Building A Custom Motorcycle Gas Tank

Hand made custom gas tank.

Building a custom motorcycle gas tank. This sportster gas tank shell is a great start to a custom gas tank fabrication project. Ron covell 153 915 views. Don t waste your time cutting up an old harley sportster tank. Cross over under pinion is 3 8 tubing with an 6 tube nuts and feed to pump is 8 an.

We really liked the looks of the early 50s hummer tank with its fuel cap and adjacent switch housing but really didn t care for the rest of the shape of the tank. Hand made custom gas tank jesse james west coast choppers. How to build a gas tank from scratch save money and replace that rusty tank. First published in hot bike magazine ron covell 2005.

Filler is a flush harley cap. Building an aluminum fuel gas tank cell. A diy look at welding an aluminum gas tank with baffles fuel cell contributed by. I have an affinity for old barn find type vehicles and i live for bringing them back from the dead.

This tank was actually the mating of an old harley davidson hummer gas tank and the paughco king sporty shell. Industry pro ron covell discusses the design and fabrication of a custom gas tank for a new bike from crime scene choppers. Making motorcycle gas tanks print article august 1 2007. The rcc shop building an alloy cafe racer tank by hand duration.

Over the passed few years i ve been shopping for a swap meet truck that i could use to buy or sell out of at the local swap meets. This is the same size as the stock sportster shells of the 90s and early 2000 models. I just made my tank out of 0 090 aluminum with a tunnel for the drive shaft with a sump on each side. There are 2 baffles and a box for the vent tube because i could only make the vent 1 higher then the tank.