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my vulcan 750 tank install finally!
06/24/09 at 19:37:35

After some 6 months of tinkering in my spare time I finally put on the vn750 tank. The coolest part of the mod for me was not the additional gallon, nor the fact that the tank does look really good on the bike.
But the fuel gauge that acompanies with the vulcan tank.

here is the instumentation as seen from the rider, fuel gauge on left and speedo mounted in chrome pinch cup with turn signal indicators underneath.

And a poor shot of the tankpainted and mounted.

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gerald.hughes Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline FSO Posts: 1100 Tucson, Az Gender:	Re: my vulcan 750 tank install finally! Reply #1 - 06/24/09 at 19:55:50 Looks really good. (In my opinion, way better than the Sporty tank.) Any chance of a side picture? Also, any info on the speedo would be appreciated.
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Bikemom28 Ex Member	Re: my vulcan 750 tank install finally! Reply #2 - 06/24/09 at 20:19:06 LOOKS GREAT!! I LIKE THE GAS GAUGE LOL BECAUSE I'D BE THE ONE WHO WOULD RUN OUTTA GAS WITHOUT ONE SINCE I HAVE DONE THAT TO MANY TIMES TO COUNT ON MY HANDS AND FEET
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False Illusion Full Member Offline Two digits down as we're passin'! Posts: 202 Dayton/Southwest Ohio Gender:	Re: my vulcan 750 tank install finally! Reply #3 - 06/24/09 at 20:35:46 gerald.hughes wrote on 06/24/09 at 19:55:50: Looks really good. (In my opinion, way better than the Sporty tank.) Any chance of a side picture? Also, any info on the speedo would be appreciated. Hear, Hear...
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Jay Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1445 Fort Worth, Texas Gender:	Re: my vulcan 750 tank install finally! Reply #4 - 06/24/09 at 22:19:12 Man, that looks sweet. Did you have to cut the bike to get the tank to fit? Super job.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29278 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: my vulcan 750 tank install finally! Reply #5 - 06/24/09 at 22:39:30 Nice, nice, nice!... and I don't even care about the extra gas... It's still nice!...
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: my vulcan 750 tank install finally! Reply #6 - 06/25/09 at 00:30:16 Looks fantastic Sevier! BTW, thanks for the brackets man ... they look and fit great!
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Reply #7 - 06/25/09 at 03:51:09

seviersavage wrote on 06/24/09 at 19:37:35:

After some 6 months of tinkering in my spare time I finally put on the vn750 tank. The coolest part of the mod for me was not the additional gallon, nor the fact that the tank does look really good on the bike.
But the fuel gauge that acompanies with the vulcan tank.
http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2009/03/04/bikepics-1589230-full.jpg

here is the instumentation as seen from the rider, fuel gauge on left and speedo mounted in chrome pinch cup with turn signal indicators underneath.
http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2009/06/24/bikepics-1708121-full.jpg

And a poor shot of the tankpainted and mounted.
http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2009/06/24/bikepics-1708125-full.jpg
Seviersavage

OH man you really did it. That is awesome. I thought I was supposed to get first viewing rights? lol. Get us some side pics and how to's. If this can be done and painted for less than 200$ than I am doing next year for sure. The extra gallons will help me not trade her in for something bigger next years.

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Skid Mark Serious Thumper Offline FSO Posts: 1216 Calgary, Alberta Gender:	Re: my vulcan 750 tank install finally! Reply #8 - 06/25/09 at 07:02:53 Very Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You've done the Savage Proud.
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Re: my vulcan 750 tank install finally!
Reply #9 - 06/25/09 at 08:15:37

Here is a quicky side pic. My observations so far are:

1 it's a doable mod but takes several steps to complete, and yes you will have to cut off the original mounting studs for stock tank. Thats the point of no return.

2 I wanted to mount speedo and fuel gauge in chrome housings and thats where a lot of time was spent. As for the tank youll need to fabricate mounting brackets on the frame of the bike. You could drill thru the frame and use all thread but bushings and bolts to hold the tank have to be figured out.

3 It's a shoehorn operation with the sporty seat, gets a little cramped
but I still have some adjustment left to play with on the rear mount so I might find a smidgen of room yet.

4 on a scale of 1 to 10 this mod rates an 7 just because you'll need to make parts and weld brackets if possible.

Want to document it in the tech section when everything is finalized and I'm thru tweeking.

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sakara Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline Thumpalicious Posts: 313 Lockport, NY Gender:	Re: my vulcan 750 tank install finally! Reply #10 - 06/25/09 at 08:23:29 Well done; looks great!
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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: my vulcan 750 tank install finally! Reply #11 - 06/25/09 at 09:19:57 that's awesome man! the gas gauge is def a huge bonus!
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Skid Mark Serious Thumper Offline FSO Posts: 1216 Calgary, Alberta Gender:	Re: my vulcan 750 tank install finally! Reply #12 - 06/25/09 at 09:19:58 Bigger feul tank, spedo up where it belongs, feul gage, and looks good. Darn, I wish I have the shop and time to do this
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FreeSpirit Serious Thumper Offline Joy is my Compass ! Posts: 3823 North Georgia Gender:	Re: my vulcan 750 tank install finally! Reply #13 - 06/25/09 at 09:26:52 I have to ask........what kind of seat is on your bike? It sure looks good! The whole bike looks good!
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Re: my vulcan 750 tank install finally!
Reply #14 - 06/25/09 at 09:45:13

Dammit man you're making me cry ... why ...
OK On my 00 - I am powdercoating everything in silver - its all done already.
I have a beautiful silver vulcan tank I did several years ago and it dont even have dents like the savage tank does.
And I spent the last 3 days suffering with the bent gas tank grommet carrier from the frame.

BTW please run the savage tank petcock. Why ? On a vulcan that petcock sucks, and sucks so bad I used to fit the savage ones on it.
Cool.
Srinath.

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