Carbon Fiber SMR511 Gas Tank Build

Disclaimer: I have never made a fuel tank before, so this will be improvised as I go.

I am ramping up the fabrication to full speed with the temperatures warm enough to play with fiberglass/carbon fiber now.

One thing really lacking on these bikes is range -- the ability to go for more than a couple hundred miles on the road. I am hoping to make a tank with the capacity of an additional 4-5 gallons is the goal.

You will have to use your imagination, but I would like your thoughts on this. I will figure out these things as I go.

• The OEM 449/511 seat will fit with minor modifications to the seat.
• The OEM 510 plastics will be molded into the gas tank and part of the tank itself
• The tank will be made from carbon fiber
• The tank is not fitted perfectly and still needs minor tweaks
• This is a rough idea of how it will look

It depends on the resin you use. There is also a liner material I will use.

What a project! Keep us informed about the next steps.

Carbon fiber AND Husqvarna supermoto?
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I have only seen the Safari one that makes the bike look like a DRZ. I have not seen the IMS one. Pretty close to what I am building using the OEM 510 tank with shrouds as the base.

sssshhhhh...I have wanted to make a carbon fiber gas tanks for years and not I have a reason...well no real reason other than I want to make a carbon fiber gas tank. It is a quite challenging piece to pull off and I will build a few out of fiberglass before I attempt with carbon just to make sure I have the process correct and flow of resin wetting out completely.

Curious, how much is the IMS tank?

Thanks. I like the IMS, except for the radiator cover part. I want to make those separate from the tank on this one.

Very nice work. I'm envious, because I have wanted to make some CF parts. Keep us up to speed.

A quick pic heading out the door this morning "in the raw". Only getting about an hour about every other night to work on this right now. Hopefully this will pick up some steam.

I see a couple carbon fiber side engine covers on that bike!! nudge nudge!! you made those?

Google Nexus - HDR = True

Yes, I need to resize them on Dropbox. These photos are used on 4 different forum posts. I will try to remember to set my phone to save 1mpix instead of 8mpix for stuff that I am going to post to the forum. Heck VGA would be sufficient! Tiz annoying, I feel ya. Lemme see what I can do real quick. These are almost 3mb each.

ahhhh geah ninja.... "sips -z 800 *.jpg" on my Dropbox folder

Edit:

Epic fail on using the correct case on the command line!

Try again, I used -z and not -Z...d'oh!