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leigh · Senior Member

Fitting a XR650 Tank

pricey · Senior Member

leigh wrote:
That's one nice looking TTR Pricey.

Cheers Leigh wink

katana · Senior Member

XR650L white tank

pug · Guru

Think I'm right in saying No not if its acerbis tank you cant see Fuel level in the white tank even in the sun light even in midsummer in the sun uk. But it should have two fuel taps one each side with reserve on each There is an US tank maker of long range fuel tanks think it's clark an they put a clear window in the tanks any colour so you can see it

-- Edited by pug on Friday 27th of October 2017 03:30:14 PM

katana · Senior Member

Thanks man. It seems to confirm what a web search found. Our currency has tanked and I think buying now is a good idea. I really want a natural one though...

katana · Senior Member

I have now bought a white Clark tank. Still waiting for it to arrive. Please tell me their white tanks are see through...

ttr steve · Super Guru

Which tank did you buy? can you post a link and let us know how you got it to fit.

Cheers

Steve

katana · Senior Member

I will hopefully receive it tomorrow. I asked the seller to check the capacity with water and he recons 18l. That will be a 4.7 gallon tank then. The only other confirmed is that it says XR600/650L.

leigh · Senior Member

Bigger tank for your TTR?

ttr steve · Super Guru

Hi Leigh

Thanks for posting, that is great smile If the Zen kit fits, then our totallyttrs one should too smile smile smile As the mounting holes on the tank are the same.

25ltr

Sponger · Veteran Member

A larger tank has just popped up on eBay for a raid, includes the seat too. Hopefully the link will work....

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F302658626779

if not, the item number is 302658626779

P.S. It’s not me selling lol

-- Edited by Sponger on Friday 9th of March 2018 06:20:24 PM

ttr steve · Super Guru

Do you think it is Simon, who wants a blue tank and seat??

leigh · Senior Member

For what it’s worth you don’t have to make brackets to move your indicators for the blue bikes you can get away with doing this instead....

Benoit727 · Member

Kia ora all,

Has anyone had any experience with an acerbis tank cracking? I'm not talking about in an unintentional dismount, I mean with age or something.
I got a 2nd hand xr acerbis tank and fitted it with the adapters from totally ttr. After a few weeks (not riding it much, need to use other bike for work) I noticed a strong fuel smell, then noticed pink residue on thee tank. I took the tank off and there are tiny cracks all over the part where the tank meets the frame where fuel leaks out. I can't find any mention of this sort of thing with a Google search.
Any ideas?

Cheers,

dlee22 · Senior Member

Sorry to hear that ! No I haven't heard of that before, very stramge!

ttr steve · Super Guru

First time I have heard of a problem, was the tank very old?

Benoit727 · Member

Not sure how old it was, was a bit yellow rather than white and the pet****s were a bit buggered so I'm guessing fairly old.

ttboof · Super Guru

Haven't heard of it before. Just a though maybe been dry for a long time

TTRfan · Super Guru

Alternative fuel gas petrol tanks for the TTR250

TerryK · Super Guru

The 1st XR200 had a steel tank ( twin shock unit) but I thought they were more like the XL250S tanks

My mate has had a XR200RD from new, plastic tank

engineer1949 · Veteran Member

RE: Bigger tank for your TTR?

TTRfan · Super Guru

Just seen some photos of XR250 tanks fitted - see below.

Would need some front support brackets making. Fits well to seat apparently. Only issue mentioned is that the XR fuel tap may hit the throttle on the carb.

XR250 tank 1.jpg

XR250 tank 2.jpg

XR250 tank 3.jpg

Forgorin · Senior Member

Alternative and/or bigger fuel tank options for the TTR250

Regal1 · Newbie

Hello. I have A 2002 Ttr250 in the USA. My tank has cracked so I ordered an Acerbis xr650 22l tank and I am looking for tank mounting brackets. The website here is out of stock and I’ve received no reply from the email I sent on the contact page. Does anyone know of a USA supplier of brackets or where I can buy drawings to cut my own?

ttr steve · Super Guru

I have emailed a reply and also sent a response to your private message.

Cheers

Steve

Madaluap · Member

How did you go with installing your tank? Where did you order yours?

Thanks

Regal1 · Newbie

It went very easy. I ordered from eBay Acerbis 5.8 gallon tank for Honda XR650L 93-96 and made my own brackets from some sheet aluminum I had. Turned out great and easier than I expected.

Madaluap · Member

Thanks for that. I found a xr650l tank on Amazon US which had different numbers to the euro sites but have since seen pics of the packaging with both sets of numbers. So hoping problem solved. In the meantime I tried repairing the crack in my old tank with dynagrip putty. Pretty ugly but hoping with some stickers I can cover it up for the Roadworthy certificate I need to get until I get the new tank. Another question, does the tank make it harder to get to the ignition?

Regal1 · Newbie

If by ignition you mean spark plug, it does make it harder, but you can still get to it. The key is still in the open.

bkttr250 · Newbie

alternative melat fuel tank for ttr open enduro 1993/1994

Madaluap · Member

RE: Alternative and/or bigger fuel tank options for the TTR250

Madaluap · Member

Madaluap wrote:
bkttr250 wrote:
Hi to everybody,
I have an open enduro ttr 250 which needs the fuel tank to be replaced. No fuel tank available and I was wondering if it could fit a honda xr 250 1994 fuel tank that I have found and which are the modifications needed. Or any othe option but not a plastic fuel tank. Thank you in advance.
I've just recieved my tank fittings from Totally ttrs and picking up an Acerbis xr250/400 tank this week. Apparently, or so I've been told, the only differences between the the xr 250/400, 600 and 650l acerbis tanks are the fittings that come with them. Check out Totally TTRs website, has a YouTube vid and other instructions

Sorry, ignore , just read no plastic

ttr steve · Super Guru

Good to know, some pictures when fitted would be appreciated smile

Madaluap · Member

Sure will

Madaluap · Member

ttr steve wrote:
Good to know, some pictures when fitted would be appreciated

Hi all, tank fitted today using Totally ttr kit. Thanks Steve. Took 2 of us a couple of hours. We found it easier to loosely bolt the strap for the rear of the tank to the frame first then spin it out of the way then install the tank. Otherwise, just followed Steve's instructions on the vid and voila. Only moment of panic was a few minutes after starting it up, petrol started gushing out of the bottom of the carburettor. After a few choice words and some phone calls, a gentle tap with a hammer fixed it. Taken for a 30km ride and whilst I never had a chance to ride it much with the original tank as it split as soon as I got it home so can't compare the differences, it felt comfortable, not obtrusive. Like a lot of others have said, the indicators needed moving forward and up. Will eventually make a bracket but for the time being, we just took out one of the bolts and rotated them up. Only other thing to add, is that the mounting from Totally ttr stipulates the xr650l tank, but I bought the xr250/400 version. From what I can tell, they're all the same tanks but just come with different mounting kits from Acerbis. You can actually see the various model numbers on the different mounting holes on the tank. Thanks to everyone for their tips. Just need to book in my rwc (mot) Final point, I tried repairing the split in my original tank with Dynagrip, held for a couple of days but then we had one hot day and it just came off. Not flexible enough to handle tank expansion

ttr steve · Super Guru

Good news, thanks for the photos and update smile

Madaluap · Member

Hi all. Is it possible to mount a tank bag with the acerbis tank? The angle of where the seat meets the tank makes me think no but hope to be proved wrong.
Cheers