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Message started by marke2571 on 05/05/05 at 06:19:32

Title: Raise the Tank?
Post by marke2571 on 05/05/05 at 06:19:32

I saw a pic of someone's bike that had the gas tank raised up, made it even with the frame. Any ideas on how that was done? I saw the pic on Jon D.'s site if anybody is familiar with that.

--Mark

Title: Re: Raise the Tank?
Post by Kropatchek on 05/05/05 at 09:06:47

Look at this picture"

http://www.ls-650.de/fotos/tankaufnahme.jpg

He used 2 silentblocks with 6mm thread to raise the tank and the seatfront, neat ?

Greetz
Kropatchek ;D

Title: Re: Raise the Tank?
Post by Nightrain on 05/05/05 at 11:38:36

That will be my next mod. What the Heck are silent blocks? ???

Title: Re: Raise the Tank?
Post by Ed_L. on 05/05/05 at 15:28:59

Won't the petco-ck get in the way of a raised tank? Ed L.

Title: Re: Raise the Tank?
Post by Frost on 05/05/05 at 20:33:34

anyone find the picture of the tank mounted?

Title: Re: Raise the Tank?
Post by gitarzan on 05/05/05 at 20:57:35

You mean this one?
http://www.jonline.org/savage/Photos/Cool_Savages/jesseraysm.jpg
It does look cool propped up there peanut style.

I sent an email invitation to the suspected owner. He's over on Heise.

FWIW Jon's Gallery of Cool Savages:
http://www.jonline.org/savage/Photos/Cool_Savages/cool_savages.html

Title: Re: Raise the Tank?
Post by Kropatchek on 05/06/05 at 02:17:27

Nightrain wrote:

That will be my next mod. What the Heck are silent blocks? ???

It's 2 large washers with rubber inbetween and 2 threaded studs on each washer.

Picture:
http://www.oldracingspareparts.com/image/extra/PSDS047.jpg

Greetz
Kropatchek ;D

Title: Re: Raise the Tank?
Post by marke2571 on 05/06/05 at 05:34:45

Yep, Gitarzan knows the pic I wrote about. How did he do that?? I would like to do that my Savage.

--Mark

Title: Re: Raise the Tank?
Post by Kropatchek on 05/07/05 at 03:54:48

Frost wrote:

anyone find the picture of the tank mounted?

You mean this?
http://www.ls-650.de/cpg132/albums/userpics/10003/Moped5.jpg

Greetz
Kropatchek ;D

Title: Re: Raise the Tank?
Post by Greg_650 on 05/07/05 at 07:41:50

darn...nice paint job. And darn, the airbox is gone, there is a K&N pod filter, the horn is where I mounted mine, and he has a SuperTrapp exhaust.

Get a look at that bar with the end lights, too. He's about as wide as a small car ::)

Title: Re: Raise the Tank?
Post by gitarzan on 05/07/05 at 18:24:35

That matching painted frame really sets it out.

As far as the original question about this bike's tank:
http://www.jonline.org/savage/Photos/Cool_Savages/jesseraysm.jpg
I'd suspect that he placed a bracket in the tank and bolted in on. I also suspect that unless he filled the tank's frame cutaway with metal, it looked terrible from a frontal angle. Notice on the web site that he later replaced it with an Intuder tank.

Check this place out. If that's the look you want, I'd get a Mustang replica or Peanut.
http://www.custombike.org/paughco_gas_tanks.htm

Title: Re: Raise the Tank?
Post by WD on 05/07/05 at 20:22:54

I sell peanut AND coffin tanks for $99.95 USD. Plus tax and shipping. They are 2 or 2.5 US gallons (approx). You'd have to minimally mod your frame's backbone to run ANY aftermarket chopper tank, 99.99% are made to fit ROUND backbones, the Savage unit is square. They take HD MANUAL fuel valves, not the vacuum junk. And mount with bolts THROUGH the frame, not silly little rubber blocks.

I haven't measured them yet, but they look like they'd fit okay. Speedometer would have to be deleted or relocated. If there is any interest, I don't mind pricing a tank/petc0ck package at lunch next week.

MMM, a real tank with a real petc0ck... I think I hear my bike begging for some attention. ;)
-WD