gas tank on rear rack..

lilffihn · #1 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 11:19 PM

hey there has anyone ever put their stock gas tank onto a rear rack...my tank sometimes interferes with my brake cable and i thought of this idea...has anyone done it???

**2door** · #2 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 11:25 PM

I don't have any links to pictures handy but I've seen several bikes with rack mount tanks. They look sort of odd but as long at the petcock is higher than the carburetor the fuel will flow just fine. Several of our sponsors sell rack mount tanks especially designed for that type of application. Check here> ENGINE_KIT_PARTS_PAGE_5
Good luck.
Tom

tyrslider · #3 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 11:34 PM

2nd that motion:; 've seen both stock kit tank and mnfcd rack mt tanks on racks. Be aware that if you mt your stock tank w/ petcock forward you could run out of gas sooner do to hills or "foward/rearward" situation i.e. you go forward, gas goes rearward.

cajunmike · #4 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 11:39 PM

Yea I put mine in the back used a back rack seat post clamp and a piece of conduit and clamped it to that tucked up under close to seat it slipped with just one bolt holding so I took two pipe clamps put them together and clamped them under seat kind of hidden away. That held, looks good.

lilffihn · #5 (**permalink**) 11-06-2009, 04:38 PM

wow good idea can you post any pics...tyrslider r u saying that when i go up a hill or go fast the gas will move to the back and it wont be able to go into the tube going to the carb?????could i just mount it tilted so the gas would go to the tube no matter what???

tyrslider · #6 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 12:24 AM

Pretty much, probably only the last few oz's. I just mean that although the tidiest way to mount a stock tank on the rack is w/ the fuel tap fwd if you cut your fuel line a little longer and mt the tap rearward you'll catch every last drop.

bseelbach · #7 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 12:47 AM

Here's pics of two builds I did.
The first one (grey diamondback) is mine using a rear mount flat tank from Dax.
The second is a build for my father in law using a standard tank on the rear rack.
I prefer the tank in back just to get it out of the way.

bairdco · #8 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 12:49 AM

i'd like to mount my stock tank in the trash, but i don't have a custom one built yet.

lilffihn · #9 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by bseelbach

Here's pics of two builds I did.
The first one (grey diamondback) is mine using a rear mount flat tank from Dax.
The second is a build for my father in law using a standard tank on the rear rack.
I prefer the tank in back just to get it out of the way.

wow thats pretty sweet...did the tank tubeing that came with it fit that much and do u lose any gas or anything?????and how did u mount it did u use the bolts its comes with on the tank???

fall_down_stand_up · #10 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by lilffihn

wow thats pretty sweet...did the tank tubeing that came with it fit that much and do u lose any gas or anything?????and how did u mount it did u use the bolts its comes with on the tank???

I have done it to make my bike look less like a motorcycle....I bought a schwinn seat post mount rack from walmart,drilled 4 holes(one for each of the bolts on the tank and then covered it with a old backpack and bungie cords to hold the backpack over the tank....Later I moved it back to the front....
John-John