After my ride today I feel that I'm going to want to put a larger gas tank on the KLX. Due to the nature of some of the surfaces I was riding, the bike was not in 6th gear very much. On a lot of occasions, it was either in 3rd or 4th.

Riding home, the bike hit the reserve at 80 miles. When I filled it up, the mileage was 50 something mpg. As time goes on, I'm sure I will be riding more and more out in this area on this bike.

I think I need a bit more range.

 

That's a good question. But that's one of the reasons I got this bike instead of the 650. The 650 holds like 6.2 gal of gas, and the 250 holds 1.9 gals. I really don't want to change the stock look too much, but somewhere I saw a small narrow jug that mounts on the handlebar cross member, I might look into that. of course I'm only ridding within 20 miles of town, so I would just like a little insurance. Hey you guys, hurry up and change oil so I can see if you are puzzled by the spring mystery. I would call the dealership, but they are closed on Mondays. LOL later all.

deej

 

One of us should buy this and experiment:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT

I think it would fit with little or no mods to the bike. You would likely need to buy the matching side panels too.

 

I have a much better idea.

Todd, you buy it for me as a Christmas present and I'll experiment, take all sorts of pictures and post my findings.

Ain't that a better alternative? Takes all the guesswork out of it!


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I just got off the phone with IMS.

They will not offer that that tank will or will not fit the KLX250S.

There is not a bike available for them to try it on. I offered for them to send me a tank and I'd do the test fitting for them. They only do that in-house.

Dang! Thought I might be able to get a free tank for doing the testing.

 

I've fired off emails to Clarke, IMS, and Acerbis asking the same thing. If the bid stays near the bottom, I may just get it and give it a shot. I hit reserve at 81 miles again today. That's just too short for me. I need another gallon of fuel some how.

 

I'm with you on that "need another gallon of gas, somehow" comment.

With the Concours and the KLR650, I don't hesitate to run for about 4 or 5 hours before looking for fuel. 2 hours is not going to cut it. The Ocala National Forest is a big place and I need to have fuel on board for at least 200 miles of riding.

We shall see.

 

Hey Todd, I would like to find a single or a couple of gas approved containers that will just fit in the pelican cases, I think that would be cool as a backup fuel supply. Let me know if you have any ideas? Later.

deej

 

Deej,

Here is something you might be interested in . . . . .


Acerbis Auxillary Gas Tank

 

Hmmm, well the front one won't work because of the light, and the back one won't work because of the new case I have on it. I just want to find a container that will fit in the case. Those tanks are cool, but I am not going to be too far from home when I get low on gas, and so I think a half gal would get me back ok. Thanks Marty.

deej