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Title: Tank Fitment Post by DieselBob on 03/15/17 at 07:44:28 Desiring a more vintage look in a tank that sits lower over the engine like the pre-war British bikes. Below is a 4.2 gal tank for a Horex Resident and readily available out of India in raw or chrome (with all the accompanying risks). By most standards, the Resident is an aesthetic felony. But, I like the tank. The challenge is, will the cutout in the tank align with the head and will the splayed opening at the back of the tank accommodate the tubes welded to the spline? Anyone care to venture a guess? http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af179/Woodroid/Horex%20Resident%202.jpg?t=1489498696 http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af179/Woodroid/0935fdbe-f4a9-4438-bf12-236541929524.jpg |
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Title: Re: Tank Fitment Post by Dave on 03/15/17 at 07:58:47 The Savage requires a pretty wide tunnel. It has to clear the coil, the turn signal flasher, a couple of bulky electrical connectors, and the decompression solenoid. The frame makes a very wide spread where the single backbone spreads into the two frame rails in the last 1/4th of the tank. You might be able to make that tank work if you are willing to cut and modify the top frame rail on the Savage, and relocate some of the electrical components that are under the tank. Here is what I had to do to a Suzuki GT550 tank to get it to sit down far enough on the frame to look proper on my bike - some have left the tank sit up a bit higher and it looks fine. You can see how wide the tunnel is, and yet the decomperssion solenoid was eliminated as there wasn't room for it. http://i50.tinypic.com/2dt62b9.jpg But in order to get it done low enough that the forks would work, I had to do this, and it took about 6 hours of heating, hammering and fitting: http://i48.tinypic.com/2mqut8g.jpg Then once I got the tank to sit low enough, I made the front tanks mounts: http://i48.tinypic.com/wsl1yb.jpg The tank sits lower and the head sits a bit up inside the bottom of the tank. http://i41.tinypic.com/jg02mh.jpg |
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Title: Re: Tank Fitment Post by verslagen1 on 03/15/17 at 08:42:23 Looks to me like the engine sits further back in the frame than the savage. So the cutouts aren't going to match, if they are necessary. Which will depend on how deep the tank sits on the frame. |
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Title: Re: Tank Fitment Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/15/17 at 12:19:20 Dave is Tenacious D. If you don't have a panel cutter with the hammer face attachment,you need one. And be forewarned, unbalanced loads can snap them off. A shaped piece of rod welded on the shank works. aesthetic felony.. That's good.. |
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Title: Re: Tank Fitment Post by DieselBob on 03/15/17 at 15:56:15 Thanks for the pics Dave. I like the outcome very much. And you may indeed be the originator of the oft-used phrase "If it doesn't fit, get a bigger hammer." That is one seriously molested tank. I'll crawl back under that rock now and ponder the prospect of hammering my Matchless G3 tank into submission. I wonder how big a hammer Dave used....................................... |
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Title: Re: Tank Fitment Post by Dave on 03/16/17 at 04:52:38 576E6273626977686B070 wrote:
I had my torch and a Rose Bud tip, and I would heat up an area about 2" round,,,,,and start tapping. When the red went away I heated and tapped again. About every 6th heating I had to stop and cool the backside of the tank with a wet towel as it was burning my lap. I used a medium size ball peen hammer.....it was massaged into shape - rather than beaten! |
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Title: Re: Tank Fitment Post by ohiomoto on 03/16/17 at 08:29:37 I was able to fit my GT185 tank without any mods. Of course it is tiny and holds no more fuel than the stock tank, but it looks cool. :) |
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Title: Re: Tank Fitment Post by Dave on 03/16/17 at 08:49:29 787F7E787A786378170 wrote:
Several of the people who used the GT380/550 tank were able to fit without the blacksmith treatment - the tank ends up being about 3/4" higher than mine. I had to lower the tank so that the bottom edge would be in alignment with the bottom of the RYCA seat pan. Somebody that didn't hammer on the tank to get it lower....post a photo from the side so a comparison on height can be made. |
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Title: Re: Tank Fitment Post by ohiomoto on 03/16/17 at 13:23:25 That makes sense. Since I was building my subframe, I matched it to my tank and fender. Little easier than matching it to something built for another tank. |
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Title: Re: Tank Fitment Post by DieselBob on 03/24/17 at 20:49:58 Maybe I'll pick back through this pile and see if I can find something close. http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af179/Woodroid/Russian%20Tanks%201.jpg~original And if not there, start on the barn. http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af179/Woodroid/Russian%20Tanks%202.jpg |
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Title: Re: Tank Fitment Post by LANCER on 03/25/17 at 03:57:25 Mmmm, what a fun place ! I like the look of that red Yamaha tank in the front of the 2nd photo! |
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Title: Re: Tank Fitment Post by Dave on 03/25/17 at 04:48:50 DieselBob: Is that smorgasboard local to you? I would like to come a scrounge around with you! |
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Title: Re: Tank Fitment Post by DieselBob on 03/25/17 at 10:10:22 Sadly, not mine. |
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