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 Posted: 23:57 - 28 Mar 2007 Post subject: Makeshift Endurance Tanks- BMW F650 |
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Bert Harkins Racing do a larger tank for the BMW F650 Funduro - Incase anyone stumbles upon this in the future!
So.. I hit 130miles before clicking onto reserve. This time there's no water in the tank to kill my bike, yay!
Anyway, planning a long trip for the near future, and being lazy I'd like tyo get a little more from my tank. Checked everywhere I can think, including Touratec, and I can't find any form of un/official extra tank thingy-bits for the F650 Funduro, only the F650GS..
So, does anyone know of any generic fuel tank (other than a jerrycan) that's available? ____________________ Bikes; '06 Triumph Sprint ST 1050 (for sale) - '95 BMW R1100GS
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Ah good to see you are going somewhere (I aint , March/April are heavy months for my finances and my french buddies say the weather was crap) ,
not answering your question really but heres what I did for a crazy period a while ago.
you can always jerry rig it like me ie go to Argos buy one of those 20litre jerry cans , get a fuel line , put a jubliee clip on it, attach to the jerry can (put it side ways) , and add sort of a T junction to your fuel tap (under neath on the fuel line is quite good though you will need a sort of tap so that one tank at a time is used) , works well on naked Hondas since the fuel system is really quite simple, BMWs not so sure.
you just need to seal it up properly, taken to the logical extreme,
I could have gotten 1600 miles out of my endurance tanks
its cheap and very effective, a bit mad max (since 1600 miles need a spare tank on the back 21 litres and 4 jerry cans which gets difficult to link up from the right since the fuel pump things I've noticed are often on the left.
or just do what everybody else says , stop more often and taste the places you stop at, since I was originally planning on a straight gun down to Monaco (£50 in tolls £100 in petrol 23 hours riding) , but thought this was pointless.
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My tank was hidden in a side panier, but as said by many tourists French people smoke in petrol stations they probably won't care. ____________________ Spain 2008France 2007Big one 2009 We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. In the end, your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching. |
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Acerbis do a 27Ltr tank for the Funduro.  ____________________ Andy Sez....
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Finglonga wrote: | Acerbis do a 27Ltr tank for the Funduro.  |
I've found one on Ebay, but it's red, and my bike's white.. There's a few days left though, so I've contacted Acerbis myself as there's nothing I could find on their site (even if I did spend 10minutes trying to read Italian before finding the English button...) to see if they can point me in the right direction.
If all else fails, the jerry can plan sounds interesting.. 1,600miles you say.. That should do! My fuel line has a quick release* which will help.
*We found this out when my dad said;
'Ah, and it's got a quick release, look'
-petrol pisses all over my leg and boot-
"So it does, turn the line to off next time, maybe?"
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I e-mailed Acerbis in Belgium, and got an amusing, but very helpful reply. They directed me to Bert Harkins Racing. Who do a range of larger tanks for various bikes. Turns out brand new, the larger tank costs £200 inc. vat.
So, I'll be bidding on the e-bay tank  ____________________ Bikes; '06 Triumph Sprint ST 1050 (for sale) - '95 BMW R1100GS |
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i would have been supprised if nobody did them...
43litres is the biggest i've seen, for desert crossings.. also seen then built into the side panels..
I'd got for the one on ebay, its not that hard to paint a tank, and after 40,000 miles its really not going to matter too much
I'd defenately get a propper jerry can and with a proper spout (those plastic things are utter shite) and a jiggle pipe.. (try searching anchor army supplies on google) buy a seat, take the back half off and make a rack to fit the jerrys there  ____________________ >RidingSkills<->Tech Tips<->MyBikes< |
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