Tuesday 22 May 2018

‘77 XT500 Tank Replacements?


Hey y’all, This is my first bike and I’m fairly notice at this stuff so hoping for some advice here!I have an old 1977 XT 500 I just got last month. Luckily there’s not too much wrong with it, it honestly looked like someone just parked it and left it for years. My s/o is a tech so we are slowly fixing her up. It runs just needs some polishing, a few easy replacements and some TLC, but the gas tank was rusted pretty badly.Used a cleaner, but the rust had eaten the metal so thin that there are now three small holes in the tank. So, as crushed as I am, I’m taking this as my opportunity to customize it.I’ve seen a bad ass build where they sourced a CT 175 tank, however those are proving about as difficult (and expensive) to find as the XT.My question for y’all - does anyone have suggestions for other tanks I can look at putting on this thing that will keep the cafe racer aesthetic and not be too chunky?Thank you! via /r/CafeRacers https://www.reddit.com/r/CafeRacers/comments/8lce8x/77_xt500_tank_replacements/?utm_source=ifttt

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