Servicar Sportster Trike: Fat Bob tank mount.

March 8, 2006

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.

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    Comment by Stainless tanks — December 5, 2009 @ 1:28 am

  2. wow u must be a good builder if u need a tank go to our website at www.tp-stainlessequipment.com

    Comment by Stainless tanks — December 5, 2009 @ 1:28 am

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