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Early Series 'B' Fuel Tank
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<blockquote data-quote="Gene Nehring" data-source="post: 170564" data-attributes="member: 2973"><p>Thanks to all that have replied. It’s becoming clearer that it’s a another area where each machine is an individual and I have one more thing to fettle.</p><p></p><p>Robert is correct that the very early tanks were flat bottom, much more pronounced down turn shape in the sheet metal at the end where the fuel tap is, no tabs and the fuel tap flanges are at an angle. Pictures attached. Note my tabs had to be welded at a fairly steep angle to miss the back head stud. I remember Robert and I looking at Rod Kenworthy’s bike and seeing the splitter on the left and Robert remarking how good it worked. I know Robert did the same on 1997, so I did that as well and boy it’s a great idea. The throttle is very snappy and the tank with small cut away fits really nicely. I also picked up some metal cable bends at Kempton Park on my recent trip and remade them to the corrrect angles for my use on this bike. Another great idea I’ve seen the Vancouver guys do, makes the cables flow much more nicely.</p><p></p><p>Ken thanks for the pipe differnces as I had not realised that they were also different at different times of production. As in Craig’s photos it can be seen that the rocker oil pipe has to be adjusted to miss the fuel tap on the early tanks. </p><p></p><p>Please see in photos small cut away underside as used on most b’s and then the very early tank underside before and after restoration.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]58721[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]58720[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]58719[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]58718[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]58717[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]58716[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gene Nehring, post: 170564, member: 2973"] Thanks to all that have replied. It’s becoming clearer that it’s a another area where each machine is an individual and I have one more thing to fettle. Robert is correct that the very early tanks were flat bottom, much more pronounced down turn shape in the sheet metal at the end where the fuel tap is, no tabs and the fuel tap flanges are at an angle. Pictures attached. Note my tabs had to be welded at a fairly steep angle to miss the back head stud. I remember Robert and I looking at Rod Kenworthy’s bike and seeing the splitter on the left and Robert remarking how good it worked. I know Robert did the same on 1997, so I did that as well and boy it’s a great idea. The throttle is very snappy and the tank with small cut away fits really nicely. I also picked up some metal cable bends at Kempton Park on my recent trip and remade them to the corrrect angles for my use on this bike. Another great idea I’ve seen the Vancouver guys do, makes the cables flow much more nicely. Ken thanks for the pipe differnces as I had not realised that they were also different at different times of production. As in Craig’s photos it can be seen that the rocker oil pipe has to be adjusted to miss the fuel tap on the early tanks. Please see in photos small cut away underside as used on most b’s and then the very early tank underside before and after restoration. [ATTACH type="full" alt="4C2A0147-F933-479E-84D1-FE9969ADC8B2.jpeg"]58721[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="27931EFA-18BB-4359-BF9D-F159DBEF06F7.jpeg"]58720[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="BB2ECDE4-1F21-43B1-8257-10CC30205696.jpeg"]58719[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="A5C8FADD-CE1E-4E76-8D0F-440A68EC8255.jpeg"]58718[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="CC6945D5-2761-4899-948E-64EEA7FECEA6.jpeg"]58717[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="7F5B4532-E8BF-4D14-9069-2461859E1D5C.jpeg"]58716[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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