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Old May 7, 2007 | 10:14 AM
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Anyone know of a container to carry an extra gallon of fuel? my larger tank is being repaired and might not be fixed before our planed road trip.
 
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Old May 7, 2007 | 11:46 AM
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What's this about a larger tank, what model bike are you riding?
As far as carring extra fuel, doesen't sound safe to me.
 
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Old May 7, 2007 | 10:05 PM
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MSR makes fuel storage bottles (msrcorp.com). I believe their was a recent post in "Touring" about them. I may pick up one before hitting the road this summer.
 
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Old May 7, 2007 | 10:07 PM
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I ahve a freind who had a really cool fuel cell, I'll find out where it came from. I do know it was not one of those msr things. I'll get back to you...
 
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Old May 8, 2007 | 10:27 AM
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Thanks for the reply the MSRcorp containers should work, can you find these at your local outdoors store or is this an online purchase? I would like to see what Anubisss was talking about.
We've had this trip planned for over a year and my Indian Larry tank broke at the rear mounting bracket, and we're leaving in 2 weeks. for the Grand Canyon the original peanut tank only holds 2 gal. about 85mi. worth of fuel.
 
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Old May 8, 2007 | 01:24 PM
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Can't you find somebody local to weld the tab back on for you? It sounds like your ride won't be much fun for anybody.

You might also check some of the ironbutt sites--I think some of the hardcore guys use external fuel cells quite a bit.
 
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Old May 9, 2007 | 12:54 AM
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MSR's web address is www.msrcorp.com/stoves/bottles.asp

Three diffrent sizes, hope this helps.
 
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