• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

Chopping Gas Tank

  • Thread starter Thread starter poppadre
  • Start date Start date
P

poppadre

Guest
I wanted to know if anyone had experiance cutting into the gas tank of a GS850 and chopping it down about an inch to give it a lower profile
 
Go for it

Go for it

I dont have any specific experience with this mod, but its really refreshing to hear of another gs'er who isn't afraid of some outside the box fab work. Too many people on here are quick to shun you if you stray from oem suzuki parts and design. Give 'er hell!:twistedevil:

Let us see how it comes out
 
wompin said:
Too many people on here are quick to shun you if you stray from oem suzuki parts and design. Give 'er hell!:twistedevil:

Let us see how it comes out
Click to expand...

I have only seen this in the case of terrible hack jobs. Decent custom stuff is great, most of the members here like them. Ruin a skunk to make an unrideable POS and you will hear about it.

There have been several threads about re shaping gas tanks, cutting them open and rewelding them to increase capacity, or change the overall shape. Do a search, they are there somewhere.
 
Do you have the standard "G" tank or the "L" tank? :-k

The G tank might look a bit funny if you shorten it, the L tank might be a good substitute, and might not need any modification, other than forward mounts.

.
 
Steve said:
Do you have the standard "G" tank or the "L" tank? :-k

The G tank might look a bit funny if you shorten it, the L tank might be a good substitute, and might not need any modification, other than forward mounts.

.
Click to expand...
I have the standard G. I wanted to get something with sharp angles and lower profile. The tank was a bit dinged up and i made it worse playing around with knee dents and such. I was hoping to cut the bottom off and pop out the dents, cut off an inch and weld it back togehter. I wasnt sure if it was double walled and wouldnt seal properally. I might get a new tank anyways so ill give it a go next time im at the garage and let you know
 
wompin said:
I dont have any specific experience with this mod, but its really refreshing to hear of another gs'er who isn't afraid of some outside the box fab work. Too many people on here are quick to shun you if you stray from oem suzuki parts and design. Give 'er hell!:twistedevil:

Let us see how it comes out
Click to expand...
Thanks wompin, Ill think ill have at her and let you konw how it turns out. Worst case, I will just have to buy a new, less dented tank. Worst, worst case i dont get all the fumes out of the tank and pop that thing cutting/welding in which case you will probably not hear from me
 
Hi,

You'll need some good fabrication skills, or know somebody. I love the big tank on my GS850. That 200 mile range comes in handy on long trips.

Just in case you missed it, you'll find lots of GS850 loving here: New Members, CLICK HERE!!

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
wompin said:
I dont have any specific experience with this mod, but its really refreshing to hear of another gs'er who isn't afraid of some outside the box fab work. Too many people on here are quick to shun you if you stray from oem suzuki parts and design. Give 'er hell!:twistedevil:

Let us see how it comes out
Click to expand...

Wherever you go there will be purists, middle ground folk, and anarchists... ;)
e7474cf9.jpg


-Anarchist
So shoot me..
 
Many people have chopped tanks. Ryca does it for all their CS-1 kits, and check out this GS1000:
8291447966_8da62bbe7b.jpg
 
I have a spare 850G tank that has a small hole in the lower part of the left side.

Well, I think it's a hole. :-k When I bought the bike, I saw a bubble in the paint.
When I pushed on it, it squished in, then came back out.
Yes, there was gas in the tank, it was only being held in with the paint. :eek:

Other than draining out the gas, nothing has been done to the tank. Let me know if you might want it.

.
 
Steve said:
I have a spare 850G tank that has a small hole in the lower part of the left side.

Well, I think it's a hole. :-k When I bought the bike, I saw a bubble in the paint.
When I pushed on it, it squished in, then came back out.
Yes, there was gas in the tank, it was only being held in with the paint. :eek:

Other than draining out the gas, nothing has been done to the tank. Let me know if you might want it.

.
Click to expand...

What type paint was that?
I want some.
 
tkent02 said:
What type paint was that?
I want some.
Click to expand...
Factory.

'81 850G.

OK, I will have to back up a bit and say "I think it was gas." :-k
Whatever the fluid was that I took out sure smelled like fouled gas, but could have been just about anything.
icon_shrug.gif


.
 
wompin said:
I dont have any specific experience with this mod, but its really refreshing to hear of another gs'er who isn't afraid of some outside the box fab work. Too many people on here are quick to shun you if you stray from oem suzuki parts and design. Give 'er hell!:twistedevil:

Let us see how it comes out
Click to expand...

Problem with many of the radical customs is fabricators are arrogant SOB's that run open pipes. I have no idea why these people feel it's their right to annoy innocent people with their noise.
 
Last edited:
You might want to use a non-gs tank, one that you like, and mount it, rather than going to the trouble of modifying a stock tank.
 
Nessism said:
Problem with many of the radical customs is fabricators are arrogant SOB's that run open pipes. I have no idea why these people feel it's their right to annoy innocent people with their noise.
Click to expand...

My pipes are chopped, but baffled and are surprisingly quiet in comparison to others harleys, crotch rockets, and "tuner" cars. I think everyone at some point can be arrogant SOB's ;)

-Mark
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top