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Fuel Tank options 1986 XT600S
Hi All,
Searched... Searched... still not sure what to look for. Think the folks call my bike a '43F'. There are Clark tanks. Nice, but not 5+ gal. I do not really need that much fuel, normally. Would be nice to make a plan for a 300mi. run, without thinking about 'just how much farther before I ditch...'
Aside from a custom build of a tank, What else fits my ride?
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hi mike would one of these fit ,30lt first tenere model ,ebay 322381910321 ,steve
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The Clark 4.0gal is all there is . Acerbis made one 20 years ago but they have long since disappeared. I don't know if one off a DR650 or XR650L would fit or not but something like those may be an option , just hard to know if they'll fit close or easily made to fit.
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hi mike would one of these fit ,30lt first tenere model ,ebay 322381910321 ,steve
Hi Steve
Thanks for the reply. I was not able to find the one you referenced.
30 liters sounds like an ideal size to me.
Is there another way to point to the one you mentioned?
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hi mike try this
Yamaha XT600 Tenere Fuel Tank | eBay
yamaha xt 600 34L model ,they got bigger but with a smaller capacity from then on ,there was one for sale here not long ago (it sold)
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...ere-30-a-82276
lovely looking tank,i would ask this man david lambeth ( the xt guru) whether this or what tank will fit your bike
http://www.davidlambeth.co.uk/
this place seems to have a some
http://www.offroadcentrum.com/produc...lercap-fueltap

,steve
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Check the rear mounts on those big tanks , many went with 2 holes , the regular XT's only have one.

like this one(ridiculous priced , only as an example) ,http://www.ebay.com/itm/YAMAHA-GENUI...JYIEur&vxp=mtr
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stuff like this comes up often in ebay italy, germany or france, those were huge xt markets back in the 80s-90s

Yamaha XT 600 XT600 Acerbis Tank Benzintank TT600 Tenere
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Many thanks folks. All great examples.
I will send David a request for fitment.
I believe the black Acerbis one fits. Mine does have just the single hold down bolt under the nose of the seat.
Mike
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Keep us informed , I'd be interested in one of those if they fit , just nothing here in the US . I'll be interested in how they ship it , I've always heard they can't ship a used gas tank by airplane due to fumes so many sellers won't ship overseas , thus why I never looked around over there for one .
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Yes, not shipping a used tank(fumes), makes sense. Not really what I want to hear at this point... but it does help me understand the difficulty in getting responses to 'buy-it-now' queries that I am not able to post. Saw some great solutions in European markets. There is as always persistence. I will practice some more of it. Still have the option of a custom build, with the old spare tank as a donor for grafting.
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