Jerrycan for roadbike trip in Morocco ?

[Cbrpad]

Hi,

I aim to ride my Honda Blackbird from Ireland to Morocco first week in October and spend a month or two wandering around. Not a very adventurous trip since it's a roadbike, so unless I can find hard-packed earth I'll be sticking to tarmac.

However, the range of my bike is only 160 miles at best and, for example, I'd like to go down as far as Dakhla, and more if possible, but my Michelin 741 map seems to indicate that it's 288 miles from Layoune with no petrol on the way. But I could be totally wrong and the stuff could be seeping out of the earth and every little village :-)

So is it worthwhile bringing a jerrycan in case of longer stretches, or is petrol widely available ? I can always dump or sell it on the way back when I'm loaded down with carpets and trinkets, but I aim to travel as light as possible.

Thanks,
Paddy.