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Motor Bicycle Safety Share safety tips for motorized bicycles. Some of these bicycle engines will reach great speeds and need respect.

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Old 05-28-2008, 01:35 AM
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Default Where do you carry your spare gasoline.

I carry mine in old wine bottles bungeed to the right side of my frame.
I carry Re-fresments bungeed on the left side of the frame.
The only problem is later on in the day when I drink from the right.

Seriously how do you carry extra gasoline?
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Old 05-28-2008, 04:35 AM
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Default Re: Where do you carry your spare gasoline.

my last motorized bicycle i was trying to figure out how to carry extra gas and ended up buying a gallon gas tank for the bike, the new one i am gonna be building will have a 4 stoke titan on it and they only hold 1/4 of a gallon so i will be very interested to see what people come up with. the nice part is i am on an island that is only 28 miles long and 8 miles wide and i will not have to mix oil and gas so i can just pull in the gas station and fill it up so not really sure if i will need to hold more. i should find out soon enough
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Old 05-28-2008, 04:43 AM
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Default Re: Where do you carry your spare gasoline.

I carry mine in the gas can in my garage.
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Old 05-28-2008, 06:07 AM
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Default Re: Where do you carry your spare gasoline.

I used to carry a 12 oz bottle on the rack in back but I had it leak out because the bottle was too flex and created too much pressure on the liquid and it became a squeeze bottle. I have to find a container if I decide to do it again. I went with Joe's method now. I just made a half gallon of mix more than I needed and I add a little before every ride.
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Old 05-28-2008, 10:40 AM
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Default Re: Where do you carry your spare gasoline.

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I carry mine in the gas can in my garage.
You and me both- a full tank will take me 50 easy miles with a reserve...I'm never more than 50 miles from a gas station.
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Old 05-28-2008, 12:56 PM
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Default Re: Where do you carry your spare gasoline.

If i'm going on a long ride, I switch out my tank. I have two tank's, one is 2 1/2 gallon tank from a 85 200X, and the other is a 1 1/2 gallon tank from a 82 Yamaha YZ125.
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Old 05-28-2008, 01:43 PM
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Default Re: Where do you carry your spare gasoline.

With the GEBE you only get about 20 miles range because it uses the standard scooby/tanaka fuel tank fitted to the motor.

I have fixed up a storage box in the frame centre that carries my tools and 2 x 250 baby wine bottles.

All in all that would give me around 60 miles at WOT and a little more if I baby it and the roads are flat...

If i had the money I would spring for a MB tank additionally that would give me probably another 40 miles so 100 miles in all or a 50 mile round trip - more than enough for me on an MB

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Old 05-28-2008, 02:17 PM
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Default Re: Where do you carry your spare gasoline.

most i ever do is five or six miles and i can still run out of gas. Don't check the tank often enough.
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Old 05-28-2008, 02:43 PM
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Default Re: Where do you carry your spare gasoline.

I'm about to look into getting a motorcycle tank, typically around 3 gallons or so, and mount it to my rear pannier rack. I imagine the shape would somewhat resemble the trunks added onto scooters.
I've run out of gas twice. Once because fuel line popped off and drained the tank. Rough couple miles back home. The other time was 20 feet from gas station...nice!
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Go to any Outdoors or Camping store and buy a 32 oz. MSD can. That's what I use and I've had the same one since the 90's and it still doesn't leak.
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