alloy tanks

[dave higgins]

A lot of these alloy fuel tanks appearing from india, for griffons etc, at what seems like a reasonable price, anyone bought one?.
I guess you get what you pay for, but if any body that has bought one & has any feedback on them, then i would be interested to hear what you thought of them...., dave.

[Rob]

Where are these advertised Dave? I know my local restaurants haven't got any!

[dave higgins]

No rob, your local eatery would not have them!, they are made of alloy, not cat meat? you can find them on ebay, under greeves & numerous other manufactuers parts auctions!

[riflegreen]

Dave ,

I had several steel Goldstar tanks , looked good from a distance but close up the shape was wrong and the centre tunnel was 1" too wide .

The Indian makers have suddenly realised that they were being sold too cheap and the prices of alloy & steel tanks have doubled .

Chris

[michaeleustace]

Alloy tanks are available from HoltWorks based in Maylandsea, Essex:

http://www.holtworks.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d30.html

The tanks are made in their workshop in Maylandsea.

Haven't a clue how much the tanks made in India are, however, most of the HoltWorks polished alloy tanks cost in the region of around £350 + fuel cap + fuel tap price.

[riflegreen]

Michael ,

There are two Holtworks alloy tanks for Greeves on e-bay at the moment ,standard Griffon shape at £402 & a Mk2 Griffon tank at £415.

If you want quality it costs !!! .

The Indian tanks are between £100 & £200 .

Chris

[dave higgins]

Holtworks do make superb tanks, & if the bike was going to have a gentle life, i would buy one, but i can`t justify spending that much money on a tank which is going to be flogged round a mx circuit.
Sods law you would drop it in the first corner....

[Brian Catt]

Trouble is Dave you would need to wipe the yoghurt out of the tank before you use it, they must be made out of lids from yogs and cottage cheese!

[riflegreen]

Brian ,

Not sure I understand your comment .

Chris

[Brian Catt]

Chris, I'm suggesting the Indian ones are made out of cheap recycled ali, probably not to a proper spec.

[riflegreen]

OK , with you now , the Holtwork tanks are made of a very thick alloy , the bike would probably bend before the tank .

Chris

[John Pattinson]

Alloy tanks

In fact they say they are 2mm thick, probably twice as thick as original TES, MDS, don't know about Griffon's...John P.

[greeves246]

alloy tanks

I emailed them there very friendly and asked if they would make one with bigger filler neck for the twist 2.1/2 top instead of the flip cap monza or later bultaco type top they were keen to help and if i provided the neck they would fit it for me !

seems good but like chris said the shape might be slightly off like the enfield connie tanks that are more like a meteior tank.

gary g