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TOPIC: Re:carrying extra fuel
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carrying extra fuel 3 Years ago
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I have a real small tank so on some trips I haul along a quart size MSR fuel bottle full of gas. However i know some of you want more than that. I found these guys and they make some very cool stuff:
http://www.rotopax.com/1-Gallon-Packs/
Multiple sizes but what is best is their mounting system (watch the video). Sure pricey but what a great way to haul fuel when you need to....safely. Be easy to mount to a rack and since its flat you could put your T-bag on top of it. Or mount it vertically on the sissy bar back or any number of other ways. |
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Re:carrying extra fuel 3 Years ago
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I get around 180 miles out of a tank. At 60mph thats 3 hours, time to stand up and stretch out anyway. No thanks I dont need to go any further then that.
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Re:carrying extra fuel 3 Years ago
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If you aren\'t running on the edge...You\'re taking up too much room!
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Re:carrying extra fuel 3 Years ago
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yep, I like to stop every couple hours anyhow
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Re:carrying extra fuel 3 Years ago
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I have been in some pretty dawg gone remote areas on a weekend where every fuel stop was closed. So I do see the need for one. As well as being able to help someone out. PLUS you can use it for testing range or determining how far you can go on reserve. things you need to know.
In late November I rode out to Virginia Beach, VA at about 2AM I fueled up on I95 and a dag gone near ran out on 64 trying to find an open gas station. It's a Beach area, in November almost nothing was open!
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Re:carrying extra fuel 3 Years ago
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Our mayor here had me fix him up so he could keep up with the pac on his Kaw. These guys have some awesone tanks and fuel parts.  http://www.coyote-gear.com/ |
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Re:carrying extra fuel 3 Years ago
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Derailed75 wrote:
I get around 180 miles out of a tank. At 60mph thats 3 hours, time to stand up and stretch out anyway. No thanks I dont need to go any further then that.
I am pretty much the same way. I am looking for gas the second the fuel light comes on. I think we have a one gallon reserve on that 5.3 gallon tank so that's about 150 or so mile. that's around 2-1/2 hours and a great time to get off and walk around.
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Re:carrying extra fuel 3 Years ago
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I just pay attention to my fuel level and if I think I may get into an area at a bad time I just stop and get gas before I get into that situation. I also don't travel like some of you guys do that might need something like this. Even with an extra gallon you still have to stop to put it in the bike so now you have to stop twice. Once to put that gas in and then again in a few miles to fill both tanks again. But again I don't live or ride in any areas that there is a great distance between gas stations. BTW The only video I seen was about that stupid EPA nozzle on a gas can.   |
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Re:carrying extra fuel 3 Years ago
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Jclax01 wrote:
Derailed75 wrote:
I get around 180 miles out of a tank. At 60mph thats 3 hours, time to stand up and stretch out anyway. No thanks I dont need to go any further then that.
I am pretty much the same way. I am looking for gas the second the fuel light comes on. I think we have a one gallon reserve on that 5.3 gallon tank so that's about 150 or so mile. that's around 2-1/2 hours and a great time to get off and walk around.
Thats about where I stopped when I went to Celina this past summer. Around 150 I was looking for a stop for gas and a stretch. I travel the backroads cruising around home but when on a long trip like that Im staying on the super slabs and you find gas pretty often unless you are in the middle of the country.
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