Aluminum gas tank

brickmason · Post by **brickmason** » June 2nd, 2013, 9:49 pm

Ok got my aluminum tank mod complete. I'm not sure how to post pics any ideas?[/youtube]

TYSTYX · Post by **TYSTYX** » June 3rd, 2013, 3:44 am

Host the pic at Photobucket, then copy the image url and paste it here.

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » June 3rd, 2013, 6:47 am

email them to me and i'll post for you. my user name @live.com

homenf · Post by **homenf** » June 21st, 2013, 11:33 pm

Where do you find the aluminum threaded part for the gas cap? I'm going to do an aluminum tank (I have zero talent with heatgun to plastic) but can't find that part.

I also don't like the capacity of my tank for off road riding and a custom tank will fix that.

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » June 22nd, 2013, 7:04 am

I bought a retrofit cap from Clarke. It's a billet flange that bolts on a dry break tank to let you have a standard cap. It was 75$ shipped, comes with the plastic cap

homenf · Post by **homenf** » June 23rd, 2013, 9:13 pm

Thank you R_M! Looks perfect.

http://clarkemfg.com/dry-breakfast-gas- ... 2&sort=20a

homenf · Post by **homenf** » July 3rd, 2013, 6:28 am

Guess I'll Hijack this and post my own pictures when I'm working on mine.

I have some questions on the material. I'll be cutting and setting it up for the welder.

What type and thickness do I use?

Is there loss of material during the weld? Basically, If welding two, two inch pieces together, will the total length be four inches or less?

cryzsurfer · Post by **cryzsurfer** » July 10th, 2013, 11:17 am

Here's mine for an 04 CRF250/500. It took a few months and a lot of mods to complete. Holds a little over 1.8 gallons. I used .060,.090,.125 and even a small piece of .25 for the seat post and rubber strap mount. Had the bung machined at work by a friend and welded it inside to reduce distortion. Most of it is 2219 with some 6061. I'm building an alloy tank for my radical RZ350 motard with TZR banana swingarm.

Craigus

cryzsurfer · Post by **cryzsurfer** » July 10th, 2013, 11:20 am

I didn't try as hard on the bottom.
Craigus

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