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Need a Gas Tank ID'd!!! Help

Discussion in 'Hangout Lounge' started by Dotytronic, Jan 27, 2012.

  1. Dotytronic

    Dotytronic New Member

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    I got this tank on ebay and its pretty solid but I have no clue what it came off of.
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    I think that's an old honda color. 360 ? Not sure
     
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    No idea myself, but the indentation for the nameplate looks a bit long for Honda. Kawasaki, mayhaps?
     
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    Not sure - most tanks of the period from the big four had hinged, locking caps, whereas this is just a plain screw-on. Thinking poss Suzuki?
     
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    Friend had a suzuki 185 with that style tank. Older bike
     
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    The petcock hole looks Yamaha-ish but could be any Japanese manufacturer (which does narrow it down) and those two tabs at the rear are part of a HINGE of some sort... they look very similar to the frame tabs for the Yamaha seat pivots on the side-hinged seats. Again, more evidence of Japanese lineage rather than necessarily "Yamaha."
     
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    the ebay ad claims it Yamaha but I can not find a pix to confirm what it is so I can get parts for it.
     
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    After another look, think it's a '73/4 RD200 item.
     
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    It sure looked like it could be an RD 200:

    http://www.abacuscaralarms.co.uk/bikes/ ... RD200%20(1).JPG

    Or not? http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/visi ... st_500.jpg

    Then I remembered my old motorcycle Jedi training: "Let the fiche be with you, Luke. Use the fiche..."

    Mid-late '70s Suzuki; probably GT185. And here's why: Those tabs at the back of the tank aren't part of a hinge; they're hooks to engage the tank retaining strap. On those bikes (I checked 1973 through 1977) the rear of the tank is held down by a short rubber strap with a wide rectangular metal clip that engages those two tabs. Here's a pic: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUZUKI-FUEL-TAN ... 56332683fe

    The wide clip hooks on the tabs.

    Some of their dual-purpose/enduro bikes used a similar tank retaining system so it might be a different model.

    Oh, and it looks like Suzuki may have been using petcocks from the same manufacturer as Yamaha at the time.
     
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    I think you're right Fitz... I thought GT 185 earlier, but dismissed it on account of the screw cap. However, GT185M/A/B had these, prior to adoption of the hinged one.
     
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    I know its not a 360 honda tank. the petcock hole for a 360 is round. The cl360 was my first bike. But that color is very close to what mine looked like.
     

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