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Steddy58 Full Member Offline Ooops I did it again Posts: 240 Liverpool UK Gender:	Gas tanks 07/31/15 at 10:11:48 Hey all, having moved the speedo I now have hole in my tank which doesn't look good so does anyone know of a different tank which is compatible, preferably something which does not need a lot of work to make it fit and hopefully not too costly,cheers everyone
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Gas tanks Reply #1 - 07/31/15 at 11:02:43 No tanks are a direct fit that I know of. Have a custom welder put a plate over the hole, smooth it down and paint it to match.
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Re: Gas tanks
Reply #2 - 07/31/15 at 12:02:32

seviersavage wrote on 11/28/08 at 14:33:10:

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My only real complaint with my S40 is the rather short range with the small gas tank and around 55 mpg mileage. I wish we had a dependable 150+ mile range before going on reserve.

Jerry,
I have bought a kawasaki vn 750 tank to fit on the savage, It is 3 1/2 gallons. Not alot more but with the dial a jet added to my carb and a chain conversion I think I can easily get 60 plus miles a gallon. That puts me at 180 plus before I hit reserve. The dimensions of the tank are very similar to the stock tank but one added plus, they come with a fuel gauge! Yeah, I'll have a fuel gauge on a savage. And no instrument panel on the tank. I like it!
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Steddy58 Full Member Offline Ooops I did it again Posts: 240 Liverpool UK Gender:	Re: Gas tanks Reply #3 - 07/31/15 at 13:52:53 Hey Kris, I asked a welder if he could do something with it and he told me he had tried to weld one but it was too thin but I will look at the vn750 option thanks verslagen1, cheers all
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Gas tanks Reply #4 - 07/31/15 at 14:52:13 I don't know what gauge sheetmetal it is but he's the pro welder, not me. I think it can be done but, again, he's the pro. Versy: We want pictures!
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Gas tanks Reply #5 - 07/31/15 at 14:57:55 The VN750 tank looks almost exactly like the savage tank... w/out the hole. I think even the mounting was the same.
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Re: Gas tanks
Reply #6 - 07/31/15 at 15:41:25

I have welded up a stock tank. It takes a Mig welder, and some patience.

I am going to do another one this winter - but I am going to try a lap weld and solder joints. I believe there will be a lot warping and grinding of weld joints that way. Properly done solder joints are plenty strong.....all fuel tanks used to be soldered before welding was common.

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Re: Gas tanks
Reply #7 - 07/31/15 at 16:14:57

Kris01 wrote on 07/31/15 at 14:52:13:

I don't know what gauge sheetmetal it is but he's the pro welder, not me. I think it can be done but, again, he's the pro.

Versy:
We want pictures!

Kris, I'm not a welder... but my dad kept mom and us kids fed for many a year being one. He, back before his eyes went to Hades, could edge-weld two sheets of 20 thousandths stainless. Yup, two hundreths of an inch, and he welded a lot of it! I've seen one other guy I know weld two sheets of aluminum foil together... just to prove it could be done.

So, there's pros, and guys who think they're pros...

Or it could be the difference in welding machines. Dad used a TIG a lot. Not fast, but there is nothing you can't weld with a TIG. Aluminum, steel, stainless, titanium, copper, magnesium (yes, it can be welded, you just gotta do everything right) and a bunch of other metals I can't remember. Your guy may not have access to a TIG...

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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Gas tanks Reply #8 - 07/31/15 at 16:48:54 I've seen first hand some of the work that the guys who think they can weld will do. It ain't pretty!
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LS650THUMPER Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 64 Ma Gender:	Re: Gas tanks Reply #9 - 07/31/15 at 17:07:35 What year VN 750 tank is a good fit? My guess is they all would fit !!
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Gas tanks Reply #10 - 07/31/15 at 19:34:27 I went to eBay and looked.....it didn't seem the mounting points were anywhere near the same as the Savage.
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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: Gas tanks Reply #11 - 07/31/15 at 21:04:18 The guys at RYCA cut the bottoms out and reweld to shorten the tank, so it must be doable by guys with the skills.
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koehlerrk Junior Member Offline One cylinder to rule them all... Posts: 98 East of Keuka Lake NY Gender:	Re: Gas tanks Reply #12 - 08/01/15 at 02:59:44 Dave wrote on 07/31/15 at 19:34:27: I went to eBay and looked.....it didn't seem the mounting points were anywhere near the same as the Savage. Same here... looked like the tank attachments were way off... though I could be missing something. Wish those evil-bay photos had good lighting and views of the bottoms of the tanks.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Gas tanks Reply #13 - 08/01/15 at 05:59:52 Does this help any?
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Gas tanks Reply #14 - 08/01/15 at 06:04:46 Lookee what I found! http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1245897456
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