Holding Your Water - Motorcycle Adventure Liquid Storage: Oil, Water & Fuel

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2016

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Water weighs in at 8.34 pounds per US Gallon or by the litre its .7 kg or 1.6 pounds, and humans need on average of 2.2 - 3 litres of water per day. When we are packing for a motorcycle adventure, water and fuel are often left to the end to be fitted into whatever space remains, but considering the weight and bulk of liquids, not to mention the challenge of leakproof containers, perhaps it should be our first consideration. And now that you have all that bulk and weight in water you still may need extra fuel storage. Fuel weighs less than water but still ranks high on your list of consumables for weight. So what do you do about all this weight and bulk of the extra water and fuel on your bike without making it feel like your riding an overloaded scooter? Guests: Sam Manicom: Motorcycle adventurer and author. http://www.sam-manicom.com/Graham Field: Motorcycle adventurer and author. http://grahamfield.co.uk/ Sjaak Lucassen: Motorcycle adventurer and author. http://www.sjaaklucassen.nl/en/ Cory Hanson: Camel ADV Products http://www.camel-adv.com/ ARR is Brought to You By: Max BMW Motorcycles Shop our Online Store featuring parts diagrams for every BMW model. Ordering parts and accessories has never been easier. Choose your bike, look at the diagrams and place your order. We have over 45,000 parts in-stock and our Parts Express team processes and ships orders six days a week via UPS, FedEx and USPS.www.maxbmw.com BestRest ProductsHome of the CyclePump Tire Inflator, TireIron BeadBrakR, EZAir Tire Gauge, and other adventure motorcycle gear. When you’re on the road you’ll want a compact and reliable method of tire inflation. The CyclePump runs off your bike’s electrical system and it’ll fill a flat tire in less than 3 minutes. It’s made in the USA and it comes with a 5-year warranty. BestRest also makes tire changing and tire repair kits that are small enough to fit in your saddlebag. The crew at BestRest are adventure riders themselves, so they know what you’ll need when you’re exploring the world.www.CyclePump.com AerostichThe best way to ride more is to make riding your easiest, fastest way to get from A to B…simple everyday commuting and errands, long-distance adventure riding, or whatever. For 33 years Aerostich has been designing, making and selling equipment that makes riding anywhere, in all-weather – easier, safer, more comfortable and more fun. No other riders’ gear offers the proven protection, precise fit or lifelong value of an Aerostich. Prove it to yourself with the Ride-More Guarantee. If you try any Aerostich one piece R-3 or Roadcrafter Classic suit for one month, and are not riding more than you did before receiving it, send it back and you will receive a full refund, no questions asked. For complete details and to view all of the available equipment for riders, and for a 10% discount on your first Aerostich purchase, or free shipping on the next order for existing customers, visit www.aerostich.com/arr. Puget Sound Safety Off RoadPSS Off Road provides world class motorcycle training to new and avid motorcyclists. Since 1996 they have been dedicated to offering programs that suit the interests and needs of adventure, dual sport and dirtbike riders. Their training programs are skill focused, catering to all types of bikes and riders. Learn from top notch instructors with decades of riding and travel experience. Riders aged from as young as 6 to 60+ will benefit from one of their multi-day training camps or tours.www.pssor.com Green Chile Adventure GearOffering American made heavy-duty, innovative motorcycle luggage systems for all types of motorcycles. Tested in extreme weather conditions and terrain to withstand any abuse you can throw at it on your adventure rides. To complement riders’ needs they are also the exclusive USA distributor of Outback Motortek, a Canadian company specializing in adventure and touring motorcycle protective accessories. Outback Motortek offers ultimate and essent

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0:00.0	Ask yourself this. When you set up your bike when you put your panniers on and your gear on, before you did it,
0:14.7	did you look at your bike and say, okay, where am I going to put my water, how much water do I need to store,
0:19.2	where am I going to put my extra fuel, where am I going to put my oil? Before you assembled everything on your bike, or did you do what most people do?
0:26.6	You equipped your bike all up, you stood back and looked at it and thought, wow, that looks really cool.
0:30.2	Now, where can I put my oil? Where do I store my water? And if I need extra fuel, where am I going to put that?
0:36.0	Well, if you consider the weight and bulk of liquids, not to mention the challenge of the leak-proof containers,
0:42.0	and keeping those containers on the bike fastened
0:44.4	the bike so they're still there when you actually need them.
0:47.3	Maybe this should have been our first consideration when we started laying things out rather
0:50.9	than our last. If you can imagine for a second, going for a ride in an area
0:55.7	where you are going to be out for two days and you cannot get water. You're going to have to carry
0:59.6	all your water for two days. Average temperatures, no extreme desert heat, nothing like that.
1:04.1	Well, according to the Mayo Clinic, women will need around 4.5 liters or 1.2 U.S.
1:11.8	gallons for those two days. A man will require a little bit more around 6
1:16.1	liters or just over 1.5 U.S. gallons for those two days. Weight-wise, that means you're
1:22.0	carrying another 10 to 13 pounds or 4.4 to 6 kilograms of water alone.
1:27.0	That's on top of everything else you have on your bike, all those other things that you thought you needed to take with you on the adventure.
1:33.0	Keep in mind as well, this is drinking water.
1:36.0	This is not cooking water and it's not washing water.
1:38.0	I mean, you know, if you're into those things when you're riding your motorcycle,
1:41.0	cooking and washing.
1:42.0	So imagine now you've got an extra 13 pounds or 6 kilograms of
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