Fitting a peanut tank GS450

[60ratrod]

when...when will the madness end? when every decent, restorable standard UJM is hacked to bits?

Which is why any mod I plan on doing to anything I own (cars, guns, motorcycles, ect) can be undone with a basic set if hand tools. The only mods I'm looking at doing once my 650g is done is changing out the signal lights for something shorter length wise. I don't even care for the full café look. I just like the café style bars on my 650g

[Big Rich]

To answer your question Chris, any tank can be made to fit any bike, it's just a matter of how much work you're willing to put into it.

A Sportster tank might not be the easiest choice. Look on eBay for vintage plastic tanks / universal plastic tanks. Many of them will fit a variety of bikes (although the GS450 does have a fairly wide backbone to contend with.....).

[Rob S.]

Which is why any mod I plan on doing...can be undone with a basic set of hand tools.

If it can't be fixed with a hammer...you're not using a big enough hammer.

[garagepunkfan]

Which is why any mod I plan on doing to anything I own (cars, guns, motorcycles, ect) can be undone with a basic set if hand tools. The only mods I'm looking at doing once my 650g is done is changing out the signal lights for something shorter length wise. I don't even care for the full café look. I just like the café style bars on my 650g

don't get me wrong, i'm no prude to modifying anything; hot rodding is in my blood. my real problem is the inability of some to understand the fundamental character of any machine before tearing into it to take everything about that character away from it. every machine has its strengths and weaknesses, both in the engineering sense and in the aesthetic sense, and a good builder's job is to identify and enhance those and make the machine more than the sum of its parts. it must have theme and harmony that bind together with the initial character.

L models however are free game...cut away!

[tkent02]

L models however are free game...cut away!

And use a really big hammer!

[Billy Ricks]

I'll donate the angle grinder.

[60ratrod]

don't get me wrong, i'm no prude to modifying anything; hot rodding is in my blood. my real problem is the inability of some to understand the fundamental character of any machine before tearing into it to take everything about that character away from it. every machine has its strengths and weaknesses, both in the engineering sense and in the aesthetic sense, and a good builder's job is to identify and enhance those and make the machine more than the sum of its parts. it must have theme and harmony that bind together with the initial character.

L models however are free game...cut away!

Which is why I detest chrome, because it's easy to over do. And I also don't mind retro fitting when it benefits by being a better part, like the sh-775 r/r that I'm waiting on to put my gs650g back on the road. Everything I do, I try to do tastefully. Like my 1911.

[Rob S.]

More stopping power than triple-disc brakes! My favorite handgun.

[60ratrod]

it's one of 20 that changes carry duty with an m&p9c. all the stainless parts were hand fitted by me, and i can put the original parts back in with no fuss.

[Rob S.]

Overkill. Why only two shotguns?

[60ratrod]

just one, i got it for my 12th birthday remington 20ga wingmaster. it's a collection. 2 ak pattern rifles, 1 sks, 1 ar-15, 2 mosin 91/30's, 1 winchester model 94 (that was my grandpa bud's), 1 mauser that will eventually be rebarreled into .308, 2 hi point 995 carbines(the one in the tan stock is the other 995 in the ati stock), 1 stevens 30-30 bolt action, 1 remington 522 .22lr, 1 daisy legacy .22lr bolt action, 1 RAU .22lr wildcat, the full size 1911, hi point c9, ruger p94, m&p9c, taurus 627 6.5" .357 magnum. like i said, it's a collection and a passion.