Fuel tap woes

[Sin_Tiger]

"Powerbronze"

Looking good and glad to read the tank stuff can be welded.  with Phil, open the tap into a spare tank and you can drain 5 litres in about 3 mins, even Marquez can't do that 

[Mustang]

Which aftermarket screen is that on your bike?

powerbronze

http://www.powerbronzeusa.com/906820/818268/---TRIUMPH-TIGER-92-97.model

they work awesome for a nice dead zone of air at helmet level ..................... no buffeting and sore neck after a 6-700 mile day

[ssevy]

Okay, just got back and there are no issues with anything melting, so I guess the heat shields are just fine. I have a magnetic tank bag on the Legend, and find it convenient on long trips, but I'll have to do something else for this plastic tank. I think I'll just forget a tank bag for this upcoming trip, and see if I can live without it.
It sure feels good to ride and not worry about gasoline interacting with any kind of adhesives!

[rf9rider]

Good news with the tank repair, i`ll have to see if i can find anyone local to me in the UK who can do it, although i`ll have to compare prices between a repair or a respray on my spare tank.

As for the tankbag, have you looked at the ring mounted ones?

Ring bolts on to the gas cap ring, the bag fixes on to the ring.

[ssevy]

Good news with the tank repair, i`ll have to see if i can find anyone local to me in the UK who can do it, although i`ll have to compare prices between a repair or a respray on my spare tank.

As for the tankbag, have you looked at the ring mounted ones?

Ring bolts on to the gas cap ring, the bag fixes on to the ring.

I did look at those. I want all my luggage to be waterproof, so right now I am looking at this one:



For my other luggage, I have been following these guys' thread on advrider, and I really like what they are doing. Kind of a crowd sourced approach to design. Their "Reckless" bag is still in the early stages of development, but it looks like it will be great. If you scroll down, you'll see where they are at with the design right now:

http://moskoblog.wordpress.com/

[motoOzarks]

Glue some washers on the tank and then the magnetic bag will work.

Wouldn't it have been nice if some metal was integrated into plastic tanks for just this purpose?

[Sin_Tiger]

If you can get hold of an SW-Motech tank ring and bag, it's an easy mod for the Steamer 5 bolt mount for a man of your skills.

If you were a bit closer I'd lend you one off mine. I've posted up somewhere about this before but if you need photos just ping me.