Hauling Gas With Tour Tank - STC Tech

Then the gas line was slid over the fitting with a small hose clamp to hold it in place and keep the gas from leaking out.

On my bike we mounted the tank to the bars; every bike is different, and so the tank can be mounted differently. I used soft straps on this one. If I had a sissy bar on the bike, the tank could go there as well. I don't plan on having the tank on all the time, so I want to be able to pull it off and on. I used a quick-disconnect at the flow switch. When you go to the website, you can see how about 100 different guys did it on their bikes.

I routed and connected the gas lines, but before I did that I wanted to show how the lines would go (it's easier to see off the bike). From the left side, you can see the tank fitting (A), then a small amount of line to the on/off flow switch (B), and finally a line"T" (C). At this point, one side of the line will route to the petcock, and the other will go to the fuel filter (D), then out to the carburetor.

Here is the 2.0-gallon polyurethane tank with the T-bar strap mounts. This way it can be mounted to a rack or under the hard-mount saddlebag bracket. It will be up to you how and where.

As I said, there are as many ways to mount this cool tank as there are bikes. Here is the spun-aluminum 2.5-gallon model with the C-strap brackets. As with the other bike, the gas line was routed the same way.

The cool thing is that the tank looks like a bedroll; most people won't know what it is. When I'm ready to head out on my trip to Colorado, I'm set, and the Tour Tank will make my next Sturgis trip a little easier as well.