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Originally Posted by Fantastic Mister Fox
The reason for my question is that the bike I am planning on using has a 12 litre aluminium tank. It would be pointless to spend the money on this machine then replace the tank as the tank gives much of the character to the bike.
We shall probably take 2 5 litre cans each instead of just 1.
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Sorry to say it, mate, but I think there's a bit of 'form over function' going on here: I'm not immune to that myself, and I persevered with the original small (less than 10 litre!) polished alloy tank on my XT500 for years for just that reason, and earned grey hairs and blisters from worrying where the next fuel was, or pushing the bike to the next station!
As a number of other contributors have said, a larger tank gives you choices and really reduces the stress: dig out your Adv MC Handbook for confirmation from the 'master' - water equals time, fuel equals range. 2 x 5 litre cans will not only eat into your available cargo space, they will also do little for the aesthetics of your machine! If that's what you really want, why not get the Tank Shop (or similar) to make you a larger alloy tank? Be prepared to both pay, and wait a while though: I know people who have had to wait 18 months for their tank....
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