Well I finally made a procrastinated step toward moving on from the '05 to my '08. With a pretty demanding Cert. ride (50cc THW) approaching, I needed a fuel cell fitted
to my '08. I decided to use the same Aux. fuel cell that I had on my '05 and build a new set of mounting brackets for it. I contacted Iggy who had the same cell I did and made
his conversion from his '05 to his '14. So my build was based on his design. I really lacked tools and time and was not willing to shell out the $ for TIG welding. So the build
was done with a hack saw, hand file and a drill.
Chose some scrap aluminum:
Built the rear support:
Built the front support:
Cut some support rails and found the build had an 1/8 tilt to the front of the tank. With the fill cap and vent hose to the rear of the tank, I wanted to tilt the tank the opposite direction (To the front)
So I added some spacers:
I used 8mm bolts throughout the build with the exception of the mounting rails where I used 6mm:
I used 8mm bolts throughout the build with the exception of the mounting rails on which I used 6mm:
To be continued :
to my '08. I decided to use the same Aux. fuel cell that I had on my '05 and build a new set of mounting brackets for it. I contacted Iggy who had the same cell I did and made
his conversion from his '05 to his '14. So my build was based on his design. I really lacked tools and time and was not willing to shell out the $ for TIG welding. So the build
was done with a hack saw, hand file and a drill.
Chose some scrap aluminum:
![P8210569_zps0nhugn6z.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/bf0/bf06f2944185243f8dc645d5204a4027.jpg)
Built the rear support:
![P8230570_zpsb0wn9ymz.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/e95/e956a40c9dd9a14658b344af06740d4a.jpg)
Built the front support:
![P8240572_zpssgxi78ap.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/743/7430de9e33c0c7a36c1c87be03572485.jpg)
Cut some support rails and found the build had an 1/8 tilt to the front of the tank. With the fill cap and vent hose to the rear of the tank, I wanted to tilt the tank the opposite direction (To the front)
So I added some spacers:
![P8240576_zpsk3yzrso8.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/116/1165b9be0da8f65e8263a28837abf76f.jpg)
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/ba1/ba15c7dcce20809e668bad039e76459f.jpg)
I used 8mm bolts throughout the build with the exception of the mounting rails where I used 6mm:
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a23/a23f354e38f6040f8a6e2666f7184261.jpg)
I used 8mm bolts throughout the build with the exception of the mounting rails on which I used 6mm:
To be continued :
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