Lie,
I daresay that the majority of us are nervous about putting a
flammable, potentially explosive liquid outside of a container built
into the bike.
I know that some people have added extra tanks, but used them
first - to avoid having the gas in the add-on system for any length of
time.
Personally - the idea bugs me.
-Joey
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Lie Njie
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Maybe, but that sounds expensive.
>
> What's surprising me in my research is that no one has developed a tank
> add-on that would sit where a tank bag would sit and effectively increase
> the size of the main tank. Seems that everyone with pics I've seen online
> attaches the external tanks to the sissybar, or just holds MSR-like
> canisters in their bags.
>
> One general consensus seems to be: don't carry the extra gas in a saddlebag
> or above the exhaust.
>
> Peace,
> +Lie
>
> On 11-04-28 19:42, Joey Kelley wrote:
>>
>> Pardon my complete ignorance on the subject - but - couldn't one
>> simply have a larger fuel tank fabricated? Its not a minor project -
>> but - the custom bike builders get tanks made up all the time - I
>> assume anyone could (with enough money) get one made.
>> Thoughts?
>> -Joey
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:37 PM, James O'Gorman<[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> My uncle who has done a few registered Iron Butt rides had a little fuel
>>> cell installed on his bike. The system is pretty simple, just a little fuel
>>> cell (2 gallons?) and it T's into the main fuel feed from the tank. When his
>>> main tank runs out and the engine starts to sputter, he reaches down and
>>> hits a petcock that opens the fuel cell.
>>>
>>> Here's his honda - you can't see the cell in this pic, but it is under
>>> one of the bags on the backrest. It's a newer honda 1200 or something like
>>> that (sorry don't remember the specs). He bought it new and has already
>>> clocked over 70,000 miles :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 28, 2011, at 9:09 PM, Lie Njie wrote:
>>>
>>>> These look like they might work:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.tourtank.com/TourTanks.html
>>>>
>>>> Anyone ever used one?
>>>>
>>>> Lots of talk on the 'net about using MSR canisters for gas. Seems there
>>>> are those who think it's a great idea, and those who think it's a terrible
>>>> idea.
>>>>
>>>> Peace,
>>>> +Lie
>>>>
>>>> On 11-04-28 19:02, Joey Kelley wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> You mean like this?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.rei.com/webservices/rei/DisplayStyle/783963?source=gpla&cm_mmc=cse_froogle-_-datafeed-_-product-_-783963&mr:trackingCode=B051DD84-078C-DE11-B4D4-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 9:57 PM, [email protected]
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> check the camping stores and looking at the smaler aluminum bottles
>>>>>> with screw tops. There intended to be used for carring gas for small
>>>>>> stove.
>>>>>> I carried a 20 oz bottle in my trunk of the GL and in my backpack when i
>>>>>> had
>>>>>> the 250. Its sealed with an o-ring and i have never had any leaks. 20 ozs
>>>>>> might not get you far, but if you think of them as reserves not
>>>>>> primary...
>>>>>> And after 3 hours your going to want/need to get off the bike anyway.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> Date: Thursday, April 28, 2011 9:10:01 pm
>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>> From: "Lie Njie"<[email protected]>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Options for carrying extra gas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's more that it would be nice to take a side-trip, maybe through the
>>>>>> mountains
>>>>>> or back roads or similar, where I can't be guaranteed gas along the
>>>>>> way. So far
>>>>>> I haven't found anything that looks like it'll work great, closest is
>>>>>> maybe
>>>>>> getting some kind of saddlebag-area metal frame and putting a gas can
>>>>>> in that,
>>>>>> but then there's the issue of it sitting on top of the exhaust in the
>>>>>> direct
>>>>>> sun. Also thought about maybe a 2 gallon attached to the back of the
>>>>>> sissybar...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peace,
>>>>>> +Lie
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11-04-28 18:05, Kurt Nolte wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hmmmm...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You're going to have to stop to put the extra gas in it anyway, and
>>>>>>> 160
>>>>>>> miles is just a bit shy of three hours at a steady 60mph; might as
>>>>>>> well just
>>>>>>> buy it fresh and avoid the issue?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Only reason I've ever carried extra fuel on a trip with me is when I
>>>>>>> head
>>>>>>> north to Chicago, where gas is stupidly expensive. I fill two five
>>>>>>> gallon
>>>>>>> cans and put them in my car's trunk, then use the cheap-cheap SC gas
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> Chicago rather than filling up at
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