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And they ended up grafting"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1875.174,"endTime":1881.474,"body":"a 108 liter or 28 and a half"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1875.174,"endTime":1881.474,"body":"gallon tank onto this 125 cc"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1881.474,"endTime":1884.994,"body":"Honda Monkey. Now, the process"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1881.474,"endTime":1884.994,"body":"for how they did this is really"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1884.994,"endTime":1886.754,"body":"fascinating. And I'll share a"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1884.994,"endTime":1886.754,"body":"link in the show notes so that"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1886.754,"endTime":1889.894,"body":"you can see a little bit more"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1886.754,"endTime":1889.894,"body":"details. But in the end, they"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1889.894,"endTime":1896.434,"body":"managed to travel nearly 4,200"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1889.894,"endTime":1896.434,"body":"kilometers or about 2,600 miles"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1896.434,"endTime":1900.054,"body":"without refueling. So if you"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1896.434,"endTime":1900.054,"body":"really want to compete in a"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1900.054,"endTime":1904.834,"body":"coast-to-coast IBA certification"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1900.054,"endTime":1904.834,"body":"without refueling, this might be"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1904.834,"endTime":1905.854,"body":"the way to do it."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1908.542,"endTime":1911.272,"body":"So let's wrap up. We"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1908.542,"endTime":1911.272,"body":"looked at the range of capacity"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1911.272,"endTime":1915.451,"body":"with the Honda Grom on the low"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1911.272,"endTime":1915.451,"body":"all the way up to the BMW GSA"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1915.351,"endTime":1917.931,"body":"And we also looked at how fuel"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1915.351,"endTime":1917.931,"body":"economy can make bikes with"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1917.931,"endTime":1921.611,"body":"different tank sizes have"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1917.931,"endTime":1921.611,"body":"similar range. We looked at why"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1921.611,"endTime":1924.271,"body":"riders think they need more"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1921.611,"endTime":1924.271,"body":"range and how the cases where"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1924.271,"endTime":1927.951,"body":"it's actually an issue aren't"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1924.271,"endTime":1927.951,"body":"really all that common. And"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1927.951,"endTime":1930.791,"body":"finally, we looked at IBA riders"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1927.951,"endTime":1930.791,"body":"who probably are the ones who"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1930.791,"endTime":1934.671,"body":"have the most reason to complain"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1930.791,"endTime":1934.671,"body":"about capacity. But many of them"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1934.671,"endTime":1938.771,"body":"are adding aux tanks anyway. And"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1934.671,"endTime":1938.771,"body":"the ultimate long range bike was"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1938.771,"endTime":1943.481,"body":"built by a Acerbis, grafting a"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1938.771,"endTime":1943.481,"body":"28 gallon tank to a Honda Monkey"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1943.481,"endTime":1947.961,"body":"and traveling nearly 2,600 miles"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1943.481,"endTime":1947.961,"body":"in a single tank. So my question"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1947.961,"endTime":1950.741,"body":"for you this week is, what is"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1947.961,"endTime":1950.741,"body":"the smallest tank on a"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1950.741,"endTime":1954.342,"body":"motorcycle that you would ever"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1950.741,"endTime":1954.342,"body":"consider buying? Share your"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1954.342,"endTime":1956.442,"body":"thoughts through the text to"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1954.342,"endTime":1956.442,"body":"show link in the show notes or"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1956.442,"endTime":1960.102,"body":"leave a voicemail at"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1956.442,"endTime":1960.102,"body":"throttleandroast.com/voicemail."},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1960.237,"endTime":1961.817,"body":"Thanks for listening. I'll talk"},{"speaker":"Niels","startTime":1960.237,"endTime":1961.817,"body":"to you next week."}]}