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What are the plans for mounting on the truck? Standard hitch mounted rack or something else up your sleeve?
Looking good Don. That setup for the carrier works good. I made one just like that about 20 years ago. Front had a rake to hold the front tire, rear did the same but also folded down for loading. I still found I needed a brace in the center for driving around though. Was on my 77 Jimmy lifted 6 inches with 36 inch Mickeys.
Order the color you want for that part. Trick is from what I have read i to paint and decal before you put gas in it. You need to use the porus decals.I have a black tank,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are. Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!
Why not run a larger tank and have the fuel cans anyway. No such thing as TOO much fuel, and if all else fails you can leave them attached to D2 if you won't need them. Besides you never know if you are going to lean too much into a turn and dump it and puncture the regular tank (it's happened before).
I agree, go with the big tank to start with.
Well, it's a bit more complicated than all thatFirst the big tank can not be painted or covered with the vinyl decal because after about a week, and forever onward, it leaks fumes which cause decals and paint to failOK, fine, just run a black tank, and that is a possibility.If I run the stocker, the vinyl will adhere, and I'll have two 1.75 gallon tanks on the rear, and sitting up pretty high. So 3.5 gallons, or 3.5 X 6.8 = 23.8 lbs + 5 pounds for the cans and the latch or 28.8Now that is sitting maybe 6" above the seat. On top of that pile on a duffle bag, a bike bag which is smaller, but with kit you might need or want, say 35 pounds more. So now we have 59 pounds sitting with a Cg for the mass about 8" above the seatLesson in physics: What are the wheels and tires on a moving motorcycle? If you answered gyroscopes, you are correct. Depending on the weight and speed of the spinning mass, they exert "X" force. If one applies a force to the spinning rim it will move the gyro, although the gyro will resist. Whatever force it required to move(Tilt) the wheel, it takes mush less force to move that gyro the farther away you get from the center of massSo that 60 pound mass tucked in about at the small of your back can very much influence the roll characteristics of a bike, making it more difficult to manage, essentially running handlingStill with me?Good, because now we have to consider the fwd/aft Cg and the effect of loading cargo outside the limits. To over simplify, you could say the fore and aft limits would be the tow tire contact patches. Now I ask you is this load on the rack inside those limits? Not really, so we must pay attention to what we stack back there and keep it reasonable or poor handling will result.The single big tank is in about the right place fore and aft, but gets a little high, or above the bikes Cg. and with 6.6 gallons X 6.8 ppg = about 45 pounds. But I agree that it is better weight for sure.So, I'm trying to sort through all this and figure it out. I have many options, but overall, I am going to be very mindful of total weight this machine is destined to carry
Just go with the 5.3 tank and ad items to the rear rack and some saddle-bags. There are also great tank packs that you can hang all kinds of stuff on. Around the waist is not that bad but remember you will be up and down in that seat, comfy or not. Your legs are half the suspension and affect those gyroscopes alot!!
Quote from: Flyin6 on September 17, 2014, 10:34:42 PMWell, it's a bit more complicated than all thatFirst the big tank can not be painted or covered with the vinyl decal because after about a week, and forever onward, it leaks fumes which cause decals and paint to failOK, fine, just run a black tank, and that is a possibility.If I run the stocker, the vinyl will adhere, and I'll have two 1.75 gallon tanks on the rear, and sitting up pretty high. So 3.5 gallons, or 3.5 X 6.8 = 23.8 lbs + 5 pounds for the cans and the latch or 28.8Now that is sitting maybe 6" above the seat. On top of that pile on a duffle bag, a bike bag which is smaller, but with kit you might need or want, say 35 pounds more. So now we have 59 pounds sitting with a Cg for the mass about 8" above the seatLesson in physics: What are the wheels and tires on a moving motorcycle? If you answered gyroscopes, you are correct. Depending on the weight and speed of the spinning mass, they exert "X" force. If one applies a force to the spinning rim it will move the gyro, although the gyro will resist. Whatever force it required to move(Tilt) the wheel, it takes mush less force to move that gyro the farther away you get from the center of massSo that 60 pound mass tucked in about at the small of your back can very much influence the roll characteristics of a bike, making it more difficult to manage, essentially running handlingStill with me?Good, because now we have to consider the fwd/aft Cg and the effect of loading cargo outside the limits. To over simplify, you could say the fore and aft limits would be the tow tire contact patches. Now I ask you is this load on the rack inside those limits? Not really, so we must pay attention to what we stack back there and keep it reasonable or poor handling will result.The single big tank is in about the right place fore and aft, but gets a little high, or above the bikes Cg. and with 6.6 gallons X 6.8 ppg = about 45 pounds. But I agree that it is better weight for sure.So, I'm trying to sort through all this and figure it out. I have many options, but overall, I am going to be very mindful of total weight this machine is destined to carryFlat black paint job, no vinyl needed on the tank. You made it too complex for a grunt.... Simplify it.Heavy rucksack not loaded correctly, off balance grunt in unstable footing... falls over...Properly packed and balanced ruck..grunt NOT fall over..Pilots always using them fancy learnin words...
OK, so what did I get from this?New termNo longer K.I.S.S.NopeFrom now onK.I.G.S.So when you hear me say Kigs, you know what I'm talkin' bout'