[MeCasa]

Can I buy any sort of gas bladder in India?

[Salil]

Application?

[MeCasa]

Application? Fill with gasoline and throw over gas tank or back rack

Purpose? Just in case. Suppose somebody tells us there's a world class waterfall somewhere up north/ down south, all we need to do is follow a long road to nowhere, after we hit nowhere we hit the actual goat trail that holds our objective. Depending on the promised beauty of the falls I may take a shot. I pack both a tent and food, these are generally considered 'comfort' items as long as I have gas. If I run out of gas, these can become survival gear.

I'd like a light weight bladder that will be carried empty unless I need it. I'm already planning on the larger tank of the classic and (2) 1.25 litre. cylinders that will serve as either stove fuel or motorcycle fuel, but a bladder would be nice especially if more than one of us tried the waterfall trail..

I agree that the extra gas will probably not be necessary, but I'd sure hate to miss a good side trip or get stuck in the middle of nowhere because I didn't have it.

Plus where I'm going in Nepal, gas will be scarce and I'm not riding an antique beast that can carry fuel cans...so a bladder would be nice.

(2) 2 liter bladders tied together in the middle would be nice, the lighter the better.

[Salil]

Hmm. Don't think any of us ever considered using this thing before. So will have to do some asking around. Let's see. Guys... Any ideas?

[hitanshu]

Vivek Sharma had a bladder for EXACTLY this. You get it overseas. Not here. Here you fix on bulky panniers like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vivek_k...7594511893894/

and carry 2X5L jerry cans - that is enough for a lot of distance - plus you get contraband fuel. Just ride the bike within 5k RPM, and you'd get 35-40 kmpl mileage easily - enough to take you outta trouble anywhere.

Here you go:
http://ashwanikhanna.fotopic.net/p17706024.html

[MeCasa]

Nice pics

I don't want hard panniers unless I have to, I'm going to try and find a soft bladder that I can throw over the front of the tank (in front of my knees), that will help distribute the weight. I have some Aussie friends and I may check with them as they have petrol problems out in the outback.

I may go with basket panniers if I have to, but they're heavy, bulky and plain out ugly

EDIT: I found these, but there're probably too big

[Yogesh Sarkar]

Stuff like that is hard to find in India, better get it with you.

Don't go for hard panniers, Indian bikes are already underpowered, all that dead weight isn't going to help you.

[MeCasa]

Stuff like that is hard to find in the US, I've seen bladders before but I have no idea where they got them or whether they were rigged out of something else.

No problem, I thought that something like this would be available in India because the people in the country need to innovate, but I've got it covered. If I think I need the capacity, I'll buy two heavy plastic jugs (even if I throw away the contents), I'll tie em together, sling em over the tank and velcro them in place so they don't slide.

[PatcyBoy]

Guys,

Do you think we could use hotwater bottles for this purpose? The are light weight, leakproof and relatively inexpensive..

Any thoughts?

Cheers,
Rajan

[Yogesh Sarkar]

That can be used, but it wont hold more than a liter of petrol.