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nelson pk wrote:I agree with corrado. Most people want a bigger tank but want to keep the toolbox. There should be more mid range ones available.
There seems to be a good market for these.

But there is one, the Stainless Steel Products one. Its a quality bit of kit and comes with cut outs if your running a kit. for my money they stack up against the Diablo ones. I do agree he is missing a trick though by not making a 13 litre one.

This point has been mentioned to him before but i guess he has his reasons for not making them.

I've got one of Al's tanks with a cutout at the front for tools or a battery. OK, it's not as big as a toolbox but I can get a fistful of basic tools and a 250ml oil pot in. Job's a goodun

sydduckett wrote:

nelson pk wrote:I agree with corrado. Most people want a bigger tank but want to keep the toolbox. There should be more mid range ones available.
There seems to be a good market for these.

But there is one, the Stainless Steel Products one. Its a quality bit of kit and comes with cut outs if your running a kit. for my money they stack up against the Diablo ones. I do agree he is missing a trick though by not making a 13 litre one.

This point has been mentioned to him before but i guess he has his reasons for not making them.

SSP stuff looks good quality but most people don't trust stainless steel or like me who don't like anything shiney that doesn't need to be.

corrado wrote:

sydduckett wrote:

nelson pk wrote:I agree with corrado. Most people want a bigger tank but want to keep the toolbox. There should be more mid range ones available.
There seems to be a good market for these.

But there is one, the Stainless Steel Products one. Its a quality bit of kit and comes with cut outs if your running a kit. for my money they stack up against the Diablo ones. I do agree he is missing a trick though by not making a 13 litre one.

This point has been mentioned to him before but i guess he has his reasons for not making them.

SSP stuff looks good quality but most people don't trust stainless steel or like me who don't like anything shiney that doesn't need to be.

Fitted a tank mentioned on hear some time ago it leaked from day one, sent it back had it re welded all ok for a while and guess what ?yes it leaked again :wtf:

Remember people all that glitters is not gold ,making my own now

Dean

From my limited (very) knowledge of metallurgy, I'd always go with a mild steel tank. I've seen too many posts on scooter forums over the years of s/steel cracking to even think about putting petrol in a stainless steel tank.

I've seen one of Velocity Scooters' aluminium tanks close up and the welding looks very neat. Is aluminium a better option than stainless steel for shiney lovers??

storkfoot wrote:
I've seen one of Velocity Scooters' aluminium tanks close up and the welding looks very neat. Is aluminium a better option than stainless steel for shiney lovers??

Not in my experience. Aluminium is also liable to crack/split on the seems. Possibly depends on the gauge. Mild steel for me.

i recently fitted one of the Saigon Scooter Centre tanks - no major problems

Placed it without rubbers for a dry run to see what the clearance was like - could see it was going to be tight at the tap so I reduced the thickness of the back outrigger rubbers and the ones on the tank seam to allow the tank to fit a bit further back - job done