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backofbeyond

11 Feb 2013 08:02

I've no idea what TT charge for their branded can but I bought exactly the same thing from a Land Rover dealer last summer for a few pounds. Before I even tried to put petrol in it I concluded that it would be useless for the purpose as without a funnel it would be very difficult to fill from a garage fuel hose. Not the best piece of design I agree but I've just used it for two stroke oil instead where I fill it at home before I leave and the little nozzle thing is perfect for making sure the oil gets into the tank.

Not quite zero out of five as a fuel can (you could use it as a one shot emergency supply) but there are other uses for it and it was worth the somewhere around four pounds I paid.

Threewheelbonnie

11 Feb 2013 10:35

I wonder where the Strom owner was planning on going?

I used to carry extra fuel on my outfits. 20 or so litres in the tank on a outfit that wil do 45 mpg on a good day, 30 mpg on a bad one is an unpredictable and rather short 130 -190 miles. Anywhere interesting I'd carry a 20 litre jerry can.

The Wee does 59-70 mpg and has a usable 21.5 lites, so 275-330 miles. I wonder where you can ride 270 miles without seeing a petrol station and then be saved by the 25 miles the little can gives you? Now a couple of 10-litre jerries under the panniers for another 250 miles, that's Australia or somewhere.

Is the 2-litre a way of avoiding Autobahn fines? Use the last 25 miles to get somewhere cheaper to be stuck?

Andy

*Touring Ted*

11 Feb 2013 10:44

Exactly... Just strap a £5 Jerry can to the back of your bike.

This happens to be a 10L steel one which was too big. A 5L plastic one would of been better.

http://www.touringted.com/_gallery_/...g2_itemId=2387

Something like this would of been perfect..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5L-Litre-P...item2325390992

Takes up very little space as it's more vertical.

backofbeyond

11 Feb 2013 11:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Threewheelbonnie (Post 411258)

Is the 2-litre a way of avoiding Autobahn fines? Use the last 25 miles to get somewhere cheaper to be stuck?

Andy

I've carried a 2L fuel bottle on a number of bikes (and cars) for years - not the one under discussion but something I got from an army surplus store and it's got me out of the sh1t a number of times when I've misjudged exactly how far it is to the next services. I took it on the little Suzuki I used for the Elephant rally last week as a security blanket and knowing I had it reduced my sweat levels considerably at times. With an 80 mile range it was tricky at times to know whether to stop and put in 3L or continue to the next available fuel at 90km. It wasn't so much about range as range anxiety.

McCrankpin

11 Feb 2013 17:51

Good ol' Touratech - 15 responses in around 24 hours! About a 2-litre bottle!

They must be doing something right. Anyone setting up a business to sell to motorbikers would do well to study their technique I think.
Wouldn't be surprised if there were a student somewhere preparing to start a thesis about them for his/her marketing MA. :smartass:
I wouldn't be much help - never bought anything from them.

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Originally Posted by mark manley (Post 411128)

I think you're missing the point of Touratech, you're NOT actually supposed to use the stuff, it's for display purposes only when your bike is left in the pub car park and to talk about in the pub.

Yep, I noticed this on their website:
"3-litre jerrycan with Touratech logo"
http://shop.touratech.co.uk/vehicle-equipment/luggage/pannier-accessories/3-litre-jerrycan-with-touratech-logo.html
Note: "with Touratech logo". Instead of "with spout"/"in tough plastic"/"approved for petrol".
That's the way to do it. :clap:

Stray Dog

11 Feb 2013 20:26

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Big Yellow Tractor

12 Feb 2013 08:02

I used two of the 2lt ones a couple of years ago trail-riding in the Pyrenees.

Ok, they were a bit of a faff to fill (took a little funnel) but the reduction in stress from knowing that I had some spare fuel was worthwhile. The standard DRZ(E) only holds 11 litres which with hard riding gives me a range of only about 90 miles. I bought them for their shape and size. I have used 1 & 2lt oil or brake-fluid bottles in the past but these seem a fair bit tougher.

