Hi all,
Just spoke to Sally at Safari Tanks here in Oz. There will be a 32 litre tank available soon (3 months ) after testing is complete. Price will be $AUD650 + postage.

Cheers Ben

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9 liters more not so much, but is the watercooler good protected when the bike smashed down to the left hand side, fit the crashbars from motech on it ???????
and can I get the complety petrol out of it,
give us more information about this,

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Basically the design of the tank is such that fuel is stored lower than the fuel tap. The idea is to accelerate and the fuel transfers back to a fuel 'well' where the tap is at the same level as the carburetor.

This tank is still in testing phase - Robin Box (Safari owner) wants to know how well this 'gravity' system will work and if it would be acceptable for other customers. If not, he will add an electric fuel pump to deliver the fuel.

I haven't at the moment had any real time to completely test the tank. What I know now is that the tank itself is of good quality, Fitting the tank required a few hours with a bit of stuffing around. When I have more time and miles with it I will give a report on what I think.

I am not familiar with your crash bars, but I removed the ones that I had (I had limited time to make changes). There is no doubt that it is possible to adapt your existing protection to work with this tank. It is very similar in shape to the original tank and tank shroud.

Currently my bike below is being flown to Cape Town. I arrive on the 6th of March 12. I have 5 months in Africa and Europe to completely test the tank and I will give updates as I go. I will also upload better photos to fully show the tank when I get a chance.

Kind Regards
Ben.

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I guess they don't work on KLE500 tank, right? I must say I'd love to have this "gadget" on my bike, 15l OEM tank is like a joke for longer trips.

Does it have a fuel tap on both sides like the DR Tank does?

Hey Ben, I'm keen to hear you long term impressions on this tank! Considering IMS or Safari at the moment

Glen

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Hi guys- This is my first post on HU, but I have followed the site for a while - thought now was a good time to chime in. I just recieved a tank for my '09 KLR 650 from IMS. I know from experience there isnt much info on these tanks as they are a fairly new product. Hope this helps. Ill will post more information as i have a chance to install it and get some miles on.



See the post below I put up on a KLR forum I use:

IMS Tank of Crash Bars-a couple questions - Page 2 - Kawasaki KLR 650 Forum

2009 KLR IMS Aftermarket Tank | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

The new IMS tank just arrived. Holy S@%T is this thing huge. I knew it was going to be big, but didn’t imagine it was going to be this large. This is going to be awesome. Ill compare it to the stock tank when I get home tonight. I’ve got a bit of work to do before mounting this guy. I need to remove my SW crash bars to make way for the new tank.

Ill post photos of the install when I get around to it. The in laws are in town this weekend for the wife’s birthday so I’m not sure when ill get a dedicated couple hours on the bike.


IMS came through - when placed my order last week, IMS was quick to tell me the tank was on back order and was a few weeks out - Wasn't expecting this to arrive today. Thanks IMS for the quick turnaround.

Welcome to HU Bricaud!

You're right, those tanks are huge! But they work well and that's what counts.

Tip: You want to show the picture in the post, you need to get the url of the image - in Flickr, click share on the page for the photo, Grab the HTML/BB Code, then click BB Code, and finally copy all that, and come back here and click the Advanced button (which gives you a code view), paste it all in here, and then the image will show, like this:


2009 KLR IMS Aftermarket Tank by bricaud14, on Flickr

You can also extract just the part wrapped in [ IMG ] tags and click the insert image button above

and paste in that, and you'll get:


Hope that helps and doesn't confuse!

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Thanks, Ill try that out when I post photos of the installation.

Here is the progress on the IMS tank install. I have a few more parts in the mail to complete the work and then i should be back up and running.

Hope i git the photo to display correctly this time around.

Here is a picture of the Safari Tank on a First Generation KLR.
It took 10.1 US Gallons to fill the first time.
Made a 2100 mile trip with it and it worked great!