The Origins of chin on the tank!

MAG run 25th September

Some will argue it was a waste of time as very little new coverage was to be had. Down near me the local news people covered it reasonably well even explaining correctly the reasons. Which is rare when it comes to the press!
The actual run went well but there were a few incidents where the cagers thought they would bulldoz their way thru several hundred bikes which wasn't gonna happen in their wildest dreams! They just got surrounded and slowed to a walking pace for a few miles, myself a spotty youth tried to off me by pulling into the middle of the road as I passed on my way home, not sure what he thought he would achieve but rode alongside his open window until the glow of the his red face became to much! Then a couple of white van men wanted to play sandwich the biker but the all powerful ol-syd just kept them at 15mph for a while once in front.............twats!

The new background

Ha! as I get accused of being away with the fairies I thought I'd have this background tickles me sense of humour!
No more hassles with the bike no leaks odd rattle sound from front when at idle but disappears when pull front brake on! nowt loose so difficult to pin down...we'll see, summit will fall off or go bang! Ha Ha! sorry try not to do lol ................bugger!

First ride with different tank

I definitely sit "in" the bike now! I like it and  no leaks, shame I forgot to fully tighten the front brake lever mounts, and rode home using only the back brake the last 3 miles or so, still made me pay attention !

New Tank

Fitted the new tank today... sort of OK looks a bit more "chunky" and the bars look better with it than I expected.................more miles before fill up mind so something is better!

Tank

Tank arrived friday by sunday in primer and first coat of metallic getting used to it's look on the bike hopefully lacquered by weekend

Why?

Well, having done about 160 miles with no problems mechanically why would something so small cause so much hassle? Petrol tank leaks from the cap, new rubber seal, two rubber seals, new cap, new rubber seals (you getting the picture!) hammered it, bent it, cleaned it, swore at it ............... then ordered a new tank.
Reason, the old one has the bayonet fitting seems to be a bit notorious for leaking or hassle at least, or I could only put a gallon in and push it around right hand corners! cos it doesn't leak going around a left un!

But the real disappointment is I have had to go back to a sporty tank, so ordered the low tunnel "Frisco" style, which will change the overall style.. bugger! Also as I do not have welding gear it will cost almost the same as a new tank to get the old one modified with new cap and bung. Plus this one holds about a gallon more so I will at least get off my estate before I need to fill up!