Metal Fastback Tank Supplier

black cat · Nov 23, 2019

I recently received the aluminum tank that I ordered about a month ago from the eBay supplier, Royal Choppers and I'm very happy with the quality. While it isn't a perfect match, it's pretty close to original. The only problem is that repo badges don't exactly fit in the recesses but I'm OK with that problem. While the photo's make the new tank look larger, that really isn't the case as I've measured to compare and it's within an 1/8' of the originals taken at various locations. The gas cap is not so great, but that is what I expected, in fact I didn't even anticipate a cap. I installed tank petcock's after flushing the tank and will keep some gas in there for a week to make sure it doesn't leak, but I would be surprised based on the welds....but who knows. Time will tell.

maylar · Nov 23, 2019

Nice. Are you gonna paint it or leave it polished?

black cat · Nov 23, 2019

maylar said:
Nice. Are you gonna paint it or leave it polished?

Honestly, I don't know what I'm going to do. The chances of matching the original paint are probably pretty slim and likely not cheap. I only need the tank for long rides, so I may just keep it as is.

jbruney · Nov 23, 2019

Painted or not your bike still looks sharp enough to shave with.

xbacksideslider · Nov 23, 2019

It looks to have more capacity too. Sweet looking bike.

black cat · Nov 23, 2019

xbacksideslider said:
It looks to have more capacity too. Sweet looking bike.

It does look a little taller, but I don't know if the capacity is any larger than stock, guess I'll find out when I finally get it filled up. Thanks, I have been working (dumping money) on the bike for the last two years.

YING · Nov 24, 2019

black cat said:
It does look a little taller, but I don't know if the capacity is any larger than stock, guess I'll find out when I finally get it filled up. Thanks, I have been working (dumping money) on the bike for the last two years.

I am glad your tank fits as I had no luck dealing with the owner of Royal Choppers.He was polite but would not believe that my tank did not fit .
Mike

black cat · Nov 24, 2019

YING said:
I am glad your tank fits as I had no luck dealing with the owner of Royal Choppers.He was polite but would not believe that my tank did not fit .
Mike

Yes I read that about your tank, mine just dropped into place. Granted it isn’t a perfect match, but I had no illusions that it would be an exact copy.

SteveA · Nov 24, 2019

How will you deal with the badges?

black cat · Nov 25, 2019

SteveA said:
How will you deal with the badges?

I have some older repo badges that I purchased about 10-15 years ago and I will probably use those for this tank. Probably mock them up and see how they look.

black cat · Nov 25, 2019

850commando · Nov 25, 2019

what is the expected nominal capacity of that fuel tank? bigger than a roadster tank?

baz · Nov 25, 2019

850commando said:
what is the expected nominal capacity of that fuel tank? bigger than a roadster tank?

It's a UK gallon bigger than a roadster from memory, someone will correct me
It played havoc with my commuting when fastback tank melted !!!!

baz · Nov 25, 2019

black cat said:
I recently received the aluminum tank that I ordered about a month ago from the eBay supplier, Royal Choppers and I'm very happy with the quality. While it isn't a perfect match, it's pretty close to original. The only problem is that repo badges don't exactly fit in the recesses but I'm OK with that problem. While the photo's make the new tank look larger, that really isn't the case as I've measured to compare and it's within an 1/8' of the originals taken at various locations. The gas cap is not so great, but that is what I expected, in fact I didn't even anticipate a cap. I installed tank petcock's after flushing the tank and will keep some gas in there for a week to make sure it doesn't leak, but I would be surprised based on the welds....but who knows. Time will tell.

That tank does look good

Metal Fastback Tank Supplier

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