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Off in a fortnight's time for a month, during which time we'll do quite a few Morocco Overland routes I missed three years ago.

That time I was on a GSA, where fuel range wasn't the slightest concern! But now on an 1190, my safe range is maybe only 200 miles, or perhaps 25% less in sand.

So should l carry extra fuel? I'm thinking I'll be OK without?

I'm not going into Western Sahara, where back in 2002 I did need additional, on a bike with similar range. Though even that may no longer be necessary I guess.
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320 km range should be fine, slightly more than my KTM 690. Sand only increases consumption when you are really bogged down. What off-tarmac routes are you planning?
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After having big concerns with a Pegaso 660 which had an easy going effective range of about 190 km on the road before reserve, I'd agree with Tim. On the pistes my fuel consumption was way lower, perhaps 20%, than on the roads, even when I was falling off every 5 minutes and occasionally getting proper stuck in deep sand.

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As long as you take a sensible look at maps and note where fuel is likely to be filling up at sensible places, you will be fine. Even at the worst and you run out. someone will come by, after a little while.
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Agree with DaveBetty, riding on pistes at 25-60 kph is real easy on fuel consumption.

The reason for asking about your routes is that the really remote villages will often have someone who sells fuel at about 50% more than the normal price, so 15 dh/litre instead of 10 dh. For example, the screenshot below shows six!! fuel dumps on the pistes between Merzouga and Zagora.



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Thanks! Not really sure of a route yet. Aiming to fill in some of the bits we didn't do in 2013 - here's what we did do.

My 1190 has done nearly 250 miles when riding at a slow pace on graded gravel roads (with a 690 :-D ). But dropped to only 150 miles last year when the going got heavy on the Road of Bones' Old Summer Road. Lucky the guys I was with were carrying extra, but I don't want to be in that position again. But OTH I don't want to fit extra cans even though they really do make the 'Starbucks look'!

I will download your POI file Tim. Actually I collected them for the Atlantic route back in 2002, and CS linked to my map for a number of years. I guess what goes around, comes around.
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I traveled quite a bit on a 200 mile range bike and did need fuel several times in areas that should not have been a problem, a fuel stop closes or only has diesel, or you take the wrong road. And even if you never need it a five L can of gas is a lot of piece of mind. If you are traveling solo, carry some spare fuel. When I was in Morocco we got on the wrong back road and the R1200 GS I was riding with was breathing fumes when we found fuel. that's my 2 cents worth
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Thanks! Not really sure of a route yet. Aiming to fill in some of the bits we didn't do in 2013 - here's what we did do.

My 1190 has done nearly 250 miles when riding at a slow pace on graded gravel roads (with a 690 :-D ). But dropped to only 150 miles last year when the going got heavy on the Road of Bones' Old Summer Road. Lucky the guys I was with were carrying extra, but I don't want to be in that position again. But OTH I don't want to fit extra cans even though they really do make the 'Starbucks look'!

I will download your POI file Tim. Actually I collected them for the Atlantic route back in 2002, and CS linked to my map for a number of years. I guess what goes around, comes around.
Let me know how you went Ian, I am going through Morocco on an 1190 shortly including Western Sahara. I am really disappointed in the 1190 fuel range but have taken some precautions anyway. I bought a 5L Jerry that I'll probably keep full most of the time and a 20L swiss army water bladder that I'll just fill up with fuel for the occasions it is absolutely necessary. I was blitzing down from Paris to Madrid a month or two ago and averaging 140kmp/h, I wasn't getting very far at all, and thats on nice highways. Would be great to see how you got on and maybe even some of the routes you took.
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I didn't run short in Morocco. If I was riding solo I'd carry 5 or maybe even 10 extra litres. But I was with a GSA tanker in case of emergency!

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