I'll just stick with the MC18 one. It fits the lines of the frame perfectly, and mounting it won't be a problem when I build my custom subframe. I think it looks better too. There's actually plenty of NSR spares in NZ (not much good engine parts though), even an mc16 tank on trademe at the moment. I believe the NSR was pretty popular down here, but have become somewhat rare lately. I guess when the engine inevitably wears out, people just scrap them rather than go through the painful process of finding parts to rebuild.
Oh, another advantage of the MC18 tank is it has the bolt in surround for filler cap, the MC16 just has a one piece cap. This means I can use a number of aftermarket caps. I was planning on using a race style non-lockable cap.
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