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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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[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

It's not like filling a car, you have to lift the nozzle up and be careful (don't squeeze the trigger all the way).

Usually you want to fill to either the level of a metal plate that sits under the filling hole, or to the base of the filling hole itself, depending on the bike.

Don't sit on the bike while filling it.

[-] Figlizard 6 points 2 weeks ago

Nothin worse than riding home with you balls doused in gas. It's like overfilled Zippo in your pocket. Yikes! Don't do that

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