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Message started by Jimmer on 04/28/09 at 06:20:54

Title: Replacement gas tank
Post by Jimmer on 04/28/09 at 06:20:54

Can anyone give me an idea on what type of gas tank I can use to replace my stock tank. I am planning a trip and at times we will have to cover several hundred miles between fuel stops. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks

Title: Re: Replacement gas tank
Post by srinath on 04/28/09 at 06:25:24

I'll buy your old tank after your swap ...
Cool.
Srinath.

Title: Re: Replacement gas tank
Post by Jack_650 on 04/28/09 at 07:32:03

And here I've been trying to give my old tank away for the cost of shipping.

I've got a Harley 5-gal. SoftTail tank on my Sav and there's others on here who have done other tank mods.

Another option for you is to add an auxiliary tank on the back. I have a four gallon on the back of mine as well as the fiver. You have the advantage of being able to remove it from the bike when you want the sleek lines of an around town cruiser. The company I got mine from has several different sizes and uses very heavy duty mounting hardware.

http://www.tourtank.com/

Jack

Title: Re: Replacement gas tank
Post by srinath on 04/28/09 at 08:23:17

Sorry dont mean to make you feel bad Jack_650 - I'll take it ... just to make you feel better. ;)

But ... In my defense "buy" is a loose word ... :D

Cool.
Srinath.

Title: Re: Replacement gas tank
Post by Jimmer on 04/28/09 at 09:41:38

Jack_650
How much of a challenge was it adapt the softtail tank to the 650? Do you get adequate clearance for the stock handle bars? This sounds just like what I'm looking to do. I don't think I can use the auxiliary tank.We will have pretty much gear with us. This will be a month long ride. Who knows how many miles. You can guess, old G.I. buddies ,20 years since we have been together.Who knows what will happen. Should be interesting since we have all kept in touch and been riding since our younger days.

Title: Re: Replacement gas tank
Post by Jack_650 on 04/28/09 at 10:07:13

If you're not riding with two people on the bike you can get a lot of gear on a 650. Check out the picture of my Savage fully loaded on a 4,400 mile trip to Miami and back. Loaded like that I still could run 70-75 mph and keep up with the Sturgis crowd - until I couldn't take the noise.

http://bikepics.com/pictures/1162560/

As to converting for the oversize tank, there's lots to do but none of it's terribly difficult. I had to move the starting solenoid thing and make a longer cable for it, reroute some wiring, move the electronic doo-hicky that's on the spark plug wire, adapt the front of the seat mount (I have a different seat as well) and a ton of other trial-and-error things. And there's really no room for the chrome on the top of the motor on my bike with the different tank.

http://bikepics.com/pictures/869173/

http://bikepics.com/pictures/869170/

I got the tour tank first and then picked up the Harley tank with a dent from the dealer for $50.00. It's nice to have the 400+ mile range between fill-ups if I'm out in the boonies or want to wait for a better price. That being said, after all the work, skinned knuckles and trips to the hardware store, I might think differently a second time around and just go with the tour tank and act happy with 250 or so miles between fuel stops. Then again, I do get asked "What the hell'o kind of bike is that you're riding" every now and then, so . . .

Jack

Title: Re: Replacement gas tank
Post by aebooze on 04/28/09 at 10:39:08

Is a nice looking bike took. Is that a trailer hitch I see on the back of it?

Title: Re: Replacement gas tank
Post by Yonuh Adisi on 04/28/09 at 11:09:00

I put a 6 gallon Road King tank on the FireLizard with very little problems. I did not move the decomp solenoid but just mounted the nose of the tank a bit higher. I don't get the full use of 6 gallons but I can get about 250 miles to the tank and that is with Lancer's performance cam installed and re-jetted.

Before Road King tank.
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/65/l_f3103cab059a045356b4f6939b01f2e8.jpg

After Road King tank.
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/79/l_295e64005901cccdb4a25c40e18dfeb9.jpg

Title: Re: Replacement gas tank
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/28/09 at 23:17:15

Daaang! That biggo tank casts a shadow as big as a house!

Title: Re: Replacement gas tank
Post by Yonuh Adisi on 04/29/09 at 00:32:51

594640475A5D6C5C6C54464A01330 wrote:

Daaang! That biggo tank casts a shadow as big as a house!

ROFL!!!

Title: Re: Replacement gas tank
Post by srinath on 04/29/09 at 05:31:59

The side shot looks alright, but from the top man does it look bulbous.
Cool.
Srinath.

Title: Re: Replacement gas tank
Post by Jack_650 on 04/29/09 at 09:37:10

Yup, that's a hitch on the back. Had a welder in N. Dakota make one up for me. None of the regular hitch fabricators would do it for a bike this small. We sat done with a pencil stub and the back of an envelope and figured it out in about five minutes. He does really good work and the rest is history. Details are on here somewhere if you want to know more about it.

Jack

Title: Re: Replacement gas tank
Post by Jimmer on 04/29/09 at 10:24:47

Jack_650
Do you remember what model year your HD tank was you used?

Title: Re: Replacement gas tank
Post by seviersavage on 04/29/09 at 15:12:20

Another option though not as large as the road king or softail is a vulcan 750 tank. It is 3.7 galons and the kawasaki had a fuel guage, which will be incorporated with the tank when I get it on. 8-)
Seviersavage

Title: Re: Replacement gas tank
Post by Savage_Amusement on 04/29/09 at 16:36:02

If I had any idea how much of a pain in the butt my tank would have been I would have never swapped to it. Now that it is almost done though I like it a lot. It is sort of like the one Demin has on the purple bike but it holds more gas.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a287/Cornbreadsqpan/Bikes/onbike-1.jpg