travel oil container

[tatu]

But the answer to oil carrying is the ally drinks bottle.

Fix the leak before you go, these things will only ever get worse.
Aluminium is not very chafe resistant and something square shaped is always preferable. Maybe one of those old ww2 American type water bottles? Much thicker ally
Finding places to tie stuff to is always a challenge, you still using that 550?
Where are you off to this time?

100 mile long day longest single hop on a bike was Gibraltar to UK 1470 miles in some horrible rain between Madrid and Paris, my leathers under my one piece rain suit didn't cut it at all

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[Gorminrider]

I hear you Rob S...

If I have to go like this, I ain't.

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I figure if I can't hike with the load, there's too much. Take the car. or fly there.

[Guest]

100 mile long day longest single hop on a bike was Gibraltar to UK 1470 miles in some horrible rain between Madrid and Paris, my leathers under my one piece rain suit didn't cut it at all

Isn't that like a 23 hour ride? I know younger I could drive that long in a car, but on a bike? In the rain? Sounds crazy. Not saying I wouldnt do it in a pinch (and norwegian roads are usually narrow, twisty and slow).

[bwringer]

I have vast amounts of oil stored on shelves in strategic locations all over the world. Diesel trucks and tractors are everywhere, and any place that sells fuel will have oil that's well-suited to a GS.

All I have to do is buy a bottle on the rare occasion I need a top-up. If I don't want to take the rest with me and risk spillage, I look for someone driving an old truck or car that looks like it uses oil and make a donation.

Unless there's something bad wrong with your bike, it's not worth carrying the stuff.

[Guest]

I have vast amounts of oil stored on shelves in strategic locations all over the world. Diesel trucks and tractors are everywhere, and any place that sells fuel will have oil that's well-suited to a GS.

All I have to do is buy a bottle on the rare occasion I need a top-up. If I don't want to take the rest with me and risk spillage, I look for someone driving an old truck or car that looks like it uses oil and make a donation.

Unless there's something bad wrong with your bike, it's not worth carrying the stuff.

Here I only find mineral diesel only oil in yuge containers. And synthetic 10w40 for bikes.

[Redman]

I have had (since 1994 anyway) hard luggage, so "where" to carry it is only a question of the left or right bag, and front or back of the bag.
And no question of what container, just the plastic jug with screw top cap.

One thing I will say, is once open the cap, when putting cap back on, not only put it on tight, but also squeeze the bottle in a little bit before tighten the cap, so if/when the air inside were to heat up, the bottle has some room to expand without building up any pressure to cause it to leak.
And dont tighten so tight that it deforms the threads.

[Grimly]

In the late 80s an oil company in the UK sold oil in oddly-shaped bottles, more like a trapezoid than a bottle.
I found the 1L bottle fitted perfectly into the space formed by the rear luggage bracket, and that bottle's remained there ever since. I've replaced the bungee at least once, but the bottle is totally unaffected by vibration, weathering, etc.
I think it was/is a bottle of Total 15w40 diesel oil, but can't be sure at the moment.
Odd thing is, even when the bike was using a bit of oil, I never had to breach that bottle.

[salty_monk]

I've used these for both petrol & oil at different times... https://www.msrgear.com/stoves/stove...l-bottles.html