Yeh but.....what makes you so sure African fuel is such a big deal? I mean, if you like challenges that's fine, but I've used a lot of fuel out of rusty drums, jerry cans, whiskey bottles, you name it. I never had problems before I installed an inline filter, and I've not had problems since. Plus I've seen some DRZ's, and they don't all have added filters, and I don't notice them dying by the side of the roads left and right.
I do carry a water-separating funnel with a fine screen, but I've used it only a couple of times, usually to pour from my plastic fuel can on windy days (remember Patagonia?). Seems to me this might be a solution to your troubles, serving perfectly without requiring all sorts of complicated modifications, each of which invokes the Law of Unintended Consequences.
Why did you choose a DRZ in the first place? Did it have anything to do with simplicity, straightforward design or proven technologies? Or was it a question of all the available farkles you could install to make it more likely to break down or in other respects misbehave?
Just asking.
Mark
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