, a few will have a full-service line, and a very very very rare few are full service only.

Is it just a make-work sort of thing?
The bills were literally advertised as job creation measures.

I'm surprised there isn't more push to return to it with smog, explosions, and such on the line. Its super crazy the average person is allowed to fill up with no more training than their drivers ed instructor spending 30 seconds to tell them not to smoke. Gasoline is a potent carcinogen, can explode, and is a VOC of high concern with serious effects on air quality and self serve is a testament to how idiot proof they've managed to make it over the years.

I've mentioned it in one of these threads before and I'd love to hear if anyone has it sourced as right or wrong, but I've anecdotally heard one of the biggest contributors to de-smogging LA was modern vapor returning gas pumps.

NewForumSoftware
Oct 8, 2016

by Lowtax

zedprime posted:

Its super crazy the average person is allowed to fill up with no more training than their drivers ed instructor spending 30 seconds to tell them not to smoke.

its actually super crazy that the average person is even allowed to operate an automobile

Mithaldu
Sep 25, 2007

Let's cuddle. :3:

GotLag posted:

That truck's got its turn indicator on, not hazard lights.

Also holy poo poo now I've watched it to the end I realise why they included that second view from the other camera :stare:

Yeah, this is a hell of a thing to see.

Encrypted
Feb 25, 2016

Encrypted
Feb 25, 2016

Looks like Samsung's Note 7 problem is getting out of hand.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

Encrypted posted:

Sure, "Chemical Factory"
Right.

We all know it's a Samsung building...

Samsung is a huge conglomerate. They’re 17% of South Korea’s GDP. It’s not exactly unlikely.

REMEMBER SPONGE MONKEYS
Oct 3, 2003

What do you think it means, bitch?
Tank lid? Satellite dish? Oh fu-

Buff Skeleton
Oct 24, 2005

That's clearly a giant mushroom.

VectorSigma
Jan 20, 2004

Transform
and
Freak Out



holy shiitake

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Jonny 290 posted:

or,
You could just fill the frame with gas



i want one so bad

Buell does this.



As you can see, the "gas tank" is actually an airbox, and the chunky frame is hollow and filled with fuel. The swingarm is also hollow and serves as the engine oil reservoir. Also the exhaust exits directly onto the rear wheel, the rear springs are under the seat, and the front brake is inside-out.

Recent-model BMW motorcycles are also somewhat infamous for having the fuel tank under the seat and essentially nothing (or a storage compartment) where the tank usually is.

JB50
Feb 13, 2008

Sagebrush posted:

Buell does this.

Buell doesnt do much of anything anymore, unless you mean Erik Buell Racing.

Lime Tonics
Nov 7, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
Here is another angle, looks like the tanks got over-filled and popped.

http://i.imgur.com/y4O2PiC.gifv

windex
Aug 2, 2006

One thing living in Japan does is cement the fact that ignoring the opinions of others is a perfectly valid life strategy.

Sagebrush posted:

Buell does this.



As you can see, the "gas tank" is actually an airbox, and the chunky frame is hollow and filled with fuel. The swingarm is also hollow and serves as the engine oil reservoir. Also the exhaust exits directly onto the rear wheel, the rear springs are under the seat, and the front brake is inside-out.

Recent-model BMW motorcycles are also somewhat infamous for having the fuel tank under the seat and essentially nothing (or a storage compartment) where the tank usually is.

I owned a bike like this (Aprilia, not a BMW) and the "tank" was just large enough to fit my helmet and gloves inside. The fuel tank was also considerably larger under seat than the teardrop tanks usually allow (5gal?). It was a great commuter bike as a result.

The main problem with them is that the way the Aprilia was built, if you overfilled the tank and the bike was on a center stand (as opposed to on the side stand), the fuel would overflow right through the center of the bike through drainage channels and wind up going down onto the hot engine. The solution to this was warning stickers.

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Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
Better video of the silo roof:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-HcVDusKsE&t=43s

Platystemon fucked around with this message at 09:14 on Oct 21, 2016

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