Best-Looking Tank in Motorcycling?

[NB0tt]

Fire extinguisher tank on a Honda Hobbit.

 

[ScottRNelson]

Your eye goes right too it, and if you've ridden a motorcycle, you know what looks right.

And you call yourself a journalist.

I know, proofreading is tough. Looks like it will be a good article.

 

[redtail]

Fire extinguisher tank on a Honda Hobbit.

FTW

 

[EastBayDave]

sure like the 14' ZRX1200 DAEG (Japan market):

 

[rojocorsa]

See avatar.

 

[greggargubby]

I realize nobody would agree with me (for good reason), but this tank is exactly what got me into motorcycling and is thus the best to me.

That said, my Vision ate stators like they were Skittles. God I loved and hated that damn thing.

 

[firstbuell]

back in the day, we 500cc "enthusiasts" absolutely ragged on youse Vision guys -

bizarro styling [compared to a 550 Seca]
shopping cart F axle location
odd wheels
etc., etc.

 

[greggargubby]

back in the day, we 500cc "enthusiasts" absolutely ragged on youse Vision guys -

bizarro styling [compared to a 550 Seca]
shopping cart F axle location
odd wheels
etc., etc.

Oh, it was a heap of shite. The thing couldn't turn right to save its life. But it's not my fault; it was my first bike and I was a clueless kid with no mentor. I loved that thing when it would charge the battery. I wanted to murder it when it wouldn't. :|

 

[firstbuell]

Oh, it was a heap of shite. The thing couldn't turn right to save its life. But it's not my fault; it was my first bike and I was a clueless kid with no mentor. I loved that thing when it would charge the battery. I wanted to murder it when it wouldn't. :|

well despite all its issues, I definitely remember a Vision running in AMA Superbike.....

 

[CurveSurfer]

Five pages and nobody offers up the Ducati jelly mold?

 

[greggargubby]

well despite all its issues, I definitely remember a Vision running in AMA Superbike.....

Wut? That's kinda like playing laser tag with a SWAT team.

 

[bergmen]

Dan

 

[mrzuzzo]

 

[DReg350]

These are the two that caused the spark to happen in me...

 

[firstbuell]

I liked the Factory Yamaha MXers with the leather straps to hold on the tank

also, check out the trellis frame on that 50-year old [!] CR110 DOHC 50cc

 

[inthewoods]

Not quite a trellis frame but close.

 

[bergmen]

I liked the Factory Yamaha MXers with the leather straps to hold on the tank

also, check out the trellis frame on that 50-year old [!] CR110 DOHC 50cc

Worked well when I raced that very CR110 at Cotati back in 1971 (taking 2nd place):



The picture you see was taken in 2011 (40 years later) after a complete restoration by an expert in that series of Honda racing motorcycles.

Dan

 

[Stormdragon]

I think half you guys are talking paint, instead of tank.

 

[Stroker Ace]

Benelli Tornado Tre

I would not want to jam on the brakes with a tank like that under any circumcision. I mean circumstances. Jeez...

 

[DReg350]

I think half you guys are talking paint, instead of tank.

Guilty, except for the CZ. Cause marketing.