The creation of the fuel tank has now transferred from CAD models into aluminum. It looks fairly complex, but the intentions are to make it out of as few a pieces as possible.
The tank has been lasercut from 4 pieces, with an internal baffle which doubles as a jig to weld everything accurately. These have all been bent to correct angles on a hydraulic press. Then there is the filler neck and various fixings to go on at the end.
Below is an extension to the tank that we designed on CAD to give us a few more liters of fuel capacity. This sits down in between the rear cylinder and frame.
The next thing to do is a test fit when the bike is built up and when everything fits as it should the tank can be tacked together ready for TIG welding.
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