Big tanks
Re: Big tanks
With the 1100//1150 gs,, there is a couple of ltrs that u can use in an emergency trapped in the left side of the tank, just place the bike down on the right hand side & slosh it over as the fuel pump plck up is inside the right-hand side of the tank (thumbs)
work hard,,,,,,,,,,,play harder !!
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Travelling Sam
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Re: Big tanks
I have a 43 litre tank on Libby. Range on a good but gentle riding day = about 460 miles. Parts of Africa and South America, and one stretch of Pakistan, I was happy I had that. So let say 20 times it was really good news – in 8 years. But I mostly liked having it.
I liked the weight up front that balanced out the kit weight I had on the back end. I don’t know about other big tanks but this one gets a lot of weight down low. I liked how tidy having the big tank was. I liked the point that I didn’t have to fill it all the way up – my choice. I liked stopping where I wanted to rather than in overcrowded, noisy, petrol stations in dodgy places. I do like the option to fill up anyway at a station because it looks interesting. Filling up is always the op for a conversation to start up. I don’t like spending miles with my eyes on the milometer thinking, when’s the next petrol station?
I didn’t like how much it cost. I didn’t like picking the bike up when I dropped it with a full tank (not often). It suited what I was doing – a fair bit away from towns and villages. Sometimes the only fuel you could get was sold by people in wine bottles by the road side. They’d travelled in trucks to get it. But, yep, where there are people there’s fuel. A range of around 350 miles will get you most places.
Would I buy one again? I debate that with myself. I think I’d make a couple of racks, mount them on either side of the std petrol tank and carry metal jerry cans, or even just buy local plastic ones for the next long ‘dry’ stretch. The money saved by doing that would allow me to fuel the bike for several countries worth of roads. We’ve done that on Birgit’s current bike.
But the tank is neat, tidy and… In the end methinks it all depends on your own choice and what you want to do/where you want to ride.
I liked the weight up front that balanced out the kit weight I had on the back end. I don’t know about other big tanks but this one gets a lot of weight down low. I liked how tidy having the big tank was. I liked the point that I didn’t have to fill it all the way up – my choice. I liked stopping where I wanted to rather than in overcrowded, noisy, petrol stations in dodgy places. I do like the option to fill up anyway at a station because it looks interesting. Filling up is always the op for a conversation to start up. I don’t like spending miles with my eyes on the milometer thinking, when’s the next petrol station?
I didn’t like how much it cost. I didn’t like picking the bike up when I dropped it with a full tank (not often). It suited what I was doing – a fair bit away from towns and villages. Sometimes the only fuel you could get was sold by people in wine bottles by the road side. They’d travelled in trucks to get it. But, yep, where there are people there’s fuel. A range of around 350 miles will get you most places.
Would I buy one again? I debate that with myself. I think I’d make a couple of racks, mount them on either side of the std petrol tank and carry metal jerry cans, or even just buy local plastic ones for the next long ‘dry’ stretch. The money saved by doing that would allow me to fuel the bike for several countries worth of roads. We’ve done that on Birgit’s current bike.
But the tank is neat, tidy and… In the end methinks it all depends on your own choice and what you want to do/where you want to ride.
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Re: Big tanks
Big tanks are for real men!
I love the long range my GSA gives me both here and in Europe. If it suits me I may stop and top up every 150 miles.
As previously stated even in Europe you can get caught out between petrol stations, ever tried getting fuel on a Sunday in Rural Italy? That new motorway right across the top Greece is another place where fuel can be an issue.
I often find some of the places you think you may struggle are actually ok, like rural Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia.
I think the locals rarely have enough spare cash to drive into a petrol station and say "Fill her up" and spend the equivalent of £ 70.00, which can often be the best part of a week's wage, also the locals tend to stay local so they need their petrol stations, so you will find there are lots of smaller "Local" stations that seem to be open 24/7.
I am waiting for my 16ltr tank to arrive for my KLX 450r, bye bye fuel anxiety!
I love the long range my GSA gives me both here and in Europe. If it suits me I may stop and top up every 150 miles.
As previously stated even in Europe you can get caught out between petrol stations, ever tried getting fuel on a Sunday in Rural Italy? That new motorway right across the top Greece is another place where fuel can be an issue.
I often find some of the places you think you may struggle are actually ok, like rural Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia.
I think the locals rarely have enough spare cash to drive into a petrol station and say "Fill her up" and spend the equivalent of £ 70.00, which can often be the best part of a week's wage, also the locals tend to stay local so they need their petrol stations, so you will find there are lots of smaller "Local" stations that seem to be open 24/7.
I am waiting for my 16ltr tank to arrive for my KLX 450r, bye bye fuel anxiety!
Re: Big tanks
I have several bikes with between 120 and 250 mile range. I ride accordingly to what my bladder dictates is the next stop. 
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Tour Monkey
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Re: Big tanks
I have done just over 6000 miles in 14 days on standard tanks. Europe and North Africa on a VFR800. Was fine.
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