Fri, 26 Feb 1999 15:19:22 +0100
- Message No. 5096
From: Honza Gritzbach
Subject: Tanks for @
Hi all
I am sorry if I am going to open "clear and often discussed" subject
again. I was trying to "dig" some information from old postings at
www.atic.org, but did not find any complete overview.
What I am looking for ? Bigger fuel tanks for AT, of course. I know
there are several types and several manufacturers on the market. It is
very difficult to find adv./disadv. from pictures and catalogues.
If you use one of these 3-rd party tank, try to find some time and
answer questions below.
If you were thinking about bigger tank, but your final decision was NO,
try to explain the reasons why not.
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*** send answers TO MY PERSONAL E-MAIL, only. ***
*** honzag@grisoft.cz ***
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If I'll get enough information, I'll create something like "Tank
Table" to help all morons, like me:-). I'll try to publish it on
ATIC pages (if #001 will allow). Sorry, that the list of questions is
quite large, but I'd like to cover this subject as best as possible
(and best I can).
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1. BASIC DATA
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- Manufacturer of the tank.
- Is this tank available for RD03/04/07 ?
- Size of the tank - in litres
- Price (just overview - need not to be exact)
2. DETAILS
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- How many chambers it has ?
- How many filling caps ?
- Material. Is it user repairable ?
- Reserve - how many litres it has ?
- Reserve - is "user definable" ?
COMPATIBILITY
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- Can be tank mounted using original holes ?
- Can be original seat used ?
- Can be original front fairings used ?
- Can be original front-side fairings used ?
- Can be original side-under seat-fairings used ?
- Is there any other original device affected by this tank and must be
changed/replaced/relocated/etc... ?
RIDING CONDITIONS
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- How much does this tank affect the center of the gravity, riding
conditions, ability to drive off-road, possibility to make a small
U-turns, etc... ? I know this is very subjective, but please try to
share even your feelings ....
- are there any significat differencies making control of @ difficult
if tank is full or almost empty.
- Do you think this tank may be used by almost any @ owner, or it
should be used by well trained raider, only ?
APPEARANCE
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- Can you estimate how much wider is against original tank ?
- Can you estimate how much higher is against original tank ?
- What's about appearance (your personal opinion) ?
a) does @ looks the same (it means very nice)
b) or it is even nicer
c) or the appearance is not good, but fuel is more important.
EXPERIENCES
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If you can decide now - would you buy 3-rd party tank again or
leave the original one ?
If NO - would you try to find any other fuel solution - rear tank,
external plastic tanks attached to crash-bars ... etc, or by your
experiences, the @ is good enough with original tank.
If YES,
a) would you buy smaller tank then you bought. Why ?
b) the same one from different manufacturer (advise which). Why?
c) the same one and the same type. Why ?
d) the bigger one then I bought. Why ?
COMMENT
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Any comment to explain advantages / disadvantages or anything, I
simply forgot to include in the list above, is welcome. Anything
"unimportant or clear" for you can be very useful and helpful for us.
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Honza,
ATIC 447
AT RD07
Suzuki Bandit 1200
mailto:honzag@grisoft.cz
www@atic.org