Fuel Bottle - Ducati.ms

sinex · Oct 29th, 2008, 2:56 pm

Has anyone ever carried one of these while touring? when touring I guess I normally stop for fuel every 80 to 90 miles anyway for a rest, hell, it's a holiday, but for peace of mind have you carried one?

kingsnake1650 · Oct 29th, 2008, 3:39 pm

I got a couple of Timber creek aluminium feul bottles at academy sports. I put 1 in my tank bag when I go on trips. I havnt had to use it yet... but it nice to have the peace of mind. Cant wait for the larger tanks.

Dallara · Oct 29th, 2008, 3:47 pm

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Originally Posted by sinex

Has anyone ever carried one of these while touring? when touring I guess I normally stop for fuel every 80 to 90 miles anyway for a rest, hell, it's a holiday, but for peace of mind have you carried one?

Yep.

I carried two 1.5 liter Primus aluminum fuel bottles all this past weekend on our rides out in Big Bend and on Monday in the Texas Hill Country. I carried them in a set of discontinued Wolfman sportbike soft saddlebags along with some other gear. Filled them about 7/8th's full to allow for expansion, made sure the caps were screwed down good and tight, and then wrapped each with a soft cotton towel. I wrapped them in the towels to keep them from getting damaged or hurting anything else in the bags and also to soak up any potential leakage... Fortunately the bottles didn't leak a drop.

Even more fortunate was the fact I never needed to use them!

Did run the Hyper pretty deep into the warning light a couple of times but made a gas station each time before ever running dry.

The Primus bottles were the only brand I found that were available in the larger 1.5 liter size. Lots of brands were available in 1.0 and 0.5 liter capacities. Just in case I had also ordered two 1.0 liter sized Primus bottles but I had a friend carry these onboard the hard bags on a Kawasaki Versys. I also carried a small siphon pump/hose rig just in case, and this little device took almost no space.

Certainly these bottles are not the ideal solution, but they gave me plenty of piece of mind out in the vast distances of West Texas, and they will have to do until CA Cycleworks larger Hypermotard tank comes online sometime early next year.

Hope this helps!

Dallara

Monstaman · Oct 29th, 2008, 9:49 pm

I just priced them, $32.00 / bottle for 1.5L, for the time I MIGHT need the extra fuel this is the way I will go, this will give 15.5 L capacity which is up there with most now but at 176 km and fuel light not on I am not concerned at all.

On the other hand with my MH900e which had 8.1 L that was worse than a joke.

**Mhe225** · Oct 29th, 2008, 10:21 pm

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..... On the other hand with my MH900e which had 8.1 L that was worse than a joke.

And there too, ChrisK to the rescue. Not too many people who actually ride their MHe's, but most who do, have upgraded to the ca-cyclework touring tank. There have been a few teething issues with the tanks, but Chris got all of that worked out. And looks like the company he's working with now is a (big) step up from the previous one, so, no worries, all will be fine. Just a little patience.

Love the big tank on #225 and I only start looking for gas stations when the trip meter reads over 150 miles. And when you need to carry extra fuel .... invite a friend on a bagger and have him carry a 5 gallon gas-can

I've done that a few times and did indeed need the gas. But that was pre ChrisK-tank.

RonB

jpgibson · Oct 29th, 2008, 10:26 pm

in oz they are a bit of a problem. i used to carry two 1L fuel bottles ( the good aluminium ones) when I had the sxv ( 7.4L tank!) BUT as theyre not Aust Standards approved , you cant fill them up at a servo!
Oh well.

28482 · Dec 30th, 2008, 11:23 pm

bad idea guys. plan your trip better and do 10 minutes of research or use your iphone for gas and you will be surprised how easy it is in the US to find a station every 100 miles.

Dallara · Dec 30th, 2008, 11:51 pm

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Originally Posted by Vaughn7937

bad idea guys. plan your trip better and do 10 minutes of research or use your iphone for gas and you will be surprised how easy it is in the US to find a station every 100 miles.

Really???

And just how much have you ridden in and around Big Bend in West Texas???

http://simplythebest.net/sounds/WAV/...crickets_1.wav

Might surprise you...

Dallara

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kingsnake1650 · Dec 31st, 2008, 9:05 am

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Originally Posted by Vaughn7937

bad idea guys. plan your trip better and do 10 minutes of research or use your iphone for gas and you will be surprised how easy it is in the US to find a station every 100 miles.

Dallara is correct. Maybe you should come ride in Texas a bit... There are plenty of places where you could go 100 miles with out a station. And quiet honestly I dont understand why anyone would say its a "bad idea" to CYA and carry a little extra fuel??? But thanks for necromancing a thread from October just to give an opinion worth while with no information.
I have the 1L bottle that I picked up at Academy sports for $5. I take it everywhere I go, only had to use it once down around the big bend area.

AXE · Dec 31st, 2008, 12:02 pm

Iphones????????????????????? They still use tin cans and a string in Texas too!

I have carried fuel before in an MSR bottle and it works fine. If you ride trails in the dirt, you get used to carrying more fuel.

The new tanks are on their way, so it won't be an issue much longer.

Out!