I'm thinking about getting one of these, cool as heck. should work great with a gravity fed rear rack. Need to verify the height is above the carb though. http://www.gasbike.net/collections/gas-tanks/products/seat-post-rear-gas-tank-chrome
1/2 gal seat post fuel tank
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Randall
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Yeah I like those too. My next build will have one. I like the ones from Ghetto Bike better though.
http://ghettobike.com/spt
Randall
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True, but I don't mind paying a little more for quality.
KCvale
In memory of KCvale 1959 - 2019
I am that way too.
There was nothing on the market worth a crap for an Alt gas tank for me when I built this Cadillac NuVinci shifter a few years back...
No way was I going to throw a Teardrop on that so I had a tank made to my specs.
It held ~2/3 gallon and was fitted to the seat via the seats brackets.
Cost me ~$100 but the perfect look for the bike in my eyes ;-}
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That gasbike fuel tank mounting makes me nervous the way it mounts. It just doesn't look to be sturdy enough. It would be too easy to twist from side to side with the weight of 1/2 gal of fuel. I dunno, $50 is a lot if it isn't right. The ghetto bike version is a no brainer the way it mounts......................KC am I the only one who would be leery of 1/2 gal of fuel sitting that close to one's butt? LOL.
Street Ryderz
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I dont think it's any worse than your torso hovering over the tank!
KCvale
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Better my butt than my 'boys' ;-}
Randall
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I am that way too.
There was nothing on the market worth a crap for an Alt gas tank for me when I built this Cadillac NuVinci shifter a few years back...
No way was I going to throw a Teardrop on that so I had a tank made to my specs.
It held ~2/3 gallon and was fitted to the seat via the seats brackets.
Cost me ~$100 but the perfect look for the bike in my eyes ;-}
Agree. I kinda wish I had done the seat post tank on my first build. Not really liking the look of the current tank.
Oh well, first build : )
KCvale
In memory of KCvale 1959 - 2019
Well, sometimes you just have to work with ya got...
These days though I find a gas tank frame to be the the best way to loose the ugly teardrop tank.
Opposed to a separate gas tank mounted to a bike frame, it's a gas tank frame a bike is built around, lot's of creative ways to build that way ;-}
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