Supermoto catch tanks for track days/racing

wouldn't it have been cheaper to just make one?

after all those are just water bottles with holes drilled and a bit of pipe stuck in the top.

will the thin one fit across the back of the engine?

Heres one to try, I think I posted something along these lines a few months back.

Go to your localautomotive airconditioning workshop, ask them for an old 'reciever dryer cannister' (they are usually about the size of a coke can in diameter, and can be quite long like 1.5 - 2 x coke cans on top of each other), they have a billett aluminium top, where the airconditioning pipes are screwed in.

get them to cut the top off (cut to the length you want / for the right capacity, and have them rip the guts out of it (ususally aluminium perforated pipes and other shyte)

find a aluminium welder (tig will be neater) and get them to re-weld the cap on to the cannister for you, now would be a good time to put a drain hole in the bottom of the cannister, and tap a thread into it for a little drain bolt to go, you could also use a marine bung (boat drain plug (which you would fit with 2 pop rivets and some silicone - much easier)

take it home, drill oit the holes in the cap so they snugly fit your overflow / breather tubes - if u want to get fancy get some hard plastic tube like automotive vaccum line or irrigation fittings, and epoxy glue some short pieces into the holesfor hose nipples, that your lines can push onto, give it a polish with a scouring pad and fit to your frame rails with some big zip ties.

There you have it!

My old man has so many of these things laying around at his workshop, I have thought about making them, they would look better than most brought ones, and better than the plastic waterbottle or red bull can.

Azza.

Fits nice. But Motul, putoline and Ipone sponsorships? I'm impressed

Make sure the can for the carb don't stick out under the swingarm (as I surpose you will try to fit it the space inbetween swing/engine?). If it does, you will smash it as you go short over a tabletop for example.

I used the Supermoto Engineering catch system which isn't a can at all. It directs all the little hoses into one larger hose which runs down the swingarm and acts as the reservoir. there's a plug in the end of the hose that you remove to drain it out. I zip-tied the large hose to my brake hose. If I'm riding in the dirt, I just leave the plug out completely.

Ray

Hey Crispin, isnt that one in the photo just a alloy drink flask like you get from camping or hardware stores??

Azza.

Or you can get 1 from a wreckers off a WR and bolt it on under the rhs rear fender.
Fits better than an OEM 1 would !!

Coops

I've got the factory one on my FS650c. It came with the bike and at first I didn't know what it was. It fits nicely in the "D" shaped open space in the swingarm behind the engine and in front of the shock. Very easy to install and it should be available from Husaberg, however, I couldn't find it in the parts manual. May be "c" model specific.

My FS650c is a 2005 model. The swingarm part number is 800.04.030.144 and I note that it was upgraded in '05. If the "D" shaped space behind the attachment point is the same, it would fit as the tank itself simply clamps onto the frame underneath the engine. The tank is 4" long by 3" wide and shaped like a "D".

By the way, I'm probably the only Yank on the site who knows what "Blue Petering" means as I've seen the program. We here would say "McIvering".

no difference what so ever.should just tuck in nicely

I've recently got two of these off eBay, about £10:00 each. I believe they are official parts.

hey up crispin ! they look sweet ! mine came with a proper nasty crappy dirty old bottle so i put a new one i 'aquired' from work. you can vaguely see it in this photo, exactly the same place as yours !!
http://www.husaberg.org/index.php?set_a ... _photo.php