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--- Quote from: fast500#12 ---does any one have any experiance with clark fuel tanks? how are they? do they fit right and so forth. my stock tank has a crack next to the left mount. and if i topper off and ride with any speed gas blows in my face. :shock: not pleasant if you know what i mean.
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I have a Clarke tank on mine :)  
Not got any photos of it yet though, the only problem I had with it was that the bolt spacing was slightly less than on my old tank so when fitting the fuel tap I had to drill out the holes in the mounting plate part of the tap/petcock.

From memory I had to drill out the holes from 6 mil to 7 mil so it was only a little bit out but it stopped the bolts from lining up right and would have caused em to cross thread.

Another thing is that I bought a Pingel fuel tap with reserve for my KX.......

Unfortunatly the mounting plate for it does not fit into the recessed  part of the tank because its kind ofsquare and too chunky at the ends.

I can either use a grinder to re-shape it or make a new one out of aluminium :roll:  I am not as bothered about having a tap with a reserve now though cos I can see how much petrol is in the tank :D

I will get round to sorting it but theres no rush.

Oh and mine is the four gallon one also, and it looks like the Matterhorn but holds enough petrol so I dont have to spend too much time in garages mixing up juice.

teamgreen500:
Clarke is the best bang for the buck. Period. Manufacturer direct. Get natural so you can see how much gas is in there!

Manny

fast500#12:
i got mine friday and my god that thing is huge. the look of it is growing on me little by little but man i rode all day and never ran it dry. i had a problem getting my ufo shrouds to line up also. thanks for the in put every one.

gowen:
I just can't come to get one of them giant tanks. Just can't do it yet... :-/

fast500#12:
it wasn't what i was looking for but i couldn't fix the stock one , and it was way cheaper than factory.  :roll:

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