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...with this apart from the colour of course...

https://www.gumtree.com/p/honda-motorbi ... 1271524228


At first I thought it might of had a VFR tank fitted.

The pic from the other side doesnt seem to have the same cut out in the tank.

If you ask me that would be a little bit more than a split seam... :lol:





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looks like a Yeti has taken a bite out of the tank to fit his air intakes
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AMCQ46 wrote: Fri Oct 20, 2017 2:56 pm looks like a Yeti has taken a bite out of the tank to fit his air intakes
I was thinking that too, but the other side looks normal... :confused

+ in the add he says the leak is on the L/H side.
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Says it's black, too.

Odd sort of hue for black....
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I was thinking that too, but the other side looks normal... :confused
I'm not convinced. If you look carefully and zoom in it may very well be cut like the right hand side. I think it's a bit of an optical illusion and the angle of the camera and lighting as well as being a low res pic making it look normal.
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Agree with you Carl.Thats could be the reason it leaks as well. If you know what I mean.
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Doesn't look like its been cut on the kerbside er side like the obvious cut out on the offside. The owner saying it leaks from the 'left' side depends how he defines left and right either from sitting on it or looking at it from the front. Non standard stickers hint at respray.


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Weird.Why would somebody do that,unless it was to fit a snorkel and have some kind of ram air ?
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VTRDark wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2017 1:13 am
I was thinking that too, but the other side looks normal... :confused
I'm not convinced. If you look carefully and zoom in it may very well be cut like the right hand side. I think it's a bit of an optical illusion and the angle of the camera and lighting as well as being a low res pic making it look normal.
I'm not convinced either. The best thing to do would be for someone to ask for a better photo of the nearside :wink:
Looking at the bigger picture ha ha, why would someone go to all that trouble to only do one side,

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why would someone go to all that trouble to only do one side
Maybe because after making the first sodding great hole in the petrol tank to give it a race replica Moriwaki look they found it leaked fuel :confused

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I nearly went to look at this bike when I was hunting for my VTR,phoned the bloke,but was put of by his attitude,very cagey,odd in fact.
took him of the 'to view list' found a better bike,and well happy now.oh and it's been for sale for at least six months....
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Wicky wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2017 12:59 pm
why would someone go to all that trouble to only do one side
Maybe because after making the first sodding great hole in the petrol tank to give it a race replica Moriwaki look they found it leaked fuel :confused

PS Dafter things have been known - There was a while back a US chap called Shervin who modded his ZX10R and put 'mental' into emmental cheese...

http://blog.motorcycle.com/2010/05/27/m ... the-frame/
:lol: You have a good point there Wicky, anything is possible I guess you've only got to look at your video link :wink:

It would be nice to know for definitely though wouldn't it :)

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Yeh it's defo looking one sided now :crazy: So an attempt of ram air and screwing it up. Change the tank and be done with it. Use it as a bargaining chip to reduce the price.
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VTRDark wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2017 1:00 am Yeh it's defo looking one sided now :crazy: So an attempt of ram air and screwing it up. Change the tank and be done with it. Use it as a bargaining chip to reduce the price.
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i kinda want a tank like that. without the leak :eek2
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