Tank Slap - Motorcycle Forum

Apparently the latest problem in London is bikers going in to pay for the fuel they have just put in the tank, only to come back and find the bike gone with a couple of scumbags seen pushing it up the road via one of the scumbags pushing it with his foot from the scooter he is riding.

Make sure you put your steering lock on as this stops them doing it.

Quite a neat trick though. Must have good balance skills.

I once broke down on a rental bike about 5 miles down a track into the Malaysian rainforest and got a foot push back off a local bloke on a scooter. He had his wife on there holding a baby and two toddlers on the front. Just wish I'd managed to get a photo.

Hat of to you Monty you have done some amazing things . That and I'm sure many other things on your road trip adventure will be great stories to tell the grand kids

duke63 wrote: bikers going in to pay for the fuel they have just put in the tank, only to come back and find the bike gone .

Stories like this and the helmet war is one of the reasons why I've started paying at the pump

I always pay at the pump if I can.

What makes it unbelievable is petrol stations are generally busy places, not one person has gone over and stopped them pushing a motorbike with their foot! I generally believe people nowadays will accept anything as long as it's not affecting them. I'm quiet a snob for petrol stations as I go to my local BP as the staff recognise me (don't know my name but recognise my face/ kit if on bike) and I have realised that the majority of them stare at pump 1 as it's beside the road. I believe they would be the first to realise something happening so I'm sure would say something. At many of the others locally they can't see all pumps and in all honesty wouldn't actually care as long as they get the money for the fuel.

I'm robbed each time I use a petrol station.

Total rip of merchant's aren't they!!

Thing is Rossgo it happens that quick although someone my see it happen they will have zero time to react, especially the staff who cannot realistically leave the shop unattended.

I think the best advice is pay at the pump which I never normally do but will consider doing now especially in busy places.

Never been worried about the biking being nicked at the filling stations previously but always reluctant to leave my gloves or sat nav on the bike when I go in the shop.

Very true with how quick it all happens. I went to the NEC a couple years ago and there was a stand of how thieves nab bikes. Amazing how they do it with a scooter. I must admit I always leave my gloves on the yoke whenever I fill up and pay. I do always have a doubt at the back of my head.

Take them in with you Rossgo, its just not worth the risk and gloves are expensive.

Think I shall from now on Blade! And yes totally agree it's surprising how much gloves are bearing in mind only one generation ago our dad's would of rode with naff all gear and equipment!

Safety has come on leaps and bounds even in recent years but massively in the last 20 years and gladly so.

Blade wrote:Safety has come on leaps and bounds even in recent years but massively in the last 20 years and gladly so.

I shudder when I think about what I wore on my first bike.. jeans, combat boots, a surplus store jacket and no gloves. I did have a second hand helmet that was about 2 sizes too big, so I was safe as houses Glad I got better gear before I started my falling off career. In defence that was 28 years ago!

It used to be a cheap form of transport for the majority of people I guess so safety wasn't really a priority...it certainly wasn't for this man

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Haha!!

kiwikrasher wrote:

Blade wrote:Safety has come on leaps and bounds even in recent years but massively in the last 20 years and gladly so.

I shudder when I think about what I wore on my first bike.. jeans, combat boots, a surplus store jacket and no gloves. I did have a second hand helmet that was about 2 sizes too big, so I was safe as houses Glad I got better gear before I started my falling off career. In defence that was 28 years ago!

Ha-ha. Snap kiwi I can relate to all of that as so similar to my first experience of motorcycling.

I wore a god knows how old second hand fibre glass helemt for year's. Can't believe my parents let me wear such crap and my dad was a biker. If my kids ever asked the same I would throw that helemt in the skip and buy them some decent kit. How times have changed, and for the better I might add.

kiwikrasher wrote:

Blade wrote:Safety has come on leaps and bounds even in recent years but massively in the last 20 years and gladly so.

I shudder when I think about what I wore on my first bike.. jeans, combat boots, a surplus store jacket and no gloves. I did have a second hand helmet that was about 2 sizes too big, so I was safe as houses Glad I got better gear before I started my falling off career. In defence that was 28 years ago!

I remember having an open face helmet, jean jacket, and leather work gloves. Hadn't thought about that in years until you mentioned your memory. Thanks for the flashback KK