Nice job, looks well made.
I just don't get the "need" for a 10 gal tank though, and the additional weight of almost 4 more gallons of fuel?
I believe a gal of gas weighs about 11lbs or so.
I mean the 6.6 gal is good for 240 or so miles and after that I'm ready for a break anyway!
Try 6 lbs.
Just cause you don't 'get it' doesn't mean everybody else doesn't either.
I didn't say they didn't.
I read this perspective and it saddens me.
The fjr is such a great bike and has broad appeal: great on the twisties, grinds away the miles under the wheels and looks styled to the tens sitting parked in the street.
What a great bike!
No one "needs" an fjr. No one.
We are free to enjoy the great package the factory put together, and we are free to use this offering to further improve upon.
No one "needs" to paint the fjr another color. No one "needs" to change-out the suspension pieces. No one "needs" to add extra luggage, or lights, or cruise control, or custom seats.
Of course, the fjr group consists of those who take their love of something and crank it up a notch. They use the tools and abilities they possess to take Yamaha's offering, mold & shape it with their talents, and present their labor of love for inspection.
A concept.
It is no secret that many increase the fuel capacity of the fjr via fuel cells, and this requires surrendering the passenger aspect of the fjr, adding additional plumbing, and making a change in how traveling gear will be dealt with.
Frankentank deals with the downsides of extra fuel capacity and does not require surrendering the fluid styling of the fjr. The modification would not garnish a second glance from the uninitiated!
It looks just that elegant!
Perhaps it is my twisted feeling as a Vet that invokes the response that it does, but "need" sends goosebumps down my spine. This word serves no good purpose but to limit others under the banner of political correctness, is used to herd the thinkers and innovators back into the fold, and helps bury once in for all that term "Yankee Ingenuity".
We may not need a Frankentank, but we need to appreciate what this effort represents & not condemn a talented man's abilities. We need to appreciate freedom over ignorance.
