motorpsycho
Active Member
wow...
I use a one gallon tank. It gives me 120 mile range. I carry a small spare bottle of oil. In an emergency I can fill the tank and mix it by shaking.
before I had the tank I would carry aluminum water bottles on my rack. My wife expressed concern about an explosion if I got rear-ended. I think that would be the least of my worries
gasoline will not explode on impact unless there is a spark or a source of ignition. (it has to be a spark or a flame, heat will not ignite gasoline)
it takes a lot of friction on aluminum to make it spark. take a peice of aluminum and grind on it...see how many sparks you get.
you can literally put a lit cigarette into a can of gas, and the gas will not ignite. the cigarette will go out.
it's not like in the movies where they show a lit cigarette starting gas on fire. or when they show a guy shoot a cars gas tank and the car explodes. it does not work that way in real life.
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