I carried mine, one each side in the bottom of a £10 set of pushbike panniers, my mate made some webbing harnesses for his. I'm sure if you went into an army-surplus shop you'd find a pouch they would fit in. I had tried a 5lt can lashed on the back in the past but found it got in the way when riding serious off-road.

I didn't get mine from TT though, they were about half the price at HG.

Now that I have an "Exxon Valdez" sized tank (aqualine 28lt), I use one to carry engine oil and the other coolant while touring (oops sorry, I mean “extreme adventure riding”)

stuxtttr

14 Feb 2013 19:21

Agree completely these are crap, why make a fuel container you can't fill from a pump. I curse mine everytime I have to faff with it. They were sold originally as spare fuel containers and at the time TT did not offer anything with a normal size opening.

Touratech equipement is grossly over priced, I now go out of my way to source alternative products, I guess they have to fund their interesting trips somehow !:scooter:

Niklas

15 Feb 2013 01:18

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Originally Posted by s445203 (Post 411154)

Wow! Thanks for all the helpful comments. So it seems my bike's history is a muddy one - I guess it's what you get from buying it from a dealer as opposed to the last owner direct.

New learnings:
1. Despite being liberally covered in Touratech stickers, my panniers are actually the TraX aluminum panniers. There will be a write-up of these in due time. I guess the previous owner bought the stupid little bottle which came with some stickers from Touratech and got busy.

2. It seems Touratech do indeed do a larger opening cannister, however, the previous owner somehow managed to get petrol into the ones I have, thus making them unuseable for anything else, and fooling me into thinking that's what they were for. It's still beyond me why Touratech bother to make a cannister which is too small for a petrol pump - I can't think of any possible reason what possible use this can have. And it also gives no excuse for the spouty travesty of a thing.

So I'm afraid they're still on 0 out of 5 stars.

Thanks for helping me learn!

My guess is that the former owner of the canister would have used it for benzine (the clean stuff you also put on the old fashioned Zippo lighters) for use on a coleman camping stove or similar.

oldbmw

15 Feb 2013 23:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Threewheelbonnie (Post 411258)

I wonder where you can ride 270 miles without seeing a petrol station and then be saved by the 25 miles the little can gives you?

Andy

Andy, as it happens I live in France, specifically 300 miles down from the ferry ports. It wont be the first time I have landed only to find the petrol stations on strike or have no fuel. So for the last ten years or so I make a point of disembarking with enough fuel to get me home. Then being a cheapskate I use a 5 litre plastic fuel can :) Once I have run through 5 litres I usually empty the can into the bike tank then carry the empty plastic container which is easier than carrying it full.
There used to be a bit of a problem using UK cards at the automatic stations especially on Sundays. Mostly now that has been fixed, but still not everywhere.

Big Yellow Tractor

16 Feb 2013 16:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldbmw (Post 411876)

There used to be a bit of a problem using UK cards at the automatic stations especially on Sundays. Mostly now that has been fixed, but still not everywhere.

I can confirm this is still the case;as we found out going down through France last summer. We had five cards between us, two of which were "Euro Travel Cards" and still no joy at some pumps. Luckily I have a big tank now or it would have been a right PIA

Tom-Traveller

20 Feb 2013 14:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by ta-rider (Post 411155)

haha well a friencd of my used them to smuggel alcohol into sudan:

Yep

fill it with Vodka or Motoroil or Vinegar or Oliveoil .... but not gas :D

Thomas :clap:

*Touring Ted*

20 Feb 2013 14:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom-Traveller (Post 412468)

Yep

fill it with Vodka or Motoroil or Vinegar or Oliveoil .... but not gas :D

Thomas :clap:

Would be my preference jeiger

teedee

20 Feb 2013 16:10

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Originally Posted by *Touring Ted* (Post 411261)

Exactly... Just strap a £5 Jerry can to the back of your bike.

Something like this would of been perfect..

5L Litre Plastic Jerry Can - Water Diesel Petrol Fuel Oil Container With Spout | eBay

Takes up very little space as it's more vertical.

I agree Ted, i've used one of these cans off ebay for a while, there the correct shape, have enough capacity and cheep. Fits nicely behind the panniers on my XL
Teedee

Stray Dog

20 Feb 2013 16:58

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