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Post subject: Plastic Fuel Tanks ???????
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1966  Powerband Master Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Total posts: 681 Location: Pig on the wall country |
My Buell has a plastic fuell tank and i was thinking,can't someone make a plastic LC tank!!!!!
No rusting !!!!
You could have a few designs
maybe one design being broader at the front as the 4L0's do look a bit skinny and if you have a RGV transplant etc would beef the look up
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:24 am
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Post subject: Plastic Tanks
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Engie Regular Racer |
I had a Triumph 5TA with a Dunstall Tank and Seat Unit, Fibreglass tank, split on me like an egg shell cracking open at 110 Mph (Bike had E3134 cams / 11:1 pistons etc ) and dropped a full tank of petrol all over my legs and the hot engine and I was lucky that I did not catch fire.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nicholas.williams47/MyBikes/Early/Frst_Bks_files/image003.jpg
They were made illegal. I would not recommend an aftermarket glass/plastic tank.
So Buell use them and so do Triumph but they have passed all the safety standards including UK and USA which means they don't split open, especially in a crash. Perhaps they are layered/laminated with layers of Polythene bags or something within the plastic to contain the fuel if they hit the ground in a spill and the worst happens.
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:33 am
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NORBO RD/RZ Jedi Master Joined: 03 Aug 2003 Total posts: 5561 Location: Nottingham |
Sticker tent to lift of them and paint doesnt stick as well ether . nor an alloy tank that would be cool
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:14 am
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TygerTung Daily Burner Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Total posts: 198 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand |
XR200's etc have a plastic tank but I don't think it is legit for road use.
I thought buells had the fuel in the frame?
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:22 pm
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Post subject: Re: Plastic Tanks
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| p51bombay Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Total posts: 10151 |
| Engie wrote: |
They were made illegal. I would not recommend an aftermarket glass/plastic tank.
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Looked under most cars these days?..................plastic, have been for years. Legally its the same here for road bikes, must be metal but its an old law made before plastic tanks were perfected - most likely it could change if/when manufacturers decide to push for it and that will come down to when its cheaper for them to make them that way. The reason glass tanks leak is the fuel attacks the resin which binds them together - plastic doesn't have that problem.
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:32 pm
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Tony Mmm, Fully Synthetic! Location: London, England |
Plastic tanks are legal in the UK now. They changed the law a few years ago.
I have enquired to having some made, not a problem. But they would be different from original and these days no one wants anything unless it is NOS. So don't think many would sell.
Alloy Tanks is something we hope to do in the future, not for a while as too busy with what we have. But I do have someone here now who made alloy tanks for years around the world. So we have the skills, just need some more time.
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:33 pm
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1966Powerband Master Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Total posts: 681 Location: Pig on the wall country |
Hey Tony
Make me a plastic one,i don't mind if it's not NOS 
As long as it looks good on the bike,that's what matters 
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:37 pm
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russktmDaily Burner Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Total posts: 103 Location: bolton |
My ktm 950 has a placcy tank............ 
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:56 pm
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VinMmm, Fully Synthetic! |
So does a Aprilia RS250
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:09 pm
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DrewskiRD/RZ Jedi Master Location: The Bunker,Cambridge, UK |
I've seen covers for LC tanks, not sure if they're used in conjunction with a plastic tank underneath for racing or if they're designed to fit over the stock tank. Doesn't one of the FZR's have a cover  Do they have plastic tanks underneath As Norbo says, the material used for tanks don't take paint very well, so using a cover's the way to go I'd have thought.
I've heard some pretty nasty horror stories about early attempts at fibreglass fuel tanks. 
Tony, plassy tanks for PVs might be better 
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:16 pm
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DisqmasterPowerband Master Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Total posts: 859 Location: North East U.K. |
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Doesn't one of the FZR's have a cover Do they have plastic tanks underneath
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<<--- The FZR400 has a cover but it's the airbox which is under it (Well most of it)
The Tank is metal and sits behind the Carbs and the very back of the cover
As for the tank seat units that fit to the LCs they went over the Standard tank
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:28 pm
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DrewskiRD/RZ Jedi Master Location: The Bunker,Cambridge, UK |
| Disqmaster wrote: |
| Drewski wrote: |
Doesn't one of the FZR's have a cover Do they have plastic tanks underneath
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<<--- The FZR400 has a cover but it's the airbox which is under it (Well most of it)
The Tank is metal and sits behind the Carbs and the very back of the cover
As for the tank seat units that fit to the LCs they went over the Standard tank |
Course,  Twin spar. The tank cover I've seen wasn't part of a seat/tail/tank combo, just a tank cover. Probably fitted over the stock one. not sure why tho  I had a Cagiva with a plastic tank and the thing was indestructable - you could kick it around the street all day and it still wouldn't split.
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:30 pm
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