No8 Wire Extraordinaire
A gentleman who doesn't leave the city! That will suck goats. Current trend to reduce tank size is going to stop me upgrading, but 10, or let's say 8 before you panic will limit you every ride, good thing you don't live where there's decent gaps between stations.
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Anorak
I am not sure you are getting the whole Italian Ducati cafe racer lifestyle. 10 liters is way far enough between cappuccinos. Especially with clip on's and thinly padded seats.Originally Posted by F5 Dave
I thought you Wellingtons were generally pretty evolved like that.
Remember by making the fuel tank smaller ,I can make the Airbox far far larger, the fuel tank is taking one for the team.
Have you seen how ugly the std tank is on the ST4, I am doing it a favour.
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"channellling the Pleideans"
Get another box like that and put it in the seat hump with an auxilliary fuel pump up to the "top" tank.... then you' d have two fillers and 20l capacity!
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Anorak
I do like the two fillers idea like a suzuka 8 hour bikes .But do Ducatis run for 8 hours?
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In the riders seat
Easily, mine ran for 19-1/2 hours to cover 1600km straight on more than one occasion, but it was the superior bevel gear design, I don't know that those flimsy rubber bands last that long
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Yes thst is Fugly, granted, but what about [spitballs] a ZX9 tank or of that ilk. Conventional yet not desirable so not expensive.
Clip-ons and thin seat? Harden up! You're talking to the wrong audience. I did enough 2hrs and GPs folded up on a bike 2 sizes too small sitting on fiberglass to be sympathetic.
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"channellling the Pleideans"
Yer on to something with the ZX9 tank idea. Plus the hoover tubes mean more airflow to the crabs. Win win!
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More power to the Crabs! Woot woot!
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Anorak
I guess you were lucky the big ends lasted that long or was it the Plain big ends Millie.....
I do had a funny red tank here somewhere, plus a couple of FZR250 3lns, the Yamaha's had the cutouts for the airbox
Two sizes to small for you, was it a minimoto?
I like the hover pipes but maybe trough the frame rails like one of these
Those OW01 and ZXR were a bit obvious, the Italian like more Coke bottle feminine lines rather then hosiery jutting out.
Great idea though.
Took me a bit ,the Dogcati might have crabs but it doesn't have carbs. Bloody thing wouldn't even start with the tank offMore power to the Crabs! Woot woot!
I was thinking something like this with air around the sides feeding Crabs
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Low personal B.M.E.P.
Looking at that airbox and the gaping bellmouths reminded me of a cautionary Ducati story.
Check the underside of the tank that forms the airbox roof.
916's at least, have something bolted to that bit of the tank...
At least one 916 in ChCh suffered some very expensive head damage when it swallowed a nut...
I'd also point out that big airbox hoses could be moved to serve as snorkels in West Coast weather.
Could be useful with the weather extremes we're seeing.
In the riders seat
Roller bearing, 1982 Darmah, did that 1000 mile run twice on it, small tanks suck balls, had to gas up every 160 km, did 50,000km + on that bike, the V2 big end did fail on it about 12k after I got it but they replaced under warranty and no other problems after that
The Mille didn't do a big end but it did drop a valve due to some incompetent monkey not assembling shit correctly
Farmer Brown, I was talking to him just after it did it, pretty sure two of them did it the same weekend
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Anorak
I intend to have All the air going to be filtered to the box. for belts and braces.
I have an idea to have a real top clipped on much like a std.
the feed will be more cold air than ram air. it will also have a downhill kink to run any pooled water out.
Oddly enough after years of running uni foam filters out in the open I never remember any issues with them getting wet.
there is an option to do something like this for belts and braces. That way the seal on the tank doesn't have to be perfect.
I want to have it so the hot air from the rad and engine dont get breathed into the Engine.
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No8 Wire Extraordinaire
RS125 are made for tiny Japanese. I raised the seat 50mm and dropped the pegs the same.
And I'm taller than you.
Just today I made an extension on a ride because I could. Got to 309km, computer said I had 7km left but put 15l into a 17.3l tank so more left for sure.
Would kick a moddified Dooklattery for economy by a margin I bet.
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Anorak
I tried the FZR250 tank, its too narrow across the width at the front, but looks better than it should.
The fzr250 tank came from Greg.
It could be made to work with the std airbox with a bit of hammer work.
This is what I need though a FZR400
(if i I needed more then 10 liters)
or there is that other red tank I have...
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Anorak
Does anyone know of a FZR400 tank lying about....
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