I can't wait , went riding with some 600's with 5 gallon tanks. I was riding home on fumes and this is after refueling once. 1.9 gallons on a dual sport, what were they thinking. Iam definetely in line for thisnew tank. I would be happy with any amount of increase of fuel capacity.

 

It must be true what they say: "Great minds think alike, but mediocre ones seldom differ."

I sent an e-mail yesterday as well, and asked them about what they though the price would be, as well as what kind of arrangements could be made for a group discount for forum members:

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We are working on this project but still could be a couple of months out.[/align]Price should be about $195.00[/align]I really do not haveany other info at this time..[/align][/align]Thanks[/align]Chris[/align]Clarke mfg co.[/align]

 

I sent an e-mail yesterday as well, and asked them about what they though the price would be, as well as what kind of arrangements could be made for a group discount for forum members:

Mike[/align]

We are working on this project but still could be a couple of months out.[/align]Price should be about $195.00[/align]I really do not haveany other info at this time..[/align][/align]Thanks[/align]Chris[/align]Clarke mfg co.[/align]
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I am not holding my breath so I have gone ahead and picked up a KLX300 tank. It's only 2.6 gallons but that should get me just over the 100 mile mark before reserve. I will go with that until clarke shows us thier offering.
Has anyone else here installed the KLX300 tank on the KLX250S?If so what mods did you have to do to get it to fit? Oh yea;I did order the KLX300 shrouds and petcock. Thanks ahead for any info.

 

Matt, are you the person who won the eBay auction yesterday? I waswatching that for a while, and was really tempted to get in on the action ... I mean auction.

If that was you, did you alsowin the petcock? (Maybe not from the looks of your post.)

 

mmatz i have a KLX300R. That tank is on my bike, my dad also has the KLX250S so i have resources to both. it is really simple i will try and get pictures to you.

 

Here is the pictures but there is one thing that you minght need to get. under the seat on my bike there is a strap that hooks to the tank so that it is more sucure. i so not know you migh have gotten that but you may not. it is shoen in one of the pictures. The first step is to take of the tank and radiator shrouds. The next step is to put the tank in between the frame with the petcock on the tank.If you look on the side of your fram rails you will see two mounting holes for some screws as seen in the picture below. this is where the bolts will mount on the tank.
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Next this is the part that iwas talking about. it is a ruber strap that holds that rear end of the tank down. It is easy as pulling and sucuring.



















Then you just put the radiator shrouds on and you should be done. Then when you buy the other tank you just repeat the steps to take the tank and shrouds off. GOOD LUCK.

 

Yea Mike that was me! Some tough bidding was going on for those parts. I got the tank w/cap, petcock, shrouds, and hand protectors. I won't be needing the hand protector shrouds because I will be ordering aluminum hand/lever protectors and plastic shrouds. So it looks like I have two sets of the stock OEM hand protectorsCHEAP if anyone is interested, PM me. The reason I decided to go with the aluminumprotectors w/the plastic shrouds is for the added protectionand the cost of replacing the master cylinder/front brake perch.

 

Chris,
Thanks for theinfo and photos inthe next post. That strap is going to be on order from my local dealer tomorrow. Does your dads KLX250S have the KLX300 tank? I am curious about the radiator fans and coil placement and also of any tabs or anything that might need to be removed to get that 300 tank in there.

 

Well lets see i think that you will be ok the bottom of the tank should be able to fit right onto the wires ontop of the head. no my dad does not have the 300 tank on he has the accerbis tank on his and he did not have to take the fan off of the bike. and the 300 tank is basically the accerbis tank just doesnt have gasoline in the fenders. so you should be set to go once you have that rubber strip. ad about the cuttin there is no cuttin invloved. tha shape is just like the accerbis tank. so i hope that works for you post some pics when you finish. GOOD LUCK!

 

im definitely still interested.. would be nice if we could get a group code again. im sure it would entice more purchases... hopin that it will be minimum modification to fit it. [8D]

edit: as an afterthought im also hoping that they maintain the current looks and lines of the plastics.. i know it may be a bit much to ask (space is somewhat limited for this) , but i think i can live with a good looking bike with a small(er) gas tank over an ugly one with a bigger tank.