I have noticed some UK ads for plastic tanks for various bikes, seeing as rust in the tank is a theme with the GS this seems like a good idea. Anyone got one? anyone got an oppinion?? I bit lighter too and when you get as crorchety as me it all helps.
I had a discussion with roundball about this....
i was thinking translucent plastic....
you can see how much fuel you have from a glance
race application...lines on the tank for different races...
6 lap...
8 lap...
solo 20....
keep the pig as light as possible.
and I hate f$%%in RUST
Plastic tank would be cool .. less weight, etc. But how durable would it be? One crash, and instead of a small dent in your tank, you'll have a broken tank, and you need to start over! Regardles, if one is available for the GS I'd consider it.
Hmmmm, not sure if strength is an issue, some of these polycarbonates, resins etc are pretty tough, in my business we pull 28000 ton ships around with polypropelene "rope" and have done for years. I'll have a look around and see if one is available for GS, I have seen an ad for made-to-order but I recon this might be very expensive.
Quote from: rprataPlastic tank would be cool .. less weight, etc. But how durable would it be? One crash, and instead of a small dent in your tank, you'll have a broken tank, and you need to start over! Regardles, if one is available for the GS I'd consider it.
It would not be the tank breaking that would worry me. I have a friend who spent the better part of three months in the burn ward after a plastic tank "exploded" in a crash and he caught fire - hot day and most of the gas was inside his open jacket ---
last year my mom slipped on a bar of soap....i haven't bathed since....
exceptions happen
steel tanks tear open also.....
and
i'm sorry for your friend, I hope he/she is better
Quote from: werase643last year my mom slipped on a bar of soap....i haven't bathed since....
:guns: :guns: :guns: That explains why I was gagging and choking behind you last week...... :nana:
Cool.
Srinath.
Srinath....
you are a cheap bastard.....
and like making things......
how this for an idea....
collect all that oil that oozes out of your GS valdes and redirect it to your chain....thus solving two seperate problems :nana: :cheers:
Well that sounds like work... I think of makinf stuff...that thought is very quick but making it is sooooo painful...
Cool.
Srinath.
All the dirt bikes have plastic tanks because they will take a beating. They look like that are made out of polyethylene, same thing as my kayak. The boat takes an incredible beating on the rocks in all these little mountain rivers. I'd trust the plastic tank not to rupture a lot more than I do this thin steel one.
Tanks should have a rubber bladder in them like the F1 cars. They never rupture, even in some pretty incredible accidents. But it would add $10 to the cost of the bike, and it only kills and maims a couple of people a year probably...