• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

Fitting a "G" tank to an E frame

salty_monk

salty_monk

Forum Guru
Past Site Supporter
TGSR Superstar
Has anyone tried it... specifically an 80 850g tank to a 78 1000E - Skunk.

I want a "sacrificial" tank for my baja trip & extra capacity wouldn't go amiss... a G tank seems to fit the bill but I don't think it's a straight bolt-on. Anyone know what the problem is or how to make one fit?

Dan :)
 
Hey Dan. I've got a spare 79 850 tank, I'll toss it on my 1000 frame tomorrow and see what the problems are, someone will probably chime in about it before then though.
 
Should fit, except ??? I think the petcock is more forward on the 1980. Or is it the other way ?
 
Yes, I had an idea it was something to do with the Petcock.... should be an easy thing to find out... & not impossible to modify to fit either :D
 
Hey Dan. Swapped the 79 850 tank onto the 78. The frame is 1/2" wider so you would need to "adjust" the tank. Also on the 850 the rear tank mount doesn't line up. It's approx. 2 too short meaning you would have to cut the mount on the frame and jerry rig something. There is no way your fuel sender would fit in there that's for sure. If you dented the tank in to pass the frame it looked like it 'might' work but you would need to solve the mounting bolt issue (21" from front mounts to rear bolt hole on the 850 tank and 23" on the 78 1000 tank). Also on the 850 tank there is another protrusion on the inside of the 850 tank higher up but it didn't look like the tank would site low enough for that to hit the frame or the coils. You may need to bend the coil mounts in a bit but maybe not and it looked like that was doable with the space between the coils. Hope this helps.
 
Are the '79 850 tanks the same dimensions as the '81? Dan is looking at using the '80-81 850G tank that I have. If you could shoot me the dimensions required I could measure the '81 tank I've got. Just post them here or pm me with them.
 
DanTheMan said:
Are the '79 850 tanks the same dimensions as the '81? Dan is looking at using the '80-81 850G tank that I have. If you could shoot me the dimensions required I could measure the '81 tank I've got. Just post them here or pm me with them.
Click to expand...
Not exactly sure what to measure. From the rear of the rubber mounts to the rear bolt hole is 21 3/4" and the width inside is 5 7/8". The inside narrows a bit as you get closer to the top of the tank. Kinda hard to measure everything though as there are many different slight angles/depths.
 
azr said:
Not exactly sure what to measure. From the rear of the rubber mounts to the rear bolt hole is 21 3/4" and the width inside is 5 7/8". The inside narrows a bit as you get closer to the top of the tank. Kinda hard to measure everything though as there are many different slight angles/depths.
Click to expand...
Just getting back to this. The last two days have been a tad crazy, I play in the Heartland Symphony Orchestra, and this was spring concert weekend. I'll check those measurements today, and tell you what else might be pertinent measurement wise.
 
If the tank is just temporary for a baja trip why not use a piece of flat stock, drill to holes in it, and use that to attach to your stock mounting points?
 
That's my intention, something temporary.

I don't want to make permanent changes to the bike... Looks like this 850 tank could be a lot of work.

If that's the case I'll maybe keep looking for an 1100 or 750 tank.

:)
 
Well, I checked, dimensions between the '79 and the '80 are pretty much the same.
 
I destroyed a 1000G tank trying to make it fit my 78E. The whole tunnel of the tank is too narrow. The G top frame backbone is just alot closer together. Once I had spread the tank tunnel enough to clear the frame with the sending unit in place, it distorted the top of the tank and also made the sending unit hang up on the tank and not work past half tank. I used a flat plate to replace the petcock with a 90 deg hose fitting and a remote petcock. I gave up at that point and never addressed the rear mount problem.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top