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johnr wrote:i had considered this problem with riding a bike and refueling from pannier tanks. bearing in mind i was planning to do a trip like this on an innova that had a fuel gauge, and the solution i came up with was to drill two small holes in the top of the pannier tank, into one, braise a length of tube that goes right down to the bottom of the tank, and in the other braise a short piece in that just extends an inch or so either side. then, onto the one that goes to the bottom, take a length of petrol pipe that will go into your existing tank, that will be used as the refueller, then, the other pipe, put a length of rubber tube onto it with a small hand operated bulb pump, like the sort of thing a dr uses to pump the armband up when taking your blood pressure. fit this bulb pump somewhere accessible, on the handlebar or perhaps on the seat side where you can safely get to it with your left hand whilst driving fill the pannier tanks with fuel and ride till the fuel gauge shows empty, start puping air into the jerry can, the air pressure will force the petrol out of the long tube and into your main tank, when the gauge shows full, press the button on the pump releasing the pressure and stopping the flow. hey presto, with 2 5 gallon panniers you could ride for a couple of thousand miles without stopping!! (ive actually got 2 10 litre aluminium jerrys that are sold as accessories to cossack and ural motorbikes, so with a pair of them plus the standard tank you could probably just about do le-jog in one hit)

johnr wrote: Edited by Capitano

I had considered this problem with riding a bike and refuelling from pannier tanks,bearing in mind I was planning to do a trip like this on an Innova that had a fuel gauge.

The solution I came up with was to drill two small holes in the top of the pannier tank. Into one, braze a length of tube that goes right down to the bottom of the tank, and in the other braze a short piece in that just extends an inch or so either side.

Onto the one that goes to the bottom, take a length of petrol pipe that will go into your existing tank, that will be used as the refueller. With the other pipe, put a length of rubber tube onto it with a small hand operated bulb pump, like the sort of thing a doctor uses to pump the armband up when taking your blood pressure.

Fit this bulb pump somewhere accessible, on the handlebar or perhaps on the seat side where you can safely get to it with your left hand whilst driving.Fill the pannier tanks with fuel and ride until the fuel gauge shows empty. Start pumping air into the jerry can. The air pressure will force the petrol out of the long tube and into your main tank.

When the gauge shows full, press the button on the pump releasing the pressure and stopping the flow. Hey presto, with two 5 gallon panniers you could ride for a couple of thousand miles without stopping!!

I have got two 10 litre aluminium jerrys that are sold as accessories to Cossack and Ural motorbikes. With those plus the standard tank you could probably just about do le-jog in one hit.

johnr wrote:erm, my phone doesnt give the option of spacing it out. as soon as you put a space in, when you drop to the next line it just pushes the words together again.
but point taken. on the laptop now.
dont try and comment on an existing thread.
have fun with my spelling and punctuation whilst youre at it.

johnr wrote:have fun with my spelling and punctuation whilst youre at it.