Sorry, but what the hell would you need a 56L tank for?? Anyone I met who had bought one of those daft 41L tanks only regretted it anyway. My basic 22L tank was fine and if I ever needed more, I just strapped on a 5L plastic water bottle with fuel or in the case of crossing that bit in Bolivia from SPDA to Uyuni, a 10L plastic jerry can which leaked all over the place. Folk do actually live in places where there aren't Shell garages on every corner so they tend to have fuel you can buy from them. And you get it out of a bucket, or a watering can, whatever. I actually only carried one small MSR fuel bottle (1/2L?) for my stove which got me to the next garage if I ran out, which incidentally only ever happened in Canada. Twice. I generally got anywhere from 250-290 miles on a tank depending on fuel quality and how badly I was riding.
Now back to my wine...
Last edited by MikeS; 16 Dec 2007 at 20:47.
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