View attachment 30425 View attachment 30425 While this is a beautiful and certainly functional/convenient tank, I must interject an option for hauling extra fuel. For months before planning a trip through Central America with my wife, I obsessed over carrying enough fuel. There was reportedly a section of terrain through Baja that was over 200 miles between stations. With the possibility of getting lost and consequently doing extra miles, I was concerned. I was getting around 160 miles per tank with a clark tank on a Honda XR 650 L. We left on the trip anyway, and as I observed local methods, and realized that as an American, I had bought into the "buy more stuff" method of solving this problem. Here's what I watched Central Americans do. 1. If you're worried about range, fill up every time you can. 2. If you're still concerned, look for empty soda bottles in a trash can (Coke bottles are the best because they are elastic). 3. Fill them with fuel, strap to bike. 4. Ride 50-100 miles, stop, dump them in, and recycle/trash the bottles. There will be more bottles and fuel at the next station. I realize this is extra hassle, but for anyone planning a long distance trip, I would suggest that for the cost of an upgraded fuel tank, you could instead extend your trip by a month or two (which is what it's all about anyway, right?). Not trying to shed a negative light on anyone's choices or this lovely custom fuel tank for the Terra. Just offering a little road wisdom that may help the budget traveler avoid an expensive/unnecessary purchase. Bottles of fuel elegantly strapped to top of RH case in both photos. Happy riding!
Sounds like the perfect topic for another thread Here are instructions on how to start a thread, and post #4 shows how to show pictures in a thread: http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/creating-posts-threads-read-this-one.16262/
