I just put a stock steel XT225 tank on my TDub, it went on pretty easy, looks good and gives me another half gallon of gas. 2.3 gallons ain't a lot, but it sure makes me feel better. I can't post pictures, but if someone can do it for me I'll e mail them to you.
According to the manual the TW tank holds 1.8 gal. including a .45 gallon reserve.
The XT225 tank holds 2.3 gal including a .53 gallon reserve. So I get more in the tank and a larger reserve, it's not a lot but it sure will be nice to have out there on the back roads.
I didn't do anything to the seat to get it to fit, just flexed it back on. I did trim the plastic on the left side to get to the petcock. The posts on the frame, that hold the front rubber puck tank mounts, needed 1/4 inch cut off on each side and I trimmed the stock pucks to be 1/4" thinner on each side. Other than that it bolted right up.
I posted on the ADV board flea market that I wanted one, bought two the next day, one for me and one for a friend. There may be more out there, I see them on Ebay too.
so after seeing your great results i took the same plunge! it was a bit scary cutting away part of the puck mounting brackets, but i figured what the heck. i used a hacksaw, and it was really easy, taking about a hour total.
I welded the rack up in my shed. It's 11" front to back and 11" wide, made from scrounged material. PM your address and I'll send you some good pictures, It's pretty simple to do.
11 liters... hmmm... multiply by .26 and lets see... carry the one, nope wait... and this should be easy... 26 and 260 is... .. that's ... HATE MATH... got it.. more than the TW tank...
Anyone have any details on the install? I just got a xt225 tank but I am not sure if I need to use hockey pucks like in the pined instructions for the clark tank or if I need to just trim the stock tank posts and pucks. Any insight would be great. Thanks.
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