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Jokulsarlon, Iceland




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Thanx for the tip, must had to admit, that thought had crossed my mind, figured I'd never lost the bung from the airbox/breather drain pipe, guess this is a tad more important tho!

Doubt you'd get 125 km tho!!!

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Or you could have a long enough pipe to lift the end higher than the tank
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I didn't think f this problem till I was on the road. I got a 5ooml plastic coke bottle, cut it into a long handled ladle with the top as the 'bowl' of the ladle, the handle being the long side of the bottle. The tank has to be quite full and it takes a minute or two, but it works fine without pulling the pipes off the tank repeatedly which is messy and probably not good for the petrol pipe.
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MSR or Sigg fuel bottle
As said above, the MSR or Sigg fuel bottles work the best for me. They come in a variety of sizes.
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stove refilling
I have fitted both my fuel lines to the carbies with Touratech quick release hose couplings. I can then disconnect one of them and control the flow with the gas tap. Why both? The BMW tank is very easy to remove (for maintenance) and the quick disconnects make it even easier. Takes about 20 seconds to take the tank off without tools.
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The QD hose sounds a good idea, trouble is the 650 Alp has an auto "tap" and is off or on with vacuum only, still fancy fitting a "Y" piece and run a length of hose with a bung, currently looking for a bung and (as someone mentioned) an inline tap for safety for an 8mm pipe. Any ideas????

For the time being I purchased a fuel priming bulb from ebay (£3.50) and a length of pipe, works OK but bulky.

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I've been using a colemans stove for a few years and currently use a Trangia
1ltr fuel bottle. It has a good valve fitted to it. Carry a spare pump washer kit. They're cheap and nothing is more annoying than having fuel and not being able to get any pressure in the thing.
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