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Title: Install larger gas tank Post by dunk on 09/04/06 at 22:20:59 Hi! I haven't "been on board" since I tightened the speedometer screws under the gas tank earlier this year! :-[ It did help some with the noise. I installed an engine guard and highway pegs two days before Larry and I left for South Dakota. How I wish I had done that years ago! ::) Now . . . I want to put a larger gas tank on and I seem to recall mention of others at this site doing just that. Am I right? If so, a gas tank from what brand/model bike? Can you tell me what other "parts" are involved, or should I just let my dealer's shop crew advise me on that? About how many $'s are we talking? I have a feeling the answer will make this a winter project, giving me time to get the $ together. I don't want it "laid up" right now anyway! :D If I do order the parts I'll most likely be asking for any helpful hints, again! :) Your help on getting my gas tank off this spring was priceless! Thank you, all! Could someone who's exchanged his/her gas tank please post a photo and tell me how many miles you now get, on average, per tank full? Anyway . . . thanks again for all your help earlier. Dunk |
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Title: Re: Install larger gas tank Post by Paladin on 09/05/06 at 06:21:33 Since I'm out here in the west where it's often a stretch to the next open gas station, I will pretty near need more fuel capacity if I wish to travel out of the city. I'm looking at the smaller aluminum Tour Tank (http://www.tourtank.com/tourtank25.html). I figure getting a catseye taillight (http://www.accessoryinternational.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AI&Product_Code=PUDS270001&Category_Code=DRAG_SPECIALTIES) tail light that should, by the looks of it, replace the license plate light and allow me to lose that humpy stock tail light. The Tour Tank could then mount low on the rear of the sissybar. That would give me about 5 gallons total -- 300 miles at 60 mpg. |
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Title: Re: Install larger gas tank Post by azjay on 09/05/06 at 06:58:17 if i were going to do that job, and i still might, i would be looking at the variety of aftermarket harley type tanks available. the sportster suffers from the same "bar hopper" fuel capacity, and the demensions are very similar to the savage. the speedometer replacement will need to be included in project. "I installed an engine guard and highway pegs two days before Larry and I left for South Dakota. How I wish I had done that years ago!" which engine guard did you use? it appears to me, that the highway pegs on the suzuki engine guard, would have the riders right calf very close to the exhaust pipe, did you find that to be an issue? do we get a trip report? were'd you go? what'd you see? some of us have been stuck at home this summer. :'( |
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Title: Re: Install larger gas tank Post by mornhm on 09/05/06 at 07:26:38 When I started looking into adding a tank to my Savage, I couldn't find an easy solution. The "tanks" that had been substituted for a stock tank by others were going to require serious rework (there was no bolt on solution that I found). I wasn't real keen on the complexity of a tour tank for an everyday commute, so I gave up and went with a different MC. If I was absolutely determined to put more fuel capacity on a Savage, I would go the replacement tank route and associated work. One other word of advice, having a 7.5 gallon tank on the MC I currently ride, I can tell you that the extra weight up top (from empty to full) makes a difference in handling especially at low speeds, so proceed cautiously when modifying basic parameters of a vehicle (weight distribution). |
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Title: Re: Install larger gas tank Post by Salad_Shaker on 09/05/06 at 13:14:30 Our old friend Peter the Blacksmith of 20th anniversary fame installed a Kawasaki Vulcan tank on his "Pigster" Savage, which if I remeber rightly took the fuel capacity up to 15.5 litres. He also said it took little more than a couple of drillings to make it fit. Trouble is I don't remember which model Kawasaki it was, and as model designations vary between Europe and US it may be a little unclear anyway. Ever since reading about Peter's swap I've wanted to do the same to the Lettuce but as yet its still on the to do sometime list. One complicating factor is the in-tank speedo. Kawa VN models also have in-tank instruments so could perhaps take the Savage speedo or use their own. For other tanks in the conventional over-engine location its a bar-mounting for a separate speedo or a bicycle computer digital job. The easiest and cheapest option is to carry a 5 litre can (mine's plastic) in the panniers. |
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Title: Re: Install larger gas tank Post by zbiker on 09/05/06 at 15:01:00 Dont know if it`s been done to a savage but with a little engineering from your part you could fit a harley double tank, you`d find yourself with only the middle top part to modify and could put your speedo or a real harley speedo. |
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Title: Re: Install larger gas tank Post by Jim_R on 09/05/06 at 15:42:27 if i remember corretly I think it was a vulcan 500. Cant remember what year tho. Im not too sure it had a speedo hole in it either. |
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Title: Re: Install larger gas tank Post by Brewbrother on 09/05/06 at 18:15:13 Its been something I have been kicking around mentally for the last few weeks. I have the 4.2 gallon cb 550 tank and while the dimensions of the tank would work, it would require moving the seat back about an inch and moving the tank supports up a few inches past the frame. I don't have the ability to do that fabrication although I am considering getting a quote from a custom shop. I would dearly love an extended fuel range and to move the gauges to the handlebars. A tach and oil pressure guage would be nice as well on something other than buck horns. flat track or pull backs would make me happier. |
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Title: Re: Install larger gas tank Post by bikingb on 09/06/06 at 06:33:10 This one got my attention at J & P Cycles for $ 99 http://www.jpcycles.com/productdetail.aspx?PID=7200741&cs=Harley&GID=C0FE496A-5A50-42CF-9D4F-C165007A0A25&store=&page=&search= |
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Title: Re: Install larger gas tank Post by lancer on 09/06/06 at 06:41:18 I have been watching some Intruder tanks on ebay that look like they could work on the Savage. This is one example. http://i19.ebayimg.com/03/i/08/33/c3/8c_1.JPG |
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Title: Re: Install larger gas tank Post by Savage_Rob on 09/06/06 at 08:59:46 I may just mount something like this on the back. http://suzukisavage.com/images/uploaded/GasCanCarrier.jpg |
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Title: Re: Install larger gas tank Post by lancer on 09/06/06 at 09:13:10 That could work. |
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Title: Re: Install larger gas tank Post by thumperclone on 09/06/06 at 09:13:20 Savage_Rob wrote:
thats got to be cheaper than a tour tank !!! |
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Title: Re: Install larger gas tank Post by Savage_Rob on 09/06/06 at 09:23:55 thumperclone wrote:
$40 at Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Stearns-Mad-Dog-Heavy-Holder/dp/B000HSWANK). Hmmm, and it's actually from SportsmansGuide.com. With a club membership, it should cost even less. I'm thinking that might just make a good luggage rack expansion for general everyday stuff when I don't need to carry extra fuel. |
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Title: Re: Install larger gas tank Post by Trippah on 09/06/06 at 18:59:35 The dream is alive! I, like most everyone else, would love to go to a four and one half gallon tank; haven't seen much available for instrument clusters to mount on handle bars. Would't need the directionals, thinking of modifying the top back of the front directionals on the stalk, that would allow me to better see the flashing. That leaves the speedo and light, neutral light, maybee the high beem indicator for a handlebar mounted cluster. I've emailed an inquiry to a tank shop in England, will post any response I might get. |
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Title: Re: Install larger gas tank Post by Brewbrother on 09/06/06 at 19:31:28 lancer wrote:
Would that require moving the tank support?? |
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