Gas Tank

[uber_motos]

Here’s a guy making them in the US:

http://www.benjiescaferacer.com/carbongas.html

I think he’s located in New Jersey…

[Werksberg]

Not neccessary…

A fellow I meet last week told me he saw a guy on a motorcycle on Beach Blvd. near Knott’s Berry farm (So. Calif. area) that had both a roll cage on top of the bike and seat belt too!:eek:

I have got to keep my camera phone handy to get that sight!

[evanc]

Thanks for the links, I may send an email to see what they use to prevent mentioned issues. My initial idea was to use ver and make a 2 peice mold (top and bottom) and then mate the two peices together. What sort of lining would be recommended?

[Fastrr]

A carbon tank would be so cool, there are places you can go to have a rubber membrane sprayed onto the inside of any tank, I looked into this as a solution for a leaking tank of mine once. This would give a good amount of protection form any leaking due to laying the bike etc…

Definately would be cool:cool: I ride a CBR900RR and thought about the same thing. But the guys are right, it’s not safe for street use i guess. What about overlaying a steel oem gas tank? I’m not a big fan of how carbon fiber looks, if I do use it it’s mainly for the physical properties, but I know in the USA many people like the cf look. I say paint it! LOL.

[20_rc51_00]

Definately would be cool:cool: I ride a CBR900RR and thought about the same thing. But the guys are right, it’s not safe for street use i guess. What about overlaying a steel oem gas tank? I’m not a big fan of how carbon fiber looks, if I do use it it’s mainly for the physical properties, but I know in the USA many people like the cf look. I say paint it! LOL.

I have the RC51 and would love to have a carbon tank for it!

here is a compay that makes carbon bike tanks, ( I think they are canadian out of BC) http://www.oppracing.com/products.php?action=show_images&id=56 but I don’t think they use a membrane for inside the tank…

Here is another crob tank, not the conventional tank locatio (it’s a race bike) but it’s protected where it’s located and it made of carbon… the traditional tank on it is just a “dummy tank” you can find more ifo at http://www.honda-rc51.de/

[Fastrr]

Thanks 20_RC51_00 awesome bike and website from OPP. I never heard about them before. That’s the same type of work I would love to get into… fabing composite body work for bikes. I’ll stay away from fuel tanks… just because like the others said it could be a liability factor if it is for someone elses bike. But I’m certainly not saying what you should do or not do.

On the OPP website they have a photo of a CBR900RR 96-97 solo tail cowl… that thing looks very thin. Is this typical thickness for fiberglass body parts? It looks like it’s only .040-.050 inch thick.

[system]

Contrary to popular belief thick/heavy parts are not neccessarily also strong parts.

GRP for bikes is often very thin, and this results in reduced weight, and the part being more flexible.

Also a major consideration in regard to bike parts, is the fact that they must fit the bike closely, and this is difficult to achieve if you make the part thick.