Do You Carry Spare Gasoline in the Trunk?

67Dart273 said

I think you guys advocating carrying gas in the passenger compartment are nuttier than a fruitcake. Having said that, I DID put a tank in the trunk of my 70RR in the gas crunch of the early seventies. Maybe I was stupid...........

Use a metal outboard motor fuel tank, strapped it down to the trunk floor and vented it overboard. Used an extra electric pump to dump fuel into the main tank when needed. It was needed a few times. After I got out of the Navy, and stayed closer to home, and the fuel situation eased, I never used it again.

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Here's one for carrying fuel and the possible hazards.
My Dad and I were taking gas to my Mom who had run out of gas out in the middle of nowhere, and we were on motorcycles.
The only can we had was one of those round 5 gallon metal ones, so I filled it up and strapped it down on my luggage rack.
My Dads bike had a trunk so we couldn't put it on his bike.

On our way out this winding road to where the gas needed to go I was rounding a corner and had my rear tire suddenly blow on the bike.
Not a whoosh of air type flat, but a boom type.:D
I was able to keep the bike upright and on the road, but it was a battle and all I could think about was that metal can sliding down the road and all the sparks it would make.
The next thought was how I was going to get away from it if it did go down on the road.

Had a picture like this in my mind the entire time I was managing the bike with a metal 5 gallon can on the back with a flat tire that was loose on the rim and skating around on me.:D