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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Petrol Tank Fit
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<blockquote data-quote="ogrilp400" data-source="post: 55158" data-attributes="member: 88"><p>G'day blokes. Thanks for replying. I'll start with Eddys reply. I bought the tank at a swap meet and no the bloke didn't have it on a bike. It was just on a table or tarpaulin if I remember right. The tank had that very old look even back then. I have a track record of being very unlucky so perhaps thats it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> The bike that I'm trying to fit it to has had a good tank on it but I took it off to temporarily use on another bike that I needed to put some miles up on. This problem tank doesn't seem to fit on any UFMs which points to the tank being the problem. Its just that having spent most of my life fixing others peoples hack jobs, I am loath to take to this with a saw, given that it shows no signs of butchery.</p><p>Now Davids reply. I am sure that the mounting tabs are original both in shape and location. I have this tank (below) here with the same tabs. I have another tank being painted and another on its way here the same. I have worked on another bike that had the same tabs in the same position. It would seem that these tabs are used on early tanks with the bicycle type pump hooks, small carby cut aways and no tabs on the back. </p><p>The non-stock FT4 bolts in the UFM are just some precision machined aircraft bolts that I stuck in the vacant holes to make sure that the head stock was all in the right place. The original bolts were bodgey and I took them out years ago.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]2957[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2958[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2959[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2960[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ogrilp400, post: 55158, member: 88"] G'day blokes. Thanks for replying. I'll start with Eddys reply. I bought the tank at a swap meet and no the bloke didn't have it on a bike. It was just on a table or tarpaulin if I remember right. The tank had that very old look even back then. I have a track record of being very unlucky so perhaps thats it. :-) The bike that I'm trying to fit it to has had a good tank on it but I took it off to temporarily use on another bike that I needed to put some miles up on. This problem tank doesn't seem to fit on any UFMs which points to the tank being the problem. Its just that having spent most of my life fixing others peoples hack jobs, I am loath to take to this with a saw, given that it shows no signs of butchery. Now Davids reply. I am sure that the mounting tabs are original both in shape and location. I have this tank (below) here with the same tabs. I have another tank being painted and another on its way here the same. I have worked on another bike that had the same tabs in the same position. It would seem that these tabs are used on early tanks with the bicycle type pump hooks, small carby cut aways and no tabs on the back. The non-stock FT4 bolts in the UFM are just some precision machined aircraft bolts that I stuck in the vacant holes to make sure that the head stock was all in the right place. The original bolts were bodgey and I took them out years ago. [ATTACH=full]2957[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2958[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2959[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2960[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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