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Best-Looking Tank in Motorcycling?
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redruM
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Confederate bikes are so bad ass.
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Three pages and no mention of an RD400 coffin tank? Whippersnappers!
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Agreed. One of, if not the, best.
Also agreed—BMW tanks from many eras are beautiful, and those are some of the best.
I don't get why so many of you like the tanks that are a bunch of random angles jumbled together (KTM in particular), rather than a nice harmonious design.
This. So much ugly in modern tanks.
The Carducci is amazing in general. That tank is a freakin' work of art—if you get a chance to check it out in person, spend a few minutes looking at all the details of the bike.
We covered Curt Winter's (BTR in Hayward) big twin GP bike back in our January 2014 issue (PDF). He made a seriously beautiful tank for that thing. Another amazing local craftsman.
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I always liked the RZ-350 tank better:Three pages and no mention of an RD400 coffin tank? Whippersnappers!
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What I've learned about this thread is that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
And you people have some screwy eyes.....
And you people have some screwy eyes.....
GAJ
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Kettenkrad Motorcycle Tank
http://silodrome.com/sdkfz-2-kettenkrad-motorcycle-tank/
(FWIW, I have always admired Machete's chrome tank on his monster.)
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moto-rama
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Kettenkrad Motorcycle Tank
http://silodrome.com/sdkfz-2-kettenkrad-motorcycle-tank/
(FWIW, I have always admired Machete's chrome tank on his monster.)
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redtail
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Interesting how the vintage triumphs have the seam laterally along the spine of the tank and the current ones have it along the bottom edge.
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BTW, guys, thanks for all your input! It helped me write my latest Motorcycle.com column, which will post week after next.
Here's a preview:
Skidmarks: Tanks for the Memories
Close your eyes and imagine your favorite motorcycle.
Is it a Norton Manx? A fine choice, sir or madam. That was my pick as well. But props to you if you picked a Moto Guzzi V7 Sport, BMW R75/5, Ducati 750 Sport, Honda Hawk 650, Britten V1000, Ducati Sport Classic, BSA Gold Star and to avoid being dragged from my home and beaten by a crazed, torch-wielding mob, the Ducati 916. And of course, and number of other iconic bikes you may yourself have owned when you had more hair and less belly fat.
What's the common thread of these motorcycles? They're elegantly simple, with little or no bodywork-- two wheels, a motor and a gas tank. Everything else is as minimal, only as much equipage as you need to make the bike rideable.
But so long as it uses gasoline to move on its own, it'll need a gas tank, with enough capacity to win a race or put a smile on your grille on a Sunday morning. And I don't care how good the rest of the bike is, ain't nobody gonna buy it if the tank looks like crap. That's because it's dead center, right in the middle of the motorcycle. Your eye goes right too it, and if you've ridden a motorcycle, you know what looks right. It can't be too big, it can't be too small. It can't hinder your ability to ride the motorcycle, and it has to carry enough fuel for your mission. Within those parameters, there's a lot of variety, so what's the best-looking one?
I've been thinking about this a lot lately, but I needed some backup to sound authoritative enough to get you to read 1200 words of my column, so I called up Evan Wilcox. Toiling away in the damp upper reaches of the California coast, Evan's been hand-making exquisite motorcycle tanks since 1992.
Here's a preview:
Skidmarks: Tanks for the Memories
Close your eyes and imagine your favorite motorcycle.
Is it a Norton Manx? A fine choice, sir or madam. That was my pick as well. But props to you if you picked a Moto Guzzi V7 Sport, BMW R75/5, Ducati 750 Sport, Honda Hawk 650, Britten V1000, Ducati Sport Classic, BSA Gold Star and to avoid being dragged from my home and beaten by a crazed, torch-wielding mob, the Ducati 916. And of course, and number of other iconic bikes you may yourself have owned when you had more hair and less belly fat.
What's the common thread of these motorcycles? They're elegantly simple, with little or no bodywork-- two wheels, a motor and a gas tank. Everything else is as minimal, only as much equipage as you need to make the bike rideable.
But so long as it uses gasoline to move on its own, it'll need a gas tank, with enough capacity to win a race or put a smile on your grille on a Sunday morning. And I don't care how good the rest of the bike is, ain't nobody gonna buy it if the tank looks like crap. That's because it's dead center, right in the middle of the motorcycle. Your eye goes right too it, and if you've ridden a motorcycle, you know what looks right. It can't be too big, it can't be too small. It can't hinder your ability to ride the motorcycle, and it has to carry enough fuel for your mission. Within those parameters, there's a lot of variety, so what's the best-looking one?
I've been thinking about this a lot lately, but I needed some backup to sound authoritative enough to get you to read 1200 words of my column, so I called up Evan Wilcox. Toiling away in the damp upper reaches of the California coast, Evan's been hand-making exquisite motorcycle tanks since 1992.
matty
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You know you have like 2 gallons of gas left when that light comes on, or at least mine did.
And I see the Buell and raise the Pierce
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You know you have like 2 gallons of gas left when that light comes on, or at least mine did.
And I see the Buell and raise the Pierce
IIRC, that Pierce's frame was welded aluminum
the one I saw at the Las Vegas Guggenheim exhibition was quite MTB-like
