Ok, back to this sheit. After the last fuel tank debacle, I stumbled on a Suzuki GT250 tank at a salvage yard. I liked the way it looked and the cost was about $10. The tank inherently offers up two separate projects in that I will be making new emblems as well as a filler cap. The fuel cap will be a billet aluminum quick release type. As for the emblems...just don't know yet, but probably cast aluminum or bronze. The smallish squared tank looks good in the frame and just needed to be picked up in the rear. The bottom line of the tank follows the line of the tailpiece About an hour to cut fit and fab the existing tang to fit to the frame. I found a grommet that fit the tang and fabbed an oval piece of steel to fit in the strange new hole. All in all a good fit. I was lucky that the front mounts fit relatively well, just needing two plastic inserts to put the tank rubbers outboard a bit. This project is running more than a year now and time to work on it is scarce. It will however be done one day. Can't wait just for it to be gone. I ride most days I can and I adore riding, but building is an entirely different pursuit. I find when there is no demanding deadline...its so much more enjoyable.
Now that the tank mounts are set and the seat pan, I will be doing battery box mounts and all other frame welds so I can get to the paint stage for the frame. Till next time, cheers.
