POLL: Would you buy an aluminum tank...?

[Meerkat]

The subject line asks, "Would you buy an aluminum tank...?"

Would I?  Yes, I would, if I could.

Just sayin'.

 

What he said...

[angler]

I'm about to jump on an old steel tank, so yes I would take one.

[DRKWNG]

Off topic, but...

I'm about to jump on an old steel tank, so yes I would take one.

Where the make the beast with two backs have you been?



Ok, back on topic.

[angler]

Off topic, but...

Where the make the beast with two backs have you been?



Ok, back on topic.

Secret, undisclosed location with no forums.....

Only back to sell some shit and post whore to get over 1000 posts somewhere so I can cross it off my bucket list.

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C'mon, no laughs? Sheesh.
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[Meerkat]

Been a couple of weeks since this was bumped...

Request for tank #3 has been submitted to DNA...sadly this will be the last. Sure would be nice to have a metal tank...just saying.

[Charlief]

The dealer just took pics and submitted the paper work last week. This will be my 2nd replacement tank if it gets approved. 

In my new business I deal with a couple privateer motorcycle shops.  In telling my plastic tank woes to an owner.... He told me he knows a guy in NJ who makes CF tanks for race/dirt bikes. Not sure if he can replicate my tank though.

Another customer does CF items for race cars and says  he can fabricate anything. His work is awesome but he would need two perfect tanks to make a prototype. Where my tank is already swollen.... I can't give him mine. 

The probability of these guys making one for me is slim. 

So yes. I would want an AL tank.

[REDUC]

Once I have a final design that I'm happy with, I'll post photos and start taking nominal deposits.  I don't have the pricing yet, the mold cost will determine the price.  That should come soon.

 

[junior varsity]

I'm still interested in an aluminum tank for the Carbed M900 (or for the newer fuelie bikes so long as a flange with simple fuel line nipple could be installed on it; I have no problem with changing my seat to make the two "mesh" properly as far as aesthetics go). 

I'd put a deposit down on two (with certainty if the side had the slightly higher arch/cut-out a la the RoadRacing tanks of yore) such alu Carb M900 tanks, final net price of course dictating whether this is affordable for two (one is a sure thing for me).    If you could do a third in the general shape of the 888 tank for a carb'd M900, I'd gobble that up as well (Otherwise I'm going to be eventually calling up the good folks at ETI for a custom Fuel Cel). 


If you end up doing a similar tank mold for either the SportClassic Sport Bip or GT1000, I'd take one of those as well.  I'm not picky which of the two very similar shapes it is, so long as it will function on my GT1000, and is paintable to match my 2-tone Guinness factory paint scheme. 

[stopintime]

Sport Classic action 

http://motowheels.com/i-10302481-deposit-only-ducati-sport-1000-aluminum-tank.html

[Travman]

Sport Classic action 

http://motowheels.com/i-10302481-deposit-only-ducati-sport-1000-aluminum-tank.html

That tank doesn't look right. It looks way to large. Did they add fuel capacity? 

[hillbillypolack]

That tank doesn't look right. It looks way to large. Did they add fuel capacity? 

Dunno.  It does look a little biggish.  Maybe the ethanol expanded the aluminum too (!)  Ha.

But at $250, I'd like to know more about the quality and detail.

BTW, iz, I too would be interested in a tank as my S2R tank has deformed (yet again).

[justinrhenry]

Dunno.  It does look a little biggish.  Maybe the ethanol expanded the aluminum too (!)  Ha.

But at $250, I'd like to know more about the quality and detail.

BTW, iz, I too would be interested in a tank as my S2R tank has deformed (yet again).

looks like $250 is just a deposit.

[Pedro-bot]

looks like $250 is just a deposit.

+1

Group Buy is $1950 before 12/31/12.
After that the price climbs to $2395!   

[Raux]

Dunno.  It does look a little biggish.  Maybe the ethanol expanded the aluminum too (!)  Ha.

apparently being metal instead of plastic has created some differences in the shape they say.
"* Tanks will replicate the orginal look and fitment as close as possible given the limitations of the different material"

[ducatiz]

apparently being metal instead of plastic has created some differences in the shape they say.
"* Tanks will replicate the orginal look and fitment as close as possible given the limitations of the different material"

it's the same basic dimensions.  you don't realize how big that tank is, they are crazy wide.