Gasoline all over tank & chrome

[ladderman]

I stopped  for gas today at a station I have never used before.  I started putting the gas in the tank and for one eason or another started day-dreaming.  The attendent yelled at me and I saw gas flowing out of the top of my tank, down the sides, all over the paint and on to the chrome carb stacks, engine covers and my transmission cover.  I don't know why the gas did not shut off when it reached the nozzle tip.  Maybe I had too much pressure on it, I don't know.  I do know I was sick about and washed the tank and engine down with a hose the guy had at the station.  I got home and washed the bike with soapy water, dried it, and then put a coat of wax on it.  I'm waiting for the chrome stacks and trans cover to start peeling, hope not!
                 Ladderman

[fudgie]

Sounds like you did right by washing it. I always use a paper towel and hold over the hole and then hold it up to the end of the noozle as I remove it from the bike. Limits the drips.