No one?

Finney138 wrote on 04/18/12 at 05:51:37:


Well I wasn't expecting it to be a direct fit, all I wanted to know is if anyone who's put a custom tank on a savage would know if you need a deep tunnel or not and what to do with the electrics under the tank.

McGyverin' isn't a problem for me  

I think it was a Kawi Vulcan 750 tank that fit (and had a gas gauge) but I don't remember who has done it. I seem to recall 2 people who have done it though.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "deep" or "shallow" tunnel; how deep is deep?

But these guys are right, there's more to it than just that; there are the tank bumpers on the inside that hold the tank in place; those need to line up correctly, and they are different on all tanks. I'm not sure you'd really be able to know exactly what wil or won't work until you hold it up there on the frame.

For my roadster project, I found an old 1969 Suzuki tank to retro-fit. At first glance, it looked like it was going to slide on pretty easy, but in the end, my buddy Jay had to cut part of the backbone out of the frame and re-weld it to make room, and then he also had to cut off and re-position the tank bumpers underneath. Quite a pain-in-the-butt. That tank does leave room for the electronics though, including the de-comp solenoid, and that made me happy. If you're getting an older metal tank, you can also hammer in the sides to widen the tunnel if you need to, but even with the decomp stuff in there, there isn't a whole lot of stuff running up the middle of a Savage; it's pretty narrow...

What kind of tank are yo thinking about ordering?
Do you have pictures or specs you can post?

This is the tank I'm going for. Still waiting for measurements from the seller. Thanks for the input everyone. Don't get me wrog, I very well understand that I will have some modifying to do. But since the whole bike is gonna be in pieces I guess I'll make the tank fit while I'm building. I'm looking for that clean old school look and I think this tank will sit just fine once adjusted and mounted!

How deep is deep? Good question, that's what I asked the seller. The description actually says "available with deep tunnel and with a not so deep tunnel"  

All I was wondering was if anyone else had done a similar build, but it doesn't seem that way. Feels good to be one of few with a real old school savage when done!   I'd like it to be a just barely recognizable savage for the untrained eye!

I'll rip out all the electrics on the bike and do my own wiring with everything unneccesary excluded, hopefully I'll be able to hide some under the new tank.