Where can I get...

[balbas]

A strap to hold a fuel bottle in under the tank of my GSA?

Stand at the front of a GSA, looking back towards the bike, bend down and look up under the LH (as you're looking at it) wing of the petrol tank, and theres a recess which fits a Sigg bottle really well. There's also two threaded holes, so obviously it's designed to hold a bottle.

Brilliant I thought, I'll keep my fuel bottle for my camping stove in there when I'm touring and eliminate any possibility of the rest of the kit in my panniers smelling of fuel if I have a leak. Could also be useful as an emergency reserve (although only a litre) of fuel for the bike on a long stint.

Trouble is, my dealer can't find the strap on the parts fiche, and I wouldn't know where to get one made up.

Any ideas?

 

[swissrob]

its for the charcoal canister for the US market - search for charcoal and im sure it wil come up with a part number somewhere

 

[Wapping]

Umpteen hardware / camping shops sell assorted straps / ties.

You are bound to find / make something that will suit.

 

[balbas]

Umpteen hardware / camping shops sell assorted straps / ties.

You are bound to find / make something that will suit.

That involves me making something. Which will inevitably end up looking like a bodge!

 

[balbas]

its for the charcoal canister for the US market - search for charcoal and im sure it wil come up with a part number somewhere

Thanks, will do. My dealer didn't even know what it was for. I though some sort of environmental protection thing for the american market, the dealer though it was for a water bottle for crossing deserts...

Seems we were both wrong.

 

[Wapping]

That involves me making something. Which will inevitably end up looking like a bodge!

Nobody will see it and we won't tell.

Thanks, will do. My dealer didn't even know what it was for. I though some sort of environmental protection thing for the american market, the dealer though it was for a water bottle for crossing deserts...

Seems we were both wrong.

No. You were right. Enviromental thing it is, a carbon filter for absorbing fumes from the petrol tank, a must-do for some US states.

 

[alimey4u2]

Got mine in a cardboard box up in the attic, Californian spec....

 

[balbas]

Nobody will see it and we won't tell.

Good point.

No. You were right.

There's a turn up for the books!

Enviromental thing it is, a carbon filter for absorbing fumes from the petrol tank, a must-do for some US states.

'S about what I thought.

 

[balbas]

Got mine in a cardboard box up in the attic, Californian spec....

You don't fancy losing the strap do you?

 

[Rosahane]

Try long velcro cable ties, cheap secure and probably available in a couour to match the Sigg bottle.

To make it extra secure given the finish of a Sigg bottle I'd also get a couple of pieces of adhesive backed velcro to stick on the bottle under the cable ties

 

[harry]

its for the charcoal canister for the US market - search for charcoal and im sure it wil come up with a part number somewhere

Is that the charcoal for the portable bar-b -q ?

 

[alimey4u2]

You don't fancy losing the strap do you?

Naa..Sorry to tempt you so, if this weather keeps up I may be shipping back...