I detest carrying loads of crapola on the boike...also not bothered by hot meals too mush when on treader or boike....so this set up is perfect for me...a brew to go with a cakey or a pasta concoction.
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Well tried and tested and makes me smile.
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Matches for size ref only..it has built in igniter.
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Yes I am cool enough to wear socks with Crocs!
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Doin valve clearances? Use dappers valve shim exchange program and the job will be carroty - Free (other than you postin me yer shims) for sporting members.
Meths burners - Trangia 27 and also in its stainless steel variant.
Coke can "penny type" with welding elecrode pan stand (WEPS).
No-spill boot polish can stove normal size and 40mm dia +WEPS.Â
High pressure looks like, but isn't, a Coleman Sportster - jets change for meths (way better than petrol as a heat source)/petrol/diesel. Simmer er not really, slow boil needs a steady hand to achieve with meths or petrol, (I've not tried diesel surprise surprise).
Gas burners - Coleman something with 3 folding rests and a pre-heater tube - V hot but gas hungry I think.
Coleman something else with 4 rests, built-in windshield and no pre-heater tube - pretty good but bulky compared to the other Coleman.Â
Camping Gaz folding clip-on - better than they used to be but not great.
Trangia gas conversion convenient and fast - V V gas hungry IMO.
Paraffin - Huge wick type from a paraffin hob and oven range. Not M/C
Candle/tealight stove for boiling or heating a cupful 500ml at a time or for heating mozzy tablet through the night (8hr tealight reqd).
Briefcase type BBQ - kinda says it. Not M/C
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Oh and of course my dog food can hobo stove for authentic smell n smoke in ya eyez
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MSR Whisperlite. Agree with Jim that it's not great for simmering stuff as it runs a bit hot, but it packs down really small (separate burner and fuel bottle), and runs on unleaded, which I can siphon from my tank with a length of windscreen washer hose kept under the seat.
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My wife's got a Jetboil which is fantastic for quick hot water for drinks but not so great for cooking.Â
1992 Mk1, 76k miles, Hagon springs, MTC exhaust, 4½ gears Gone now
My selection is a coleman sportster using unleaded and I have a small alcohol burner. The later is very space efficient but the fuel needs to be quite warm to start it up.
Quote:Don't get onto old stove restoration, it's a slippery slope, a bit like old motorbikes
Off topic a bit Lee, but have you ever worked on or fired up an army No1 burner? Most dangerous thing in the hands of a squadie....and there are a few dangerous things!!
Lock onto my co-ordinates and beam me up !!
04 900 - 92 mk 1 - r 1150 rs - Z550 A1 - 2x bonnies - plastic slug -XL185 - ...not in that order !! (and one or two i don't want / dare to own up to !!)
I bought a Trangia 27 copy from Fleabay to take to the the Valencia Motogp last year. It would cooked porridge for two (Easy ten minutes+) on one fill up of stove alcohol. Beans, bacon, etc on another fill-up. I also had a Russian alcohol burner i bought from a boot sale. I even came with a small cup where everything packed into. Real handy piece of kit especially on a bike as it would fit in your jacket pocket if you had to for lay-by cups of tea. One surprising trick that someone told me regarding camping was a tent heater made from a terracota pot and base, heated by tea lights. Certainly made a difference inside the tent. It even warmed up socks for that toasty wardrobe malfuncions in the morning.
I used the original MSR Whisperlite during an overland trip in SA.Â
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On other trips I've used the Primus Omnifuel (runs on anything flammable more or less) and on other still a simple MSR Pocket Rocket with butane cannister.
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In terms of hassle and size the Pocket Rocket wins hands down. But only if you can get fuel for it.
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After than the other two can run on butane too, or petrol. The Omnifuel has jets for diesel and paraffin too.
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An interesting one that I liked when I went touring with my dogs and sidecar was a FireSpout 100. It's a steel plate, one-piece, wood burning stove and that is great fun for either cooking or staying warm. As you can imagine the trouble only arises when there is no wood or at least dry wood to burn. Another point in favour of packing the pocket rocket alongside it:
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Lazy meal on the beach at the edge of the forest as the sun sets: Fire Spout 100.
Desperate attempt and first coffee of the day the next morning: Pocket Rocket.
That firespout is a neat little design, but what's it like for soot? I always hated Hexamine stoves for coating the bottom of your pans with soot, I'd guess wood would be similar?
1992 Mk1, 76k miles, Hagon springs, MTC exhaust, 4½ gears Gone now
It is, but the times I used it was either camping out of my sidecar in winter or on a deserted beach in summer so soot was soon history by rubbing the pot/pan base in sand or snow.
the petrol burners seem to get good prices i think ill have to stick to gas at the moment as i cant justify the cost unless someone is selling one cheap
Our power is going off today. Electric Co are doing some work on the transformer (?) apparently. Time to break out a stove for brews :good: ... or perhaps even a âcamp fireâ - who knowsÂ
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