Increasing fuel capacity.

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Increasing fuel capacity.

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Any one seen or tried to turn the 'trunk' into and extended gas tank?

Increasing the range would be nice. Especially for rides to more secluded areas.
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Haven't seen any such mods, but a simple solution would be to stick a five litre fuel container in there.
The one I have fits with room to spare, you can get metel ones but I don't know if they will fit.
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I'd rather carry a small jerry can with gas in the "trunk", rather than installing a permanent auxiliary tank ;) .
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I would pay some serious $$$ for a permanent solution to increase the fuel capacity by a gallon. Since my round trip distance to work is 55 miles, i have to stop for fuel every day.
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cessna151 wrote:I would pay some serious $$$ for a permanent solution to increase the fuel capacity by a gallon. Since my round trip distance to work is 55 miles, i have to stop for fuel every day.

Ditto but it's 60 miles for me. And extra gallon would make a lot of difference
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Jerry can at home?
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SmellyTofu wrote:Jerry can at home?

I've thought of that but it's still re-filling. Just the same amount of overall faff
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Hardly seems worth the risk. Just my thought....

Dump the thing and then what? Fire!!!! :o

My King Quad Suzuki had the same issues, but was limited to around 50 Miles and some trails were longer than that. For a while we carried extra cans, until a good friend hit a stump and rolled his. The can popped off and spilled. It could have been real ugly if any of it spilled onto the muffler.

Not worth it!
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I don't think there's an easy way to. The tank is pretty wedged in there. You may be able to do some sort of a custom tunnel bag tank thing, but I'm not sure if that would be worth it either. :/
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maddiedog wrote:I don't think there's an easy way to. The tank is pretty wedged in there. You may be able to do some sort of a custom tunnel bag tank thing, but I'm not sure if that would be worth it either. :/
No there doesn't seem an easy way to do it unfortunately
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Hi, I am a new member, I do not have a PCX at this time , but am seriously contemplating buying a new one. From looking at the fuel tank on the 2010 sh150i,on Bike bandit.com I would speculate that there is space on the top of the stock tank to install a 90 degree fuel inlet that you could attach a hose to from a AUX tank mounted on a luggage rack.I still need to go to a dealer and look at thier parts breakdown for the new 2013 PCX to determine if this is a option for it. I have used a 1.8 aux plastic type material with a shut of and reserve position valve that comes with it, and also a 3 gallon fuel cell on a Honda Shadow VLX.
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Having just done a day tour on the PCX I can report that my bum was sore and in need of a stop before I ran out of fuel ;)
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Tourtank.com
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Dudley wrote:Tourtank.com

Oof. Not cheap
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