Servicar Sportster Trike: Fat Bob tank mount.
While I’ve got the tanks off to do the wiring, I thought I’d snap a pic of the lower mount for the Fat Bobs. When I bought the bike, the mount was a piece of 3/4″x2″ bar stock welded between the front frame tubes, with the light weight stock mount tack welded to it. It looked pretty crude, so I decided to make a new one. I bent a piece of 1″ tube (same as the frame) then notched it with a 1″ holesaw so it fit the frame tube nicely. On the mount side filled the open tube by welding a plate of 1/8″ over the end. I marked the where the ears of the tanks lined up and welded a 1/4″ coupling nut in.
I’m normally a big fan of symmetry, but this works out nicely.
Here’s a pic with the tank bolted on with a polished stainless steel button head screw.
Sorry for the terrible flash pics, I need to get some lights.
