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Motorcycle Discussions => British Bikes => Topic started by: dave78 on April 08, 2012, 09:23:19 PM

Title: Help! can anyone identify this tank??
Post by: dave78 on April 08, 2012, 09:23:19 PM: I have searched google and cant find this tank anywhere, does anyone know what bike it is off? I think its possibly off something british? it had twin taps but they have been blocked and another one added and the mounts have been tampered with, I have pictures of the underside if thats any help, I can put them on if it will help identify the tank. I have to use Dial-up so it could take a while but will if needed, any help will be much appreciated, Thanks.
Title: Re: Help! can anyone identify this tank??
Post by: Mr B on April 09, 2012, 09:18:30 PM: Just a hunch, but if you squint it looks like an 'E' on the side...Enfield?
Title: Re: Help! can anyone identify this tank??
Post by: dave78 on April 09, 2012, 09:40:17 PM: Hmm... possibly, i'll have a look at Enfields on Google, I thought they might have been where rubber knee pads may have been, I have seen this on some old tanks but I dont know, but I will keep looking, thanks for your reply, this is my first forum question, it took me a bit long to work out how to post messages but getting the hang of it now. Thanks again, Dave.
Title: Re: Help! can anyone identify this tank??
Post by: Rex on April 10, 2012, 08:18:05 AM: Nice idea, but don't "E"s go the other way? Not like any Enfield tank I can recall, or any other tank, for that matter.

Looks like it was expensive when new, though.
Title: Re: Help! can anyone identify this tank??
Post by: dave78 on April 10, 2012, 10:05:23 AM: yeah, i bet it was expensive when new, it looks quite well made, I seen a TZ250 tank on ebay that looked similar but not the same, no pressed marks, I dont know, any information on this will be great as i have it on ebay just now, but might remove it till i find out more about it. Thanks for your message anyway Rex, thanks, Dave.
Title: Re: Help! can anyone identify this tank??
Post by: Mr B on April 10, 2012, 04:49:43 PM: Quote from: Rex on April 10, 2012, 08:18:05 AM
Nice idea, but don't "E"s go the other way?

Depends which way you look at it ;)

It's clearly a one-off, just thought it might have been made for an Enfield of some description.
Title: Re: Help! can anyone identify this tank??
Post by: Bomber on April 10, 2012, 09:25:34 PM: I think its for a cb750/900, I have one very similar. If there are forward facing cups on the inside of the front frame cutaway you can bet your bottom dollar it is.
Title: Re: Help! can anyone identify this tank??
Post by: dave78 on April 10, 2012, 09:43:41 PM: Hi bomber, thanks for your message, the original tank mounts have been ground off but i am pretty sure they were circular on the tank and cup shaped on the frame of the motorcycle, if you get what i mean, rather than the way you describe it the other way round, i think?? i'll attach a picture of the underside of the tank, you can see the grind marks at the front of the tunnel, and the twin taps, was the honda tank a twin tap?
Title: Re: Help! can anyone identify this tank??
Post by: Bomber on April 11, 2012, 11:42:43 AM: No it wasn't, but Im pretty sure its off a cb750/900 (I meant the cups were on the tank not the frame.. sorry to mislead)