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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
The indian petrol tank saga.
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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Dinsdale" data-source="post: 128042" data-attributes="member: 58"><p>Chris</p><p>There is no such thing as a series B petrol tank. The large cutaway in the tank for the carb didn't appear on std production bikes until around sometime in late 1950 to early 1951 and so virtually every series C made in 1949 & 1950 would have had a smaller cutout tank. So they were used on some series C as well but the exact date / bike number for the change is not known. On the small cutaway tank it is tricky getting a decent throttle cable run on the front of a twin and on a Comet. I usually make a metal tube guide in the approx shape of an not quite complete "S" to replace a short section of the outer cable where it comes out of the top of the carb. I make mine out of a piece of copper replacment brake tube used on cars.</p><p></p><p>Simon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simon Dinsdale, post: 128042, member: 58"] Chris There is no such thing as a series B petrol tank. The large cutaway in the tank for the carb didn't appear on std production bikes until around sometime in late 1950 to early 1951 and so virtually every series C made in 1949 & 1950 would have had a smaller cutout tank. So they were used on some series C as well but the exact date / bike number for the change is not known. On the small cutaway tank it is tricky getting a decent throttle cable run on the front of a twin and on a Comet. I usually make a metal tube guide in the approx shape of an not quite complete "S" to replace a short section of the outer cable where it comes out of the top of the carb. I make mine out of a piece of copper replacment brake tube used on cars. Simon [/QUOTE]
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