77 GS400 Tank

[thegshow69]

Restoring a 77 GS 400 to a café style bike and wondering if any other of the GS model gas tanks will fit.

[lord1234]

no other models fit...i have a NIB one though if you are interested...

[thegshow69]

sorry new at this but what is NIB? also are any close with small modifications?

[QuaiChangKane]

NIB = New In Box


Anything's possible with a grinder and a welder (just bound to be quite a bit of work).


Check out www.airtech-streamlining.com for fiberglass tanks, or try to make a fiblerglass cover for your OEM tank. I know of a guy on www.bayarearidersforum.com who hand laid a carbon-fiber gas tank for his SV650 to make it look like an Aprilia. The sky's the limit, if you've got time and patience. Fiberglass is cheap, and you can actually make a functional gas tank out of it. Not sure the cost on carbon-fiber sheets, though - but it lays pretty much the same way.


-Q!

[lord1234]

NIB = New In Box

-Q!

thanks Q, yes, its new in box from the factory. Its in the blue coloring of the 77 GS 400...

[Albert257]

careful with fiberglass or carbon fiber tanks

Heaven forbid, but if you get in an accident, fiberglass doesn't dent like a steel tank, it cracks and splinters

[thegshow69]

Thanks for the NIB but I think I need something I can cut up, have a scratch and dent?

I have been told 2 things about fiberglass,
1. not street legal
2. American gas will slowly eat the epoxy used in the fiberglass due to the high concentration of alcohol in the gas.


Know anybody in the Denver aera that is a good cut and grind guy?

[thegshow69]

Also while I'm thinking about it, is there a comprehensive list of parts from other bikes that will fit the GS400. Just a thought it would help tremendously on giving the bike the look I'm going for.

[QuaiChangKane]

Thanks for the NIB but I think I need something I can cut up, have a scratch and dent?

I have been told 2 things about fiberglass,
1. not street legal
2. American gas will slowly eat the epoxy used in the fiberglass due to the high concentration of alcohol in the gas.


Know anybody in the Denver aera that is a good cut and grind guy?

Don't know about not being street legal - lotsa Triumphs come stock with plastic tanks....

[hp1000s]

Nix the FG tank...E10 will eat it....huge problem in the marine industry.

[thegshow69]

Is there an epoxy that the E10 will not effect? I need to know befor spring.......:shock: