evil Posted December 11, 2003 Report Posted December 11, 2003 I have a 2004 candy red w/white, so I ordered the white tank, and went to yamaha and got the factory stickers, so it looks stock. as for the turning radius, I still have the stock bars, and have no problem, lock-to -lock left to right. but I plan to run some pro-tapers, or a clone of them in the future, which will give it about a 1" rise I think...as for cutting the plastic, it was just the side panels no biggie. and I did have to "play" with the holes and "clean-up" the mount for the petcock...all in all it took me less than an hour to install with no special tools....If I could do it again, I would maybe get the neutral/clear one, I find myself being used to the small tank taking the cap off and looking inside all the time, and being amazed at how much fuel is left. also noted that the stock cap will not fit the aftermarket tank, so those of you with the polished aluminum gas caps, may have a problem... its not the rise you need to worry about its the adapters to make the stock stem big enough to fit the oversize bars. they will hit when turned from lock to lock. after ordering 2 tanks i had to fill it up with boiling water and reshape it to fit correctly. the cap that came with it didnt fit as good as the stock one did so i kept that on there. all in all it was well worth it for the long rides and the ported motor. mabey its just me but id do it all over again to have one. later Quote
boonman Posted December 11, 2003 Report Posted December 11, 2003 Boonman, what is the boiling water trick? You dump about 4.5 gallons of boiling hot water in the tank, and throw the cap on it., and put some air pressure to it. The hot water softens the tank., and the air pressure blows the tank out and allows more fuel capacity...... Quote
frocashmoney24 Posted December 11, 2003 Report Posted December 11, 2003 hmm thats a pretty sweet trick, never heard of it before Quote
slowpokebanshee Posted August 23, 2004 Author Report Posted August 23, 2004 I have the stock bars and can turn lock-to-lock w/no problems, but I think I wanna get a hi-flite seat, and maybe the trailtech computer w/fat-bars to raise things to teh new height of the tank, smooth things out a bit., any-one else have a hi-flite seat? do you like it? Quote
evil Posted September 1, 2004 Report Posted September 1, 2004 I just got my new Clarke mfg. tank direct from Clarke mfg. about $217, well worth itit looks so much better than the IMS ones my pals have and it doesn't "look" as bulky it holds 5.5 gallons, and with the factory stickers looks almost stock, little wider, little taller. looks trick with the cutouts for air flow in the side, rather than the IMS one.... highly recommended...... you guys just dont know how to make an ims tank look good Quote
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