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Cool tank find !
01/25/20 at 02:06:09

At Vancouver bike show, discovered that the tank on the Continental 650 GT has the cool shape of a '60s cafe racer. On Ebay, paint $380, chrome $480 . Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks so;
https://gaadiwaadi.com/royal-enfield-interceptor-650-rendered-with-gt-650-tank/

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Royal-Enfield-Petrol-Gas-Fuel-Tank-Black-Mag...
Need to figure if it will fit with mods/tap.

Cheers! Cool

ps; spoke with the RE Canada rep who said he was surprised that the spares list for these bikes show prices 1/2 that of similar parts for Jap bikes. Cool

pps; list price for Kaw W800 starts at $11000. ridiculous! Grin

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Cool tank find ! Reply #1 - 01/25/20 at 03:04:04 Those things are incredibly reliable. No cam chain, valves adjust with the disks, Change oil Add fuel Keep air in the tires Aaaaand Piddle with the chain.
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2681 WTF is JOG?	Re: Cool tank find ! Reply #2 - 01/26/20 at 07:30:56 Great idea. Those tanks do look promising. They have a large tunnel and direct feeds from the tank that you can send to a separate petcock mounted on the frame. The prices are reasonable for a fully painted tank, but a bit much when you don't know if it will work. Who's going to be the first to try?????
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Cool tank find ! Reply #3 - 01/26/20 at 10:28:11 I'm wondering just how much easier or harder it might be to get a tank modified to fit if the cups were removed and put in a different spot. A careful grinding of the spotwelds and some brazing to get them to line up with the stems and rubbers on the frame might be easier.
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Re: Cool tank find !
Reply #4 - 01/31/20 at 23:36:23

Thanks for showing the underside of the tank, I hadn't seen that shot before. If you want a different look, the Interceptor 650 (INT 650 in the USA) has a different tank shape, but the frame is identical between the INT and the Continental. It has a quasi-Triumph profile, if anyone is interested.

https://www.royalenfield.com/us/en/motorcycles/int650/

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Matchless G11 Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 451 Newfoundland NJ	Re: Cool tank find ! Reply #5 - 02/01/20 at 03:15:01 Not a bad looking tank, Might be easier then trying to find a Benelli riverside 250 tank that I have wanted for my ryca project. I have been looking for a loooong time.
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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1380 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: Cool tank find ! Reply #6 - 02/01/20 at 03:43:12 up close it has some rectangular/cafe racer lines from the '60s-'70s. cheers!
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