SteveK
Steve
Hey Everyone,
I had asked about this a few weeks back and scoured the boards to find a few unfinished threads about the topic of mounting other tanks to the xs, especially the RD400.
Well, I bit the bullet last week and ordered an eBay special... a 76 RD400 tank (with a few dings in it and barely any rust inside) for $50.
It got here this weekend and today I decided to start the mounting process. I cut off the stock mounts on the RD since my year has the single bolt mount. I found out the RD is too a bit too narrow in the back to fit around the frame anyway, so the mounts had to go either way.
After spending an hour or so hammering away at the underside of the tank, I was able to hollow out it out enough to fit over our three rails (which are just a tad wider than the RD400's) with plenty of room for the coils. The RD tank mounts the same as the XS with the two rubber bushings in front so it slid right in. I bent the tubes on the underside of the tank and they fit fine, I'll be able to connect them with a tube... which I was happy about bc I didn't want to cut them off and plug them up.
All I have to do now is weld a mount on the back of the tank and relocate the mount on my frame and it'll be good to go.
I also took the liberty to hammer out the knee dents a little more since they were banged up anyway... I'm going to use Skillzman's wonderful write up to help me get some bondo on the dents and smooth everything out.
Here are some pics, they are really crappy because it was already dark here and I had to work in my shed bc of rain... I also happened to bash the s*** out of my finger and opted to glue it together rather than go get stitches. Better, more detailed pics to come.
I had asked about this a few weeks back and scoured the boards to find a few unfinished threads about the topic of mounting other tanks to the xs, especially the RD400.
Well, I bit the bullet last week and ordered an eBay special... a 76 RD400 tank (with a few dings in it and barely any rust inside) for $50.
It got here this weekend and today I decided to start the mounting process. I cut off the stock mounts on the RD since my year has the single bolt mount. I found out the RD is too a bit too narrow in the back to fit around the frame anyway, so the mounts had to go either way.
After spending an hour or so hammering away at the underside of the tank, I was able to hollow out it out enough to fit over our three rails (which are just a tad wider than the RD400's) with plenty of room for the coils. The RD tank mounts the same as the XS with the two rubber bushings in front so it slid right in. I bent the tubes on the underside of the tank and they fit fine, I'll be able to connect them with a tube... which I was happy about bc I didn't want to cut them off and plug them up.
All I have to do now is weld a mount on the back of the tank and relocate the mount on my frame and it'll be good to go.
I also took the liberty to hammer out the knee dents a little more since they were banged up anyway... I'm going to use Skillzman's wonderful write up to help me get some bondo on the dents and smooth everything out.
Here are some pics, they are really crappy because it was already dark here and I had to work in my shed bc of rain... I also happened to bash the s*** out of my finger and opted to glue it together rather than go get stitches. Better, more detailed pics to come.
