bottles and such
A sailing (and rider) friend also mentioned taking a fuel bladder when kicking around the idea of taking Brazil 319, a road without gas stations for 300-400 miles. Taking a "can" metal or plastic will be rather bulky in my opinion.
Camping fuel bottles helped me a few times. The 1.75l bottle was strapped onto the panniers, until it wasn't. I lost about a dozen 1 liter water bottles that were loosely attached to the bike, so take care designing something that will hold flammables.
While riding back from the Death Road of Bolivia it was hard to find a gas station that had gas. My friend had a few large soda bottles of gas in his panniers, which saved the day for me. Cheap, easy to find, disposable when you don't need them...
My first day into northern Mexico (2008 trip), I left the border town without filling up, passed a gas station on the other side of the highway, at the next station the pumps weren't working, passed small towns that were a short ride off the highway...two mountain passes and a very small fuel bottle later I ran out of gas with the lights of Monterrey in sight. I learned a few lessons that day.
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Peter B
2008/09 - NJ to Costa Rica and back to NJ
2012/13 - NJ to Northern Argentina, Jamaica, Cuba and back to NJ
2023 - Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia...back to Peru.
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