It was thoughtless of me not to mention that, now that there's to be a hawg tank on my yellow/orange 2k LS650, my old tank is more than willing to move on to a new home. The person who had the bike before me laid it down hard enough, I guess, that it needed a tank replacement. It's off of a '96 I believe as I think that was another year they did yellow. A different yellow and a different decal. It's got a scratch in the paint on the back top, but no damage to the tank metal itself. I had to cut the pegs off of the frame that the stock tank slides onto so it's not going back on, ever. What's a fair price with shipping? I live in south central Minnesota. That could include the pet-thang, the gas cap (with a key) and the speedo (and cable) , although I think I want to keep the lights that are in the speedo case to put into the handlebar brace or somwhere.

And as long as we're talking parts I would really like to get my hands on a set of 11 1/2" to 12" shocks for this puppy as well. Money is an object, so the cheaper the better. I'm going to be trying to fabricate a hitch for this thing in the spring and I want the clearance for bag braces and any extra space for the hitch so as to be nowhere near the tire.

To the fella who's planning a 3k+ mile trip, I did a 4,200 miler this last summer on mine and it was just great. Keep it a little below 70 mph and the vibrations aren't too bad. I did several 500 mile days just fine, although I have a V-Star seat on it and used a gel pad too for the trip home from Miami. Go for it. I did interstate, back roads and all over Miami, FL and the bike handled it with 180 pounds of me and probably close to another 100 pounds of stuff as well.

Jack_650 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:


How much would you want to part with it? All I would need is the tank itself, my speedo, petc0ck, and everything else is in perfect condition. Do you got any pics of it?

Jack_650 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:



My e-mail address is yonuhadisi@tds.net

And yes, I plan on repainting the whole bike. Never was fond of the color green.

Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:


Paladin:
How much time is involved or better question how much to have someone with the expertise fabricate a tank like that.

BTW If the dents were from butt cheeks they would have taken the bike and we would not be having this conversation.

Fido_the_Cat wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:


Huhh?  Who is "butt cheeks"?  And where and why would they take the bike?  Are they in this with butt cheeks?  I'm freakin'... a little...    this butt cheeks dude is kinda' scary....

sparkett wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:


What part of the engine is gonna suck the tank in like that?  The fuel pump?

Inquiring minds wanna know???

Found a tank on e-bay, what is funny is the seller is in the same town I am living in. He is parting out an 87 Savage. Sent him a message to see if he is willing to do a little horse trading, cause I ain't got 40 bucks.

I just made one heck of a deal with the e-bay seller for that tank. He will give me what is left of the 87 he is parting out for a few of the parts I have that I can't use.