georgia
.060 Over
when I dropped my bike recently, while inspecting my body on the pavement and , as most bike riders, after a brief check that I could wiggle my toes and my fingers and they we're all still attached, I looked over a my bike now painfully on its' left side. First thing I saw was gas dribbling onto the pavement. I suspected the overflow was the culprit but I wondered... Does anyone know if there is, in fact, a fuel cutoff system on an impact, and does anyone have any ideas for a way to keep the fuel overflow from dribbling when the bike is laid down. The ended up with minor cosmetic damage only and is all back and pretty again. But It seems to me that there is a nasty potential for a fire in a lay down if the overflow starts to empty onto a hot exhaust.... While everyone was huddling around me on the ground, I was yelling at them to pick my **** bike up and put it back on its' kickstand...
Side Observation: Why do most civilians get stupid during an accident. I had to direct rescue ops and get 2 people to direct traffic around my bike and my body, while laying on the pavement until the police arrived ( luckily in a matter of a minute or 2) .. meanwhile everyone is standing around acting like deer in the headlights... asking me if i'm ok but doing nothing to direct traffic, actually help me, or stop a potential bad gas leak...
anyway, wondering if there is a good way to stop a fuel leak via the overflow if the bike is dropped, or is it just the way it is.
cheers
geo
Side Observation: Why do most civilians get stupid during an accident. I had to direct rescue ops and get 2 people to direct traffic around my bike and my body, while laying on the pavement until the police arrived ( luckily in a matter of a minute or 2) .. meanwhile everyone is standing around acting like deer in the headlights... asking me if i'm ok but doing nothing to direct traffic, actually help me, or stop a potential bad gas leak...
anyway, wondering if there is a good way to stop a fuel leak via the overflow if the bike is dropped, or is it just the way it is.
cheers
geo