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XT600e.. Long distance without the 23ltr tank?
Hi guys,
I'm very close to leaving for a long distance trip, from UK to Thailand and I seem to have a never ending list of 200 quids to spend. There seems to be a drought of Acerbis tanks on ebay at the moment so I'm looking at another £280 to buy a new tank.
Has anyone done any real long distance with the stock 13 litre tank? How inconvenient was it? Or was it inconvenient?
I figured when in remote areas, I could carry extra fuel in bottles/cans when needed. But trying to gauge how viable, or how much of a pain in the ass this would be and wether I should just spunk the £280 and get it over with.
For reference, I've only had the bike around 5 weeks and longest ride has been 200 miles, so I'm still gauging the fuel economy of it. Am I right in thinking you should get around 130 miles on the stock tank?
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Hi fraserbyrne,
my advice: use your hard earned squids to get some more out of your trip, don't waste them not an extra fuel tank.
A big fuel tank helps IMHO manly only one person, the seller. For an overland traveler it comes on the contrary with some downsides. Here a quote from our book why I think so:
A bigger tank comes with 4 major disadvantages:
- heavy
- usually higher center of gravity (thats a bad thing)
- bulkier (bad for riding, especially off road) and
- pretty expensive
Why do you need a bigger tank in the first place? Our guess is that you don't want to run out of gas. But here comes the trick: It's much more important when you get gas then the total amount of gas you can eventually carry. Lets say you have a gas reach of 700km. But if you wait till you have reached 600kms you still got only 100km left. If you have a reach of let's say 300 km but you fill up every 100 km you have 200kms of safety.
We found a mileage of 300+ km is enough. If you really have to cover a bigger stretch, take some water bottles, fill them with gas and afterwards throw them away. Problem solved :-)
We did South East Asia on 125 ccm motorcycles which come with a 3.7l gas tank, that gets you about 100km far. We never ran out of gas
Enjoy your trip!
Patrick
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Haha, I meant quids  sorry
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haha. Quids, squids. Same difference.
Yeah I presumed it would handle like a pig with an extra 10 litres dumper over the front end.
Thanks for your input!
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Plus carrying the extra fuel in cans on the back runs the risk of cracking your subframe with all the luggage on there as well, if you need the extra go with it in the tank.
Mezo.
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4pt model has 15 liters total, should give you a range around 300km when touring.
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