So we took a ride yesterday and the wife says " do we have enough fuel " ?

We all know the assure is "No , we don't have enough when the tank is full ! "    

I've been looking at this one :

http://www.jpcycles.com/product/720-605

Anybody found anything that is a workable solution . ?

For just around town or a short hop, like from Longview to Tyler, plenty of gas.. It's a lot easier to haul gas and oil for the occasional longer ride than modify the bike. The seat, seating/ergonomics, and,if you're riding the slab without a windshield, just staying on at seventy gets tiresome.. Stopping for gas can be good.
Getting the oil fill loose was a problem, finger tight in, needed pliers to get it out.. So, I got a piece of wood about 3/4 X  1/2"
slotted it to fit on the top of the oil fill. I don't like plier marks.
The little two stroke oil containers are great. And you can get stainless steel water hauler s, about a pint, maybe a tad bigger, with a good hard plastic screw in top. Coupla those, oil, and ride. I really don't know anywhere you could go where you would actually Need to haul gas, unless you were just daydreaming and missed the station.

I needed my tank to fit really low on the frame, as it needed to line up with the Cafe' seat and side panels, and you wouldn't need to do that on a Cruiser.


The GT tank is a bit longer than the stock tank - but MMRanch has already trimmed off some of the Harley seat already.  The GT380/550 tank gives me a range of 160 miles from full to Reserve....I have about 20 miles left when I switch to RES.  I believe it is about 3.2 gallons from Full to RES.

I do believe a 4 gallon tank in a Cruiser shape would be more visually appealing the cruiser design than the GT tank.  

Thanks guys  ,  last weekend the wife and I took   weekend drive (her car) down to Natchez MS. just to see the campground on the South end (Its a fit place to camp but no showers).   We didn't get fuel at lunch and found no  fuel for a hundred miles without having to back-track for a while --- her car has a 600 mile cruse range so we were OK anyway --- but a 200 mile range on the bike would be good sometimes .  

I'm going to keep an eye on ebay for some one parting out a Vulcan 750 and then measure for a speedometer cable long enough to reach the handlebar.

Kenny G wrote on 05/31/16 at 21:26:39:



I remember when you could find one of those shops.
And payphones.

I just walk into a business and ask if I can use the phone. The bank was very accommodating,  let me use an office,

This pic shows difference in mounting tabs. The tabs on the Savage would need to be narrowed and set forward some. The rear tabs are nearly a dead wringer with little modifying needed. Savage on left.

I am looking at a few Suzuki GS tanks on eBay.  The GS850 is reported to have a 5.6 gallon tank!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-80-Suzuki-GS850GLT-Gas-Tank-/371596201876?hash=i...

http://www.suzukicycles.org/GS-series/GS850G.shtml