Tue Oct 8 21:26:53 1996 - Message No. 65
From: "Joerg Juenger"

Subject: Crash bow and big tank for XRV


Hi,

>
>On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Joerg Juenger wrote:
>
>> The material seems to be atleast more stayble than the plastics of the
>> Acerbis tanks (and the one from Acerbis that i had for the KTM wasn't bad=
).
>> The manual work was well done. The additional volume is gained because th=
e
>> tanks are  wider and higher than the original one, the bigger one for the
>> RD07 is additionally tighter to the cooling in it's bottom front area, bu=
t
>> it doesn't look to tight so i wouldn't exspect any problems with air
>> ventilation.
>
>What's about a crash bow ? Is it still possible to mount one (and can it
>still do its job ) ?
>I think you wan't to protect your worthful tank  !

I remember i saw a picture of a RD07 with crash bows mounted additional to
the big 56 l tank. But these crash bows were different from all crash bows
i have seen sofar, so they might have been selfmade !
To be honest i don't know wether any crash bow would fit or not.
But i never saw a broken plastic or fibre tank either, most sources
(especially in MotoCross area) say that these tanks are a lot more stayble
than aluminum or steel once, so crash bows might not be necessarily needed.

But let me point out that this is just my opinion, i do NOT have any
experiences concerning fibre made tanks. I definitly know that the Acerbis
plastic tanks can stand nearly every attack (experienced by myself on KTM
:-( ).


Have fun,
JJ

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