2 litre fuel cans - lockable mounting?

you need something like this making up:thumb2

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this is for the round fuel bottles with a bar sliding through the top secured by a paddlock
 
Why would you need to lock it?

If someone is desperate enough to steal a plastic can with a couple of litres of oil, good luck to them (a thwarted oil-thief may just decide to stick a sharp implement through the oil bottle to register his annoyance. You'd still have no oil and the plastic bottle might have been nicked for all it is of any use with a drain hole in it).

If you want to ensure that it doesn't bounce out of the holder, buy another strap and run it through the little loop in the top of the oil bottle and the two on the TT bracket.

When I mounted mine (six years ago and it's still there now), I ran the straps behind the bracket so that the fixings go through them to prevent their possible loss to "sticky fingers".

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sloukes said:
I was concerned that ruffians may steal them when parked in motel car parks overnight.....
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where are you going where you need fuel bottles? From my experience and from what I've seen of others experiences is that in places where there is no fuel the people tend to be very hospitable. In cities where there is plenty of fuel then you are exposed to more urban crime.
 
everywherevirtually said:
From my experience and from what I've seen of others experiences is that in places where there is no fuel the people tend to be very hospitable.
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Its possible to go 100 miles on the M25 with no fuel stops , and there are certainly ruffians around there.....
 
sloukes said:
Its possible to go 100 miles on the M25 with no fuel stops , and there are certainly ruffians around there.....
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I was on the M25 the other night and while there are few services a quick tap into the sat nav throws up numerous petrol stations only a mile or two east or west of the motorway. What I am saying is essentially if you ride from A to B and there is no fuel within a 300 mile radius then perhaps you'd need a fuel can. There are few places on earth where this is necessary. Mongolia, parts of Siberia, Africa etc.

Most GS'ers with the red strapped on fuel bottles do it for the pose value and as you've pointed out probably never leave the M25. I brought a cheap 5 litre can when I went to Eastern Europe and if anything there were more petrol stations than there are here.
 
everywherevirtually said:
Most GS'ers with the red strapped on fuel bottles do it for the pose value and as you've pointed out probably never leave the M25. I brought a cheap 5 litre can when I went to Eastern Europe and if anything there were more petrol stations than there are here.
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Most GSer's, in my experience, have a fuel bottle for their cooker (although I did resort to using it in the tank once when I played fuel-level roulette - and would have lost otherwise).
 
MikeP said:
Most GSer's, in my experience, have a fuel bottle for their cooker (although I did resort to using it in the tank once when I played fuel-level roulette - and would have lost otherwise).
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True enough. I've got one myself filled with mineral meths for my trangia but I've stopped short of strapping it to the panniers. Usually you'll see two red bottles on one side and one of those Touratech fuel bottles on the other side which is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard because the opening at the top is not wide enough to fit a petrol nozzle into :blast. Like I say not much requirement for one in Western or Eastern europe unless you are playing fuel level roulette :D
 
Nippy Normans supply Touratech, Wunderlich, Desert Fox and many other makes of accessories.
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