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Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 07, 2013, 14:16:58 PMwhat the truth hurts there BC Boy......lol........
Posted by 49Reo
- March 07, 2013, 13:26:40 PMQuote from: CDNRatMan on March 07, 2013, 08:02:32 AMNot sure were I would hide a valve on a 1500 as they are such large machines and have so many gadjets and hehaws on them already.....on the 800 there is a few places that are easy to reach and to sort of hide the valve.
Must be past your feeding time....you're rattling your cage bars again.... 
49Reo
Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 07, 2013, 08:02:32 AMNot sure were I would hide a valve on a 1500 as they are such large machines and have so many gadjets and hehaws on them already.....on the 800 there is a few places that are easy to reach and to sort of hide the valve.
Posted by DC
- March 07, 2013, 06:50:26 AMQuote from: CDNRatMan on March 05, 2013, 11:13:09 AMLooks interesting. So do the fuel tubes. For the tanks, where do you think you would locate the on/off valve?here is what I thought was the best site and easiest to understand......
pretty decent prices and all....
Posted by chief
- March 06, 2013, 11:40:42 AMOn our western USA tour a few years ago, I learned quickly to fill up whenever I got the chance. Even on the interstates there are long stretches without fuel available. My GPS really helped in that respect... it allowed me to find those sometimes hidden fuel stops.
Posted by CDNRatMan
- March 05, 2013, 21:21:05 PMJust a word of waring for tourists coming north, some back roads and secondary highways have no fuel for about 200kms.......on those trips I am going to get a couple of small bottles for fuel just in case....not all of them are signed either.
Posted by 45 Bravo
- March 05, 2013, 19:55:31 PMYea, in places in the sw USA you see signs saying
Last gas for 157 miles.. Or some other number that a Harley rider with a Peanut tank really don't want to see...
45 Bravo
Posted by Drift1
- March 05, 2013, 18:25:22 PMOh,I see PC....I've never been out west so had no idea.Makes since when you mentioned the desert,though.I'm thinking about just carrying a half gallon for those oh s!!? moments 
Ther's been a number of times that I was riding and just enjoying life with not even thinking about my fuel consumption.Before I knew it I was reaching down for the reserve switch.
Posted by pcarrell
- March 05, 2013, 18:16:17 PMThat's more of a concern out west. There's places in the deserts out west where there isn't anything for many miles.
Posted by Drift1
- March 05, 2013, 18:14:05 PMare those in the store and do we make money off them?
That's a good question,Ratman.I've never thought about having a fuel issue before being there's gas stations everywhere,here in NY.Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to carry extra fuel for those long trips out of state just in case,though.
Posted by jmbo
- March 05, 2013, 18:09:43 PMI'm with Chief. I get numb butt about the 120 mark. So it's either stop for gas or stop for a beer. Buying gas is safer.
Posted by John Hopkins
- March 05, 2013, 15:40:18 PMI'm doing a 600 mile round trip this month, so I'll fill up, set the odometer to zero, run the bike 100 miles and see how much I've used, as I have a 16 litre tank and the fuel is sold in litres I plan to leave a 4 litre reserve in the tank at fill up, allowing for erratic riding it will sometimes drop to about 3 litres but at least I won't run out.
All I have to work out is how many kilometers I get to 12 litres.
What a strange country I live in..fuel sold in litres, roads measured in miles, speeding tickets in MPH, speedometer in MPH and odometer in Kilometres.
One of the problems of opening our borders to Europeans..
John.
Posted by chief
- March 05, 2013, 13:55:52 PMYeah, stopping for fuel gives me a chance to stretch and helps keep me alert. Too long in the saddle and I tend to get... numb.
Posted by chief
- March 05, 2013, 13:54:06 PMWe have a bunch in the Amazon store... search ACCESSORIES for fuel bottle and you get some things like this... expensive but cool. I also have added a section... FUEL BOTTLES... for the Optimus Bottles... Unfortunately the search on there will not search the Every category.
Posted by Troll
- March 05, 2013, 13:23:36 PMSee, this is why I have been working on getting improved fuel mileage from my 1500. I can now ride, non stop 190 miles, and still only put in 4 gals. to fill up. The last trip I made on my FLT (it was to go see the Drifter in the barn), I rode 234 miles on the 5 gal. tank, and went on reserve about a mile from my house....I love traveling on a motorcycle, but not spending time in gas stations.......