| Plastic Gas tanks. |
| The 2 main reasons to install a plastic gas tank on your race bike are. 1. Your gas tank is too good, it's restored, and your Knee braces tear up the finish. 2. Your gas tank is not good enough, Your carb keeps screwing up with rust or fiberglass particulate, getting lodged in the jets, again and again. Till you become a reluctant expert at what ever carb is on your bike. |
Some racers with stock,rusty,old steel gas tanks think, I'll get one of those pretty alluminum
tanks and my troubles with my carb/carbs will be over. The trouble inside may be over, but
out side it just could be the beginning. I don't know how many times I've seen a racer, after
practice, on race day, duct tapping over big scratches in the side of an otherwise beautiful
alluminum gas tank,Because they spaced out and forgot about the possible effects his knee
braces would have on this piece of mechanical art's mirror like finish. This is where plastic
gas tanks really shine says Ben Rosenthal, of "Just Gas Tanks" in Oceanside California.
Knee braces have a tendancy to slide over plastic, with a minimum of friction so for a bike
that's restored, a Race tank of plactic is a good invesment. Recently I saw a "Restored to new
Condition Aluminum Maico tank" going for $800. At $195, a New trouble free Race tank is a
no brainer. www.justgastanks.com, Has what you need at a good price.or ph.760-445-1313
tanks and my troubles with my carb/carbs will be over. The trouble inside may be over, but
out side it just could be the beginning. I don't know how many times I've seen a racer, after
practice, on race day, duct tapping over big scratches in the side of an otherwise beautiful
alluminum gas tank,Because they spaced out and forgot about the possible effects his knee
braces would have on this piece of mechanical art's mirror like finish. This is where plastic
gas tanks really shine says Ben Rosenthal, of "Just Gas Tanks" in Oceanside California.
Knee braces have a tendancy to slide over plastic, with a minimum of friction so for a bike
that's restored, a Race tank of plactic is a good invesment. Recently I saw a "Restored to new
Condition Aluminum Maico tank" going for $800. At $195, a New trouble free Race tank is a
no brainer. www.justgastanks.com, Has what you need at a good price.or ph.760-445-1313
| Oh, you could get lucky and find a used one, but to get a new one Clarke Mfg tanks are about your only new plastic option. |
New Clarke tank
N.O.S. or used
| Now that you where to get your Race tank. Let's see How and where they are made. We'll have to go to Mollala Oregon. to Clarke Mfg. for this. Only in Oregon could you have an address like Mollala Forest Road. There you'll find a rare breed. An actual American Manufacturer, in the form of Clarke Mfg. These guys & gals have been here since Vintage bikes were New! The General Manager Janett Cavett has her hands full with_______ employees and____ Machines to keep going. Her right hand man, Chris Roley does his best to ______________________________________ and suplied the photos and disciptions of what's going on in them for our readers,Thanks Chris. |
| Rosenthal sells gas tanks, lots and lots of them. Him and his partner Stephanie Forman do this by having 300-400 gas tanks in stock, all the time. One of the most popular tanks they sell is the Clark Mfg model 1336X , a 1.6 gallon tank with center bolt mounting, that can be made to fit amost ant full sized Vintage MX bike with a single back bone tube frame with a diameter of 2.5 inches or less. The tank comes in 17 colors, here they are. |
| While I was in the neighborhood, I stopped in on Clarke Mfg. in Molalla Oregon to see how they make plastic gas tanks. Here is how they do it. Chris Roley takes us from Goo to Gastank...................... |
Getting
There
On the way to and from the Races,
There are alot of nice Places.
There
On the way to and from the Races,
There are alot of nice Places.