vinnied Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 (edited) Oil Tank under the petrol tank, or, in the conventional place on the right hand side of bike, one better or one worse anybody have any feelings, for or against. Vinnie Edited September 12, 2011 by Vinnied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony283 Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Vinnie, I use the SM under tank option, works well and strengthens the frame. Do not overfill!! Leaves all the extra space free under the seat for using podded air filters. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old trials fanatic Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Oil Tank under the petrol tank, or, in the conventional place on the right hand side of bike, one better or one worse anybody have any feelings, for or against. Vinnie Hmmm interesting one this. Lets just take a step back and think about basics. I've always thought it best to keep any weight as low as poss on a trials bike. As for oil isnt it usually a goal to apply a cooling effect to the oil if possible? Taking both these into consideration then i think i would come down in favor of an alloy oil tank in the conventional position. I'm sure others will put the arguement for under the tank but it does put the weight higher and the fuel tank shrouds the oil tank plus the oil tank is also directly over a hot engine Hmmmm as i said interesting one? Which way are you leaning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucey Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 It sort of depends on what you are doing with the rest of the bike. I made a Top Tube Oil Tank 'very similar' to a Sammy Miller one. However I made mine from slightly larger diam tube to increase the capacity. I also added an external oil filter ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnied Posted September 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hmmm interesting one this. Lets just take a step back and think about basics. I've always thought it best to keep any weight as low as poss on a trials bike. As for oil isnt it usually a goal to apply a cooling effect to the oil if possible? Taking both these into consideration then i think i would come down in favor of an alloy oil tank in the conventional position. I'm sure others will put the arguement for under the tank but it does put the weight higher and the fuel tank shrouds the oil tank plus the oil tank is also directly over a hot engine Hmmmm as i said interesting one? Which way are you leaning? It sort of depends on what you are doing with the rest of the bike. I made a Top Tube Oil Tank 'very similar' to a Sammy Miller one. However I made mine from slightly larger diam tube to increase the capacity. I also added an external oil filter ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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