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Message started by mickthelimey on 09/10/06 at 11:06:13

Title: Tour Tank
Post by mickthelimey on 09/10/06 at 11:06:13

Hi Guys and Gals,
I'm going to put a tour tank on my Savage,the 2.25 gal.
In the pictures I've seen it sits on a horizontal piece just behind the sissy bar,I wrote to the tour tank people and they suggest I make one from aluminum stock,surely not every one has welding equipment for aluminum ????, does any one know if you can buy one ready made? I know I will probably have to drill a few holes in it ,and maybe tap a few threads,this I can do,but weld, no way.

Title: Re: Tour Tank
Post by thumperclone on 09/10/06 at 12:26:55

assuming you dont have the oem "luggage rack" and you do have the backrest..there is a bolt on each side of (inside)where the backrest meets,mounts,to the side rails..you could fab a piece of flat stock bent on each end with holes to attach with the backrest bolts kind of a upside down U shape thats flat across its top, angled back to attach either the tank or a platform (sheet stock)
no welding necessary parts available at your local hardware store...if you can visualize it you can build it..
may help to make sample from old shoe box b4 sacrificing
metal...

Title: Re: Tour Tank
Post by mickthelimey on 09/10/06 at 13:07:31

Thumper, where can I get a oem luggage rack,and once I got it will it need any mods?

Title: Re: Tour Tank
Post by Paladin on 09/10/06 at 15:08:29

Cool, someone to try my ideas.....

Starting with the stock, mostly, rear end:
http://www.andruschak.net/wantlist/tail_before.jpg
lose the stock taillight and go with a 5" wide catseye. Looks like it might simply replace the licence plate lamp:
http://www.andruschak.net/wantlist/tail_after1.jpg http://www.andruschak.net/wantlist/catseye.jpg
Then mount the tour tank to the sissybar itself (didn't photochop the straps, but you get the idea.) By removing the stock taillight you get a lower and cleaner look:
http://www.andruschak.net/wantlist/tail_after.jpg
While they suggest mounting on a luggage rack, I see no reason I couldn't simply make a mounting plate that bolts to the sissy bar.

Title: Re: Tour Tank
Post by 911radioman on 09/10/06 at 15:15:26

I've been toying with the idea of getting that same tour tank for mine. I don't have the luggage rack either, but I would think that a fabricated mounting plate would hold the weight of the tank/gas better than the OEM rack would.

Title: Re: Tour Tank
Post by Paladin on 09/10/06 at 15:20:32

Tank and bracket under 5 pounds. 2.25 gallons of gasoline = 13.5 pounds. Less than 19 pounds total.

Title: Re: Tour Tank
Post by 911radioman on 09/10/06 at 15:27:40

I don't know what the OEM bracket weight load rating is.

Title: Re: Tour Tank
Post by thumperclone on 09/10/06 at 21:29:16

mickthelimey wrote:

Thumper, where can I get a oem luggage rack,and once I got it will it need any mods?

got mine from the dealer when i bought the bike(06 check with dealer for your year) no mods bolts(clamps) to sissy bar, put it on myself biggest pain was adding side rails but if you have sissy bar you already have the right side rails..dont know about mods for tour tank should be minimal if any..

Title: Re: Tour Tank
Post by Savage_Rob on 09/11/06 at 05:53:38

If you're going to buy an OEM luggage rack, try eBay and www.OneidaSuzuki.com.