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Gas tanks

#1 Post by Zombie » Wed Oct 05, 2016 5:22 pm

Ive read and heard a lot about rusted out/leaking gas tanks on RZ & RDs. Does anyone make repro or custom tanks? Maybe fiberglass or carbon fiber? Aluminum? Something that will hold up for another 25 years?
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#2 Post by JonW » Wed Oct 05, 2016 6:45 pm

Ebay is awash with poor quality tanks, avoid them.

Norbo had an LC tank made, no reports yet about how good they are but it looks the part.
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#3 Post by evan_calgary » Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:23 pm

Disproportionate number of these are washed out in the bottom spaces by the fuel taps or at the high spot behind the fuel filler. A couple visible pinholes usually means the entire base needs to be replaced in that area. Have unfortunately run into this a couple times myself.

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#4 Post by ghezzi » Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:37 pm

Kevlar fuel cells are the go, light as a feather and then have them painted or carbon wrapped.
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#5 Post by JonW » Wed Oct 05, 2016 11:03 pm

maybe... but they're huge money and are the legal on the road here I wonder?
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#6 Post by Zombie » Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:32 am

They are pricey, but I don't see why they wouldn't be street legal. They even have tanks for the Kawasaki H1 & H2! And right at the top of the page was the one for the RSV250/RGV250- the frame I want to use.
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#7 Post by Questo vecchio rz » Thu Oct 06, 2016 4:32 am

Airtech has a fiberglass RZ tank, but there are pros & cons especially if you ever run ethenol fuel. Some folks worry about fire..but the saying goes "crash & burn"..lol Bikes are dangerous anyways..so fuck it.

If your doing a hybrid...then dont even consider this..just use a fueltank for the chassis you choose ; save yourself $1000.00-$1500.00 cost of restoring or buying & painting a RZ tank.
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#8 Post by Smoker » Mon Oct 10, 2016 11:59 pm

If you have an RZ fuel tank that leaks, how about cutting out the whole bottom of the tank, so it's just a shell. Make some brackets and mount a fuel cell under the shell?

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#9 Post by L.B » Tue Oct 11, 2016 7:34 am

Ffs.....this is what ive been saying for years......

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