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18 Nov 2021 14:51 - 18 Nov 2021 14:53 #858049 by 750 R1
Replied by 750 R1 on topic Shafty Tank?
I got lucky, I just swapped a Honda 750/4 frame I paid $100 AUD for, for a dead straight 78 Z1R small tank with cap and fuel gauge sender.
You may be able to buy a new Z1R large tank but good luck finding a fuel cap, small tank caps are available reproduced, I've been searching for a D2 D3 large tank cap for about 12 months now, If anyone has one I'd love to buy it...!!

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18 Nov 2021 17:21 #858050 by Olbeedo
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Man the red one is the look I am chasing, I just don't want to get slayed for a tank..

OlBeedo- KZ for Life........................

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18 Nov 2021 19:31 #858052 by 750 R1
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Man the red one is the look I am chasing, I just don't want to get slayed for a tank..
That's an early GPZ1100, The Eddie Lawson replica's had that tank as well, They have different front and rear mounts. I had to do a fair bit of work to make the Z1R Tank  fit the GPZ750R1 frame I used.. 

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19 Nov 2021 00:11 #858055 by kzstreetfighter71
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I got my fat tank for 300 euro all in, someone had done a modern tank cap conversion, probably because they couldn’t find a cap.all I have to do is figure what tank insert/model bike they used and I’m good, well bar the weird red paint all over the inside that need to be made gone.

06 Gsf 1200 bandit, 08 Triumph tiger 1010
05 Yam xv1700 , 02 Hon shadow 1100
1975 Z1 (currently working on)
1977 Z1000 ( running and in storage)
1978 Z1000 (currently working on)
1978 Z1r "skinny tank" (currently working on)
1978 Z1r "fat tank (gathering parts)
1979 z1000st (currently working on)

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19 Nov 2021 05:21 #858060 by DOHC
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I got my fat tank ....
Are you sure that started out as a OE tank?  The OE big tanks look taller but not too much wider.  You tank looks flatter and much wider than the big Z1R tank. 


 

'78 Z1-R in blue , '78 Z1-R in black, '78 Z1-R in pieces
My dad's '74 Z1
'00 ZRX1100

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19 Nov 2021 08:47 #858065 by kzstreetfighter71
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Are you sure that started out as a OE tank?  The OE big tanks look taller but not too much wider.  You tank looks flatter and much wider than the big Z1R tank. 

 So what i can see on the old internet its a 22l tank...Iv started a new thread as not to take over this one.


 

06 Gsf 1200 bandit, 08 Triumph tiger 1010
05 Yam xv1700 , 02 Hon shadow 1100
1975 Z1 (currently working on)
1977 Z1000 ( running and in storage)
1978 Z1000 (currently working on)
1978 Z1r "skinny tank" (currently working on)
1978 Z1r "fat tank (gathering parts)
1979 z1000st (currently working on)

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19 Nov 2021 08:59 #858066 by kzstreetfighter71
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Olbeedo, the Gpz1100 tank or any of the Lawson style tanks will not fit either, the frame and channels are also different, you can see on the photos that the Gpz1100 B1 tank is thinner at the top and wider at the bottom...there is a joke there but ill refrain.

06 Gsf 1200 bandit, 08 Triumph tiger 1010
05 Yam xv1700 , 02 Hon shadow 1100
1975 Z1 (currently working on)
1977 Z1000 ( running and in storage)
1978 Z1000 (currently working on)
1978 Z1r "skinny tank" (currently working on)
1978 Z1r "fat tank (gathering parts)
1979 z1000st (currently working on)

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20 Nov 2021 03:04 #858106 by Olbeedo
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Thanks for the input fellas, I'll be on the lookout for Z1R tank.

OlBeedo- KZ for Life........................

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