footpegleg Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Hi all sorry been away so long bike been goin so good now i have no probs However my bike has been in bits now for over a month and i am getting it cleaned up and back together slowly My problem now is that the petrol tank will not fit back on my bike to big , far to big I have done the whole boiling water in then squeeze back to shape that worked the last time but this time way to big hmmmmmmm. It seems that this time will not go back to shape Anyway I have had enough of this now, even after i got it in last time it still did not line up proper with the mudguard so that annoyed me 2 The other day I was looking at the 2007 290 and its tank seemed to fit neater than mine looked like a smaller tank but it fitted nice and snug into the frame and under the mudguard Does anybody no where i can get a new one or secondhand Cheers for reading Footpegleg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockie28 Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Splat shop , but be ready to dig deep theyre not cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footpegleg Posted March 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Is there a different litre capacity or are they all the same size, the other one i seen seemed to be skinnier def was not as bulky as mine i wondered if it was a smaller size maybe my own one is fryer tucked it bulges out over the frame there is also one point on the underside of the tank that seems really weak plastic i can push it right in with a finger and that is without the hot water in grrrrrr spent 2 weeks servicing my bike few new bits added all nice n clean and last fing to go on wont fit prob gonna need new tank, guess i willnae git oot afore the ssdt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony27 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Alcohol laced fuel is the cause of your oversized soft tank. You'll have to replace it, the 07 tank is listed as only fitting that year & holds 2.8lt, 08 & 09 are the same part numbers so they will be interchangeable, not sure of their capacity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copemech Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 If you get the alcohol out is should shrink on its own, mine did. Takes time, but after I went back to straight aviation gas I looked up a couple months later and it shrunk back to original dimension, had been getting quite difficult to fit. Not sure which is best, just changing fuel or removing all fuel and letting it air out? Considering mine took years to grow that much, I was surprised. Non alcohol race gas would be the other alternative, costs more but? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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