Larger Gas Tank for EN500A

[Triangles]

If anyone has shoe horned a larger gas tank on the first gen vulcan 500's I'd like some details. I've seen a few things that might work, but they cost about as much as I spent on the bike.

[kawboyCAFE]

if you took your time, and had the tools, you could always adapt the bottom of your tank to the top of a custom tank. i would take some time, but it would work.

[fastpakr]

If you're ever down this way (or I'm up that way) I'd be glad to pop the tank off my LTD for you to compare. Perhaps it can be adapted to an A model?

[Triangles]

Thanks but, I have both the an "A" and "C" I haven't tried since the C has the spedo on the tank where the spedo is on the handlebars on the A. I have some ideas brewing in the back of my mind similar to what BikerBill did.

[fastpakr]

You wouldn't be willing to move to a tank mounted gauge set if that solved the problem?

[Triangles]

no that's the one thing I dislike about my LTD. I wear a full face helmet and I can't see the idiot lights without rotating my head down. It also takes my eyes off the road longer than I'd like to check my speed. I usually use a quick glance at my tach to gauge my speed. I'm contemplating a spun aluminum tank behind the sissy bar. it would be easier and probably cheaper than shoehorning a larger main tank on.

[fastpakr]

Fair enough. I prefer the bar mounted gauges also, but if it's a choice between that and an extra gallon of fuel, I'll deal with glancing down from time to time. Thankfully, the Silverwing I'm tinkering with in the garage has a 4.6 gallon tank and bar mounted gauges, so I can stop compromising whenever I get it up and running.