Interstate fuel cell on a standard how does it look ?

[Whipitnow]

     thanks for any pictures or replies.

[98valk]

like what Honda should have installed in the first place.

[John Schmidt]

How about an I/S tank on a Tourer? See below.

[BonS]

I/S tank on a standard.

[Skinhead]

I/S tank on a standard.

Nice!

[R J]

There is a guy in California, that had his STD tank split and a piece added in to widen it and hold like 8 or 9 gallon.   

It was a Red/White.

I know his name but my old memory has done screwed up like the disk drive I have at the Geek Squad in KY trying to recover it.      They have had it for 3 months now.      I called them about a week ago for a status.       They told me they had recovered everything except 1 folder.    Guess what it was, WORD.

Told them to get what they could and screw the rest of it.      Supposedly my new drive with this data on it, will be back in town about Wednesday.

[Colin]

There is a guy in California, that had his STD tank split and a piece added in to widen it and hold like 8 or 9 gallon.   

If you are interested in this ask on the UK board SteveB over there has done this for several UK Valks. IIRC it is a challenge doing the welding due to the very thin metal of the tank. There may well be some photos of his Black bike with one on I don't think he has one on his blower Valk.

[Black Dog]

Here's my '97 Standard with an Interstate Tank...



From the top...



Black Dog

[BF]

Don't get me started on the unfinished Valk crap, some people get their feelings ruffeld a little when you insult their bike.

    Does it look better than stock I.Y.O ?, it just seems like the stock tank looks to small when you look at the bike from certain angles?

The fuel capacity not withstanding, the tank on the Valk is pretty huge.  Have you seen a Harley tank?  Those are tiny compared to a Valk's tank. 

[Ricky-D]

In reply, the Harley's have pretty large capacity tank also, larger that the Valkyrie Standard and Tourer, topping out at 6 gallons.

It's all in the shape and there is a lot of design work in getting tanks just right so they don't look giant.

Paint schemes also help to make a tank look (appear) smaller than they actually are. Naturally if you have a solid color bike (tank) there is no way to hide the shape but in the black and red Interstate (for instance) Honda does an excellent job of tricking the eye.

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[silver337]

Heres a picture of my tank being expanded

[longrider]

    thanks for any pictures or replies.
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Here is my tourer.  Looks better with the I/S tank

Warren

[MP]

I put an IS tank on my 97 std.  Painted it to match.

I really LOVE the extended range.  I had gone on reserve as low as 74 miles a few times.  I like the look also.  The Valk is a big bike, and the larger tank looks very good, IMHO.

Do not let worries about looks stop you.  Price may!  LOL   

MP

[Madmike]

like what Honda should have installed in the first place.

.......yup........

[Farther]

It would have been nice, at the time of the Interstate introduction, to put the IS tank, ICM, carb springs and shock on the Standard & Tourer too.

[BF]

Heres a picture of my tank being expanded

Holy moly that's gonna be a big tank.  I'd probably get hip pain spreading my legs that wide.    

About how many gallons is that gonna hold. 

Would love to see more build pics....as well as after with it mounted on the bike.   

[silver337]

It's out being painted right now. When it's done I'll post pics from the start to finish and on the bike. I also put an IS fairing on her and redid the dash, 4 degree triple trees and other mods. It's a Tourstate.

[JimC]

BF
Who ever welds (or welded)  that tank must be a master craftsman, those tanks are pretty thin metal.

Jim

[O-B-1]

http://rmworksinc.com/Information.html

I am considering one of these in the future. I am not far from Moses Lake, WA. Maybe have the manufacturer install it for me, also.

[James III]

  Silver337 , really like the tank widening and agree with JimC and BF's comments. Finding a craftsman that has the cutting, mig/tig skills is a treasure. I had heard someone in florida was doing the widening a few years back but nothing of late. Hope to see your final pics and write up! ( and any other info) before I install a Coyote aux tank for my planned Insane trip in July......really want more nonstop range within reason.
Thanks

[YoungPUP]

Silver337 How much was added to each side?  And short of filling it at the gas station is anyone here smart enough to figure out how much it'll hold?

[silver337]

Added 4" to the front on each side and 2" to the backeach side, According to everything I have read it should hold between 8.5 and 9 gal. By far not the cheapest way to go or the easiest. But it will be easy to recognize mine.

[fordmano]

http://rmworksinc.com/Information.html

I am considering one of these in the future. I am not far from Moses Lake, WA. Maybe have the manufacturer install it for me, also.

  A very nice way to add 3 gallons of fuel with other benifits, like having a fuel pump that shuts off when the ignition is not in the run position so no chance of Hydrolock also inline fuel filters... Also helps to lower your overall center of gravity by having your fuel supplied from down low instead of just from the top in gravity feed style.

Man I should be getting a kickback for as often I am trying to sell these belly tanks since I installed mine....

[MP]

I wish I could use the belly tank on my sidecar rig!  But, the mounting bars for the sidecar go right where the tank goes, so no go.

MP

[tonyfan70]

I must not really understand welding. Lots of you have said how the metal is quite thin and hard to weld yet when I wanted a dent removed from my Magna's tank, I was told the metal is too thick for PDR.
Must be a very thin line between too thin and too thick.  Just my luck.

[MP]

  That BT is pricey.

About 1/2 the cost of an IS tank!

MP

[jmann]

Silver337, how much is it costing to get your tank expanded? I like the idea of the extra capacity. Curious to see what it looks like installed on your bike.

[RP#62]

I must not really understand welding. Lots of you have said how the metal is quite thin and hard to weld yet when I wanted a dent removed from my Magna's tank, I was told the metal is too thick for PDR.
Must be a very thin line between too thin and too thick.  Just my luck.

I think that statement has more to do with a limit of skill than a limit of equipment.  On one of the welding boards I visit there are routinely posts about guys welding razor blades together for practice on thin metal.

-RP

[Red Diamond]

It's not the metal, it's the machine, the type of rod or wire being used, the temperature setting and the skill of the person doing the welding. All types of and thicknesses of metal are welded.