Water Bottle Used As Spare Gas Tank ?

If you use the MSR fuel bottles, I found that the standard aluminum bottle cage will fail eventually, especially when using the large 33 oz. bottle. The Topeak adjustable cage works much better and holds the bottle much more securely. I went through several bottle cages and lost a bottle before I found this out. http://topeak.com
 
excellent point made ((may be safty issue))

I found that the standard aluminum bottle cage will fail eventually, especially when using the large 33 oz. bottle.

that was an excellent point made above
one that I had over looked

even while using just the standard size plastic water bottle for my gas
many months ago now -- as mentioned above

THE CAGE BROKE ON ONE SIDE
leaving a sharp edge rubbing into plastic bottle
I didn't know better -- bought another of the same cage
I'll be watching this one

plastic bottle full of gas
worn through by broken cage
could -- not saying it will -- but could end in a fireball -- hot balls of fire

ride those things
 
Later that day at the Emergency Room

So tell me how you cought your #SS on fire ...
Well It was from carrying gas in a water bottle and ...........................

talk about jacked-up I saw this girl riding a small honda schooter on the interstate in Dallas rush hour traffic.. If thats not bad enough she was only going about 40 MPH riding with one hand and talking on the cell phone with the other hand..

Could be a future recepient of the Darwin awards...

just when you thing you seen it all !!!!
 
THE CAGE BROKE ON ONE SIDE
leaving a sharp edge rubbing into plastic bottle
I didn't know better -- bought another of the same cage
I'll be watching this one

Mine both broke at the welds, I wouldn't EVER use the aluminum cages again, not worth the risk!
 
The very first gas containers I used were OVERPRICED, Swiss made, double lined metal.

The hardest "find" were plastic drink bottles with wide mouths, but with all the roadside litter, sometimes a keeper would jump into view.

But thanks to some customer experimentation, and spoiled by having saddlebags on my red cruiser and now my blue recumbent, 33 oz. mouthwash bottles have been a winner. I've not noticed any plastic breakdown, no leaks at the twist on lid. (yet)

In picture 2, I found that rectangular plastic packaging (with the two mouthwash bottles) at a store, it held beef jerky. When I cut the top off it, it fits two bottles into the saddlebag with no spillage, including when I pull up at the gas pumps.

There is also an old wide mouth drink bottle I guess I've had over a year, and another acceptable carrier in the saddlebag, a 48 oz. vegetable oil bottle.

Bigger bottles are really handy on medium (2-300 mile) trips, where you can carry more pre-mixed fuel for the 2 cycle engines, (not as important with the 4 stroke.)

Another customer claims plastic liquor bottles work well.

The mouthwash & vegetable plastic seems to be a heavier grade, and the wide mouth/long neck on the mouthwash bottle really aids "no spill" fill-ups on the side of the road.
 

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I found

Some great fuel bottles real cheap at Academy sports.
They are Ozark Trails brand (kinda like a colmen knock-off)
Aluminim and painted red only cost a few dollers each.
and they dont leak...
:cool:
 
Another customer claims plastic liquor bottles work well.

The mouthwash & vegetable plastic seems to be a heavier grade, and the wide mouth/long neck on the mouthwash bottle really aids "no spill" fill-ups on the side of the road.
Plastic liquor bottles would prolly work. 34 oz would be pretty nice.

Maybe a Powerade bottle. Haven't actually seen one in a while, but it would be the bare minimum.
 
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