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Desert Tank worth the weight?
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<blockquote data-quote="CDA" data-source="post: 57409" data-attributes="member: 103"><p><img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/focus.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":focus:" title="Focus :focus:" data-shortname=":focus:" /> Dumbasses <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/moon.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":moon:" title="Moon :moon:" data-shortname=":moon:" /></p><p> </p><p>Stick with the Dez tank. You can steer with your knees better with the dez tank since it comes up higher. I find that with the dez tank on you have more control over the bike since you have more to grip when wide oh across the dez.</p><p> </p><p>I raced with a stock tank on my 89' KX250 years back (yes I am dating myself now) and would carry a 33oz bottle of fuel on my hip in-case I needed it. I was not happy with the dez tanks that were out at the time. I was good for about 45 miles running at a good clip. I was running pretty decent one race and was about 3 miles out from the finish on the second loop when I caught my one of my competitors in my class in this tight sand wash. I was all over his tail trying to find a way around. I shut the door on him in a corner and took off. We popped out of the wash and all we had left was a long valley to blaze across. As I grabbed a handful and started to work the gears, the bike flamed out and came to a halt. The guy I passed cruised on by. I was out of gas. I took my bottle and dumped it in the tank and lit the bike back up and off I went. I ran out of time to reel him back in and when I pulled in the finish my pit crew (Mom, Dad and friends) were jumping up and down because I finished 2nd, 2ND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/foul.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":foul:" title="Foul :foul:" data-shortname=":foul:" /> The guy I passed and gave up the spot because I ran out of gas, WON!!!!!! </p><p>Well Luckily at the time, my buddy had the same year KX500 and he put on a dez tank, so I took his stock tank and mounted it on my bike. That was just the amount I needed all year and never needed to worry about running out again.</p><p> </p><p>Hope that answerers your question.</p><p> </p><p>CDA Out!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CDA, post: 57409, member: 103"] :focus: Dumbasses :moon: Stick with the Dez tank. You can steer with your knees better with the dez tank since it comes up higher. I find that with the dez tank on you have more control over the bike since you have more to grip when wide oh across the dez. I raced with a stock tank on my 89' KX250 years back (yes I am dating myself now) and would carry a 33oz bottle of fuel on my hip in-case I needed it. I was not happy with the dez tanks that were out at the time. I was good for about 45 miles running at a good clip. I was running pretty decent one race and was about 3 miles out from the finish on the second loop when I caught my one of my competitors in my class in this tight sand wash. I was all over his tail trying to find a way around. I shut the door on him in a corner and took off. We popped out of the wash and all we had left was a long valley to blaze across. As I grabbed a handful and started to work the gears, the bike flamed out and came to a halt. The guy I passed cruised on by. I was out of gas. I took my bottle and dumped it in the tank and lit the bike back up and off I went. I ran out of time to reel him back in and when I pulled in the finish my pit crew (Mom, Dad and friends) were jumping up and down because I finished 2nd, 2ND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:foul: The guy I passed and gave up the spot because I ran out of gas, WON!!!!!! Well Luckily at the time, my buddy had the same year KX500 and he put on a dez tank, so I took his stock tank and mounted it on my bike. That was just the amount I needed all year and never needed to worry about running out again. Hope that answerers your question. CDA Out!!!! [/QUOTE]
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