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Fitting a peanut tank GS450

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Has anyone fit a harley peanut tank onto the 450? It appears that I would have to cut out 2 parts of the frame to fit it?
 
Why to make a bobber of course; rip snorting 450 with rear frame rail chopped.
 
tkent02 said:
Meh, frames are over rated.
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Yup, a sawsall will make short work of all that unnecessary frame backbone reinforcement tubing. May as well chop off those crappy mufflers while you are at it. And ditch the front brake too.
 
Don't forget the rear shocks, fender and everything behind the gas tank. That will look badddass.
 
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chris032188 said:
Has anyone fit a harley peanut tank onto the 450? It appears that I would have to cut out 2 parts of the frame to fit it?
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1) Hell no

2) Think very long and hard before cutting the frame in any way if you value your health and well being. If you absolutely have to have that tank it is far safer and easier to modify the tank to fit the frame than the other way around.


Nessism said:
Why to make a bobber of course; rip snorting 450 with rear frame rail chopped.
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tkent02 said:
Meh, frames are over rated.
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Tough crowd here. I like it.:D


Nessism said:
And ditch the front brake too.
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Once OP is done cutting out the useful parts of the frame around the steering head it won't be able to carry any front braking loads anyway.


Mark
 
I had almost forgotten how much fun it is to ride a bike with a wobbly frame. Thrill a minute on a road with bumps or curves.
 
Why not just mount a pair of hamster water bottles where the stock coils are mounted? No frame cutting involved and the same fuel capacity. :D
 
That first pic was taken just moments before that years Darwin Award was presented.
 
when...when will the madness end? when every decent, restorable standard UJM is hacked to bits?
 
garagepunkfan said:
when...when will the madness end? when every decent, restorable standard UJM is hacked to bits?
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Which is why any mod I plan on doing to anything I own (cars, guns, motorcycles, ect) can be undone with a basic set if hand tools. The only mods I'm looking at doing once my 650g is done is changing out the signal lights for something shorter length wise. I don't even care for the full caf? look. I just like the caf? style bars on my 650g
 
To answer your question Chris, any tank can be made to fit any bike, it's just a matter of how much work you're willing to put into it.

A Sportster tank might not be the easiest choice. Look on eBay for vintage plastic tanks / universal plastic tanks. Many of them will fit a variety of bikes (although the GS450 does have a fairly wide backbone to contend with.....).
 
60ratrod said:
Which is why any mod I plan on doing to anything I own (cars, guns, motorcycles, ect) can be undone with a basic set if hand tools. The only mods I'm looking at doing once my 650g is done is changing out the signal lights for something shorter length wise. I don't even care for the full caf? look. I just like the caf? style bars on my 650g
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don't get me wrong, i'm no prude to modifying anything; hot rodding is in my blood. my real problem is the inability of some to understand the fundamental character of any machine before tearing into it to take everything about that character away from it. every machine has its strengths and weaknesses, both in the engineering sense and in the aesthetic sense, and a good builder's job is to identify and enhance those and make the machine more than the sum of its parts. it must have theme and harmony that bind together with the initial character.

L models however are free game...cut away!
 
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