Fuel Tanks

[funky]

Hi all hope your well

Quick question to all you wise Chaps I have been restoring a XS650 mid 70s fuel tank with twin petcocks
is the XS fuel tanks the same as a SR fuel tank and is the any other model of yamaha that has the same Tank
All the best
Funky

 

[gggGary]

What's going on here funky? pic three is a different (not XS650) tank! No other Yamaha model has an exact fit tank and vice versa

 

[funky]

pic3 is the same tank upsidedown gggGary ??? tell me what your seeing

 

[gggGary]

My bad, the petcock area looked more angled than what I was expecting to see, maybe the lighting angle. But I checked and confirmed, exactly like my special tank.

 

[funky]

Oh I see... the tank on my bike is a single petcock like the one in your pic... i got the one i have restored as you can see it's a mid 70s twin petcock ..going to move it on probably stick on fleebay just a little Funky project to stem the lonely winter days away lol

 

[funky]

Well back to my original question the SR500 tank looks almost the same ...I just wondered if the were

 

[650Skull]

Look to be completely different.........Has cups instead of caps up front...........petcock is way more forward and may snag on the engine..........

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-YAMAH...ETROL-RESERVOIR-2J2-24110-01-08-/362423005459
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Used-OEM-78-80-Yamaha-SR500-Gas-Fuel-Petrol-Tank-/273731997359
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1981-81-Yamaha-SR500-SR-500-Fuel-Tank-Gas-Petrol-S000911-7A-/142715357191

Sorry a bit lazy today.......can't be bothered to download and post the pics.........

 

[funky]

Thanks for reply I thought they would be different this is why i aked
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GAS-FUEL...997145?hash=item58883faf99:g:bTsAAOxy7q1RZCtR

 

[650Skull]

Can't believe people expect to sell something like that..........Well i do believe they do but.............

The only thing that could be of some use is the tunnel, (if the rust hasn't got it),........they have been fused onto the XS750 triple tanks increasing the fuel size from 17 1/2 liters to 22 liters.....Wounded about the XS850 tank and figure it would go from 22 Liters to about 27-28 liters.........Standard tanks........

 

[funky]

It a shame that the tank's that are for sale in the USA are a great price but the duty placed on US by the UK on imports from the US plus postage makes it very expensive ... otherwise i would buy a few to restore