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My son's '82 650L tank is about 3.5 gallons. How big is your tank now, and how big do you want to go?
Swapping a tank to one from an E model will require changing the forks and triples to get enough clearance when the forks are turned.
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mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
#1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
#2 son: 1980 GS1000G
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The tank is standard which according to specs is about 3.4 gallon so it seems that switching to a 650L would not be a huge difference.
I really did not have a specific capacity in mind.
I have a spare tank with a dent in it and wondered how difficult it would be to cut and weld it to increase capacity.1980 GS550L
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