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Owenski 03-12-10 01:58 PM
Re: Where is the fuel? Lifted fuel tank.
 
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Originally Posted by yorkie_chris (Post 2434229)
Only on curvy



Lots of other bikes are fine without one, dunno why they bothered overcomplicating things... like rest of pointy design I suppose...
booooooooooo

wyrdness 03-12-10 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Owenski (Post 2433687)
Did it look anything like this?

Describe from this pic whats different about yours.
http://www.suzukisv1000.com/images/f...lters/K&N1.jpg
A pointy SV tank holds about 17 litres. Think of how big a 2 litre coke bottle is. So a tank has to be more than 8 times the size of one of those. Plus it needs to curve around the air box. I can never understand how all that fuel fits in there either. It's definitely some kind of magic :D

Teejayexc 03-12-10 02:29 PM
Re: Where is the fuel? Lifted fuel tank.
 
Now this thread has got me worried.


My bike has not got a 'tank bag' I have seen atop many a bike, now I'm assuming this is for the reserve fuel supply.

Should one have been supplied when I purchased the bike?, just need some clarification before I ring who I bought it from to complain.

davepreston 03-12-10 03:23 PM
Re: Where is the fuel? Lifted fuel tank.
 
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Originally Posted by Teejayexc (Post 2434271)
Now this thread has got me worried.


My bike has not got a 'tank bag' I have seen atop many a bike, now I'm assuming this is for the reserve fuel supply.

Should one have been supplied when I purchased the bike?, just need some clarification before I ring who I bought it from to complain.
mint roflmao

Sid Squid 03-12-10 03:30 PM
Re: Where is the fuel? Lifted fuel tank.
 
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Originally Posted by Teejayexc (Post 2434271)
My bike has not got a 'tank bag' I have seen atop many a bike, now I'm assuming this is for the reserve fuel supply.
Get this one: Click me.

You can have 21 or 32 litres fuel reserve if you expand it with the zip. And it's got pockets in the side too, one for oil and one for coolant.

Holdup 03-12-10 03:57 PM
Re: Where is the fuel? Lifted fuel tank.
 
:smt043

andreis 03-12-10 04:27 PM
Re: Where is the fuel? Lifted fuel tank.
 
I'm not sure whether to be very sad that people can say such things, or very glad that they will not inhabit this planet for very long...

On a comic twist side, WWII British planes were far superior in terms of amount of bullets they could survive to their German counterparts specifically because they had an internal fuel bag (internal to the tank, that is). This separated the air from the fuel inside and would thus prevent any fuel vapors from forming. This would, in term, prevent the fuel to ignite when the tank would be hit by bullets. The German planes were not endowed with such a design and thus would allow fuel to ignite very easily when bullets struck. This caused an over-proportionate amount of casualties among German Luftwaffe and would eventually help the brits in gaining air superiority.

I would thus consider a "fuel bag" a thing of interest..

andreis 03-12-10 04:29 PM
Re: Where is the fuel? Lifted fuel tank.
 
Hope this post does not determine some to look inside the boeings they're being flown with to check for the presence of a "fuel bag"...

Owenski 03-12-10 04:29 PM
Re: Where is the fuel? Lifted fuel tank.
 
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Originally Posted by andreis (Post 2434326)
I'm not sure whether to be very sad that people can say such things, or very glad that they will not inhabit this planet for very long...

On a comic twist side, WWII British planes were far superior in terms of amount of bullets they could survive to their German counterparts specifically because they had an internal fuel bag (internal to the tank, that is). This separated the air from the fuel inside and would thus prevent any fuel vapors from forming. This would, in term, prevent the fuel to ignite when the tank would be hit by bullets. The German planes were not endowed with such a design and thus would allow fuel to ignite very easily when bullets struck. This caused an over-proportionate amount of casualties among German Luftwaffe and would eventually help the brits in gaining air superiority.

I would thus consider a "fuel bag" a thing of interest..
Its just a shame our planes had a habbit of blowing teh engine block coating the whole things in burning oil.

andreis 03-12-10 04:36 PM
Re: Where is the fuel? Lifted fuel tank.
 
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Originally Posted by Owenski (Post 2434329)
Its just a shame our planes had a habbit of blowing teh engine block coating the whole things in burning oil.
Meh, didn't know about that part... Guess they had to carry an extra bottle of castrol than... Ok, I'll stop trying to look knowledgeable :)


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