I can relate to the situation as well I had a malfunctioning nozzle from a pump a while ago whereas the nozzle tip being so close to the rim even when resting on the plate it overflowed within two seconds during a fill up and covered the engine and exhaust before i could do anything, drenching the engine luckily I had ridden just a mile or so and the engine was mildly warm so the spill did not ignite . made me think that the plate is way too close to the opening edge really .in my case I reacted within a second yet about half a liter spilled out scary! . I can see the reason why it is so close to the edge . there is so much crap hidden under that tank that triumph had to balance quantity vs size of tank and compromise by cheating wherever possible still it is a potential danger one must never be casual with this bike design when refueling
take a look a that tank underside someday you will be surprised how much space is used by stuff other than fuel no wonder it is truly too small for such a large engine..
