fuel tank interchangeability?

[Stryder917]

Hey guys, I tried to search this, but the word "pre" was too short to search and without it i got some funky results :P

My fuel tank on my pre 600 kat has some pretty severe rust inside, and some pinholes in the tank itself, so instead of screwin' around with it any more, I was planning on just swapping it out for a new, used tank.

well, upon searching on ebay, I found a bunch! but they are either in very nice condition (very pricey) or total junk. but i've found quite a few post600 kat tanks.. would they mount up to a pre kat and look ok? I have my fairings stripped off, it's a sf bike, (check my prof and find my SF finished topic to see what i mean).

But, any help i could get would be greatly appreciated. I want to get a new tank reguardless, because the whole thing is pretty botched up. I filled a TON of dents in the tank, and it has little bubbles from fuel leakage all over the bottom section of the tank, so i kinda said hell with trying to keep fixing small things, and repainting, and then fixing.. and repainting every time..

thanks guys

[steves]

No, the tank from the post won't work without some significant work in mounting, and remolding the body panels.

[Stryder917]

Thank you, greatly appreciate the speedy answer!

[Kreylyn]

but i've found quite a few post600 kat tanks.. would they mount up to a pre kat and look ok? I have my fairings stripped off, it's a sf bike, (check my prof and find my SF finished topic to see what i mean).

Since it's a fighter with no main fairings, it would bolt right on. The fuel sensor is different but a small modification of connectors on either side to match them can fix that. I would suggest you use your old petcock on the new tank.

Krey

[steves]

I thought the rear mounts were different