Do you carry extra gas ?

[Cycledude]

Just wondering what some of you folks do about carrying extra gas when traveling in remote areas ?

 

[Fatallybitten]

I carry a 2 gallon Rotopax when I think I might need the extra range.

 

[RCinNC]

I've never had the need to carry fuel, but I have seen these various motorcycle oriented fuel bladders on line. Some of them, like the Giant Loop, are pretty pricey (in the freaking $300 range!), but I guess the advantage would be that they don't take up as much room as a fuel can when they're empty. I can't endorse them because I've never used one, but they're an option for you to look into.

 

[Don in Lodi]

When I rode a 150 mile bike, yes I did. Haven't even thought about it when I went to a 230 mile bike. ::26::

 

[EricV]

If you plan on going off pavement in Alaska, mount up a rotopax and forget about it. You probably won't need it, but if you do, you're golden. Just don't travel around with it empty. ??? That will tend to bite you. When I did Alaska in '14 both the wife and I had fuel cells so it wasn't an issue. We mostly did pavement and never had an issue with range, or would have with the stock tanks.

 

[raynchk]

No, but I think about it. Ran out of gas east of San Antonio a couple of weeks ago. It was cold, early and a lot of glare on my face shield. Was watching the wrong screen -- ended up running out about 5 miles before gas station. 80mph, head wind and my fat ass probably helped too. Seems like KTM 1290 got better mileage, but maybe was just the bigger tank. ::021::

 

[bob dirt]

I carry on longer rides. I needed it just south of Deadhorse. When riding in a headwind, my milage drops dramatically

 

[magic]

It really depends where I'm going. On longer trips I'll carry either a 1 gallon or 1.75 gallon Rotopax. I have an Altrider luggage rack that is drilled to accept the Rotopax locking mount. I then strap my dry bag on top. When I am just out riding for the day, I'll put 2 MSR fuel bottles in my side cases (30 ounces each). The peg packer setup from Bestrest is another option. It really depends where I'm headed, most of the time the 200+ mile range of these bikes is sufficient.

 

[patrickg450]

Gatorade bottles, they are free, strap them on not in............

 

[Cycledude]

Been thinking of getting a small RotopaX to use in the passenger seat position using this reasonably priced mounting plate.
https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/rotopax-universal-mounting-plate

 

[Ramseybella]

If i am going someplace unfamiliar i will tote a gallon fuel container.
I go camping at this one location in New Mexico that i have to ride 200 miles to get there another 40 miles round trip to get provisions for two days.
That one gallon gets me to the 50 mile gas station to fill up on the way home. It's a good thing if you have been riding in a head wind also great fire starter if your wood is a bit wet. But as far as in the general riding locations? No. Helped a Harley rider once when he was stranded outside of Taos gave him my gallon of gas.

 

[RCinNC]

I was on another forum once when there was a member who just couldn't seem to grasp the dangers of carrying gas cans....on his crash bars. The equation of "highly flammable liquid" and "part of the bike that skids down the highway when you go down" just didn't seem to gel for him.

So, whatever you decide, you probably shouldn't mount them to your crash bars.

 

[bob dirt]

I bought a couple of 1 gallon rotopax from their official website a couple of years ago. At the time, they had a sale on factory seconds with the same warranty as new. They were about half the price. When I received them, I couldn't see what was wrong with them. They are still going strong as are the 2 gallon ones that I use on my RZR and 4x4 quad. I had Kolpin before these and had problems with the seams splitting.

 

[Cycledude]

I was on another forum once when there was a member who just couldn't seem to grasp the dangers of carrying gas cans....on his crash bars. The equation of "highly flammable liquid" and "part of the bike that skids down the highway when you go down" just didn't seem to gel for him.

So, whatever you decide, you probably shouldn't mount them to your crash bars.

Yes very good to point that out !

 

[Ramseybella]

I bought a couple of 1 gallon rotopax from their official website a couple of years ago. At the time, they had a sale on factory seconds with the same warranty as new. They were about half the price. When I received them, I couldn't see what was wrong with them. They are still going strong as are the 2 gallon ones that I use on my RZR and 4x4 quad. I had Kolpin before these and had problems with the seams splitting.

Kolpin self venting safety spouts sucked, i ripped the guts out of mine. But i never had a problem with the containers themselves.

 

[Checkswrecks]

The $40-ish Longhaul Rotopax clone doesn't have the safety spout. I put it on the KTM 690.


The only time I carried extra gas on the Tenere I picked up a cheapo red can for something like $7-8 (at Dollar Store? iirc) and strapped it to the top of a pannier. I gave it away when I knew we were back to where we could get gas.

 

[Cycledude]

Well for the first time ever I took the passenger seat off to see how much room might actually be under there, well there’s another aluminum cover under the seat that would need to be removed, in order to get that cover off, but both passenger grab handles would have to be removed, seems like to much monkeying around and money to haul a little extra extra gas that most likely would never be needed, I should probably just forget about it. But I will be removing just the passenger seat before the next big trip , that alone should make strapping stuff down back there a little easier.

 

[ABBlender]

I carried a small red (5 Litre) jerrycan of gas for my yukon trip. I used it twice, just for peace-of-mind. It would give me ~100 km extra range, so I would stop for a break after a fill-up and empty the gas can into the tank to reduce the weight up top and then continue on. If I knew I was going to be on good roads all day, I would just keep the gas can full and leave it for another time. Strapped it to the top of a pelican case behind the passenger seat.

 

[Cycledude]

Has anyone here actually installed a RotopaX in place of the Tenere passenger seat ? Supposedly the RotopaX measures 14 x 15 inches so if those measurements are accurate I don’t think It would fit between the passenger grab handles very well ?

 

[Dogdaze]

Has anyone here actually installed a RotopaX in place of the Tenere passenger seat ? Supposedly the RotopaX measures 14 x 15 inches so if those measurements are accurate I don’t think It would fit between the passenger grab handles very well ?

I have not, however, if you take off the grab rails, invert them and swap sides. then they will still be able to be used as a tie down and the Rotopax will fit.

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