LuckyStriker
Bachelor Dog
I recently fitted a Touratech tank.
My X was previously spray painted satin black.
Once I fitted the white tank my X-challenge looked a bit like a Hollywood black & white police car.
So I resprayed the plastics white again.
I liked the black paint job though so I decided to keep a bit of it on the front mudguard. I also applied two blue pinstripes to tie it in with the rest of the bike.
Initially I was going to follow the Touratech instructions to the letter which involves drilling two holes in the OEM tank. Fortunately I was warned by the X-challenge Facebook group to use the siphon method instead.
No drilling, connect the fuel lines from the TT tank to the breather pipe of the OEM tank. This way the vacuum in the OEM tank sucks fuel from the TT tank. It works great!
The engine sounds throatier, probably because the big hollow tank on top of the engine acts as an amplifier.
I'll rarely fill it up. It ads a lot of weight to the bike. In fact, I may take it off again and only fit it when I go on a trip.
My X was previously spray painted satin black.
Once I fitted the white tank my X-challenge looked a bit like a Hollywood black & white police car.
So I resprayed the plastics white again.
I liked the black paint job though so I decided to keep a bit of it on the front mudguard. I also applied two blue pinstripes to tie it in with the rest of the bike.
Initially I was going to follow the Touratech instructions to the letter which involves drilling two holes in the OEM tank. Fortunately I was warned by the X-challenge Facebook group to use the siphon method instead.
No drilling, connect the fuel lines from the TT tank to the breather pipe of the OEM tank. This way the vacuum in the OEM tank sucks fuel from the TT tank. It works great!
The engine sounds throatier, probably because the big hollow tank on top of the engine acts as an amplifier.
I'll rarely fill it up. It ads a lot of weight to the bike. In fact, I may take it off again and only fit it when I go on a trip.
