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Has anyone ever seen a tank like this before?
« on: February 19, 2019, 11:32:17 PM »
Someone posted these pictures on a FB group asking what kind of thank this is.

I haven't seen one like this before and I see a lot of cb tanks.
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Re: Has anyone ever seen a tank like this before?
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2019, 04:40:42 AM »
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Could it be from something like this?


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Re: Has anyone ever seen a tank like this before?
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2019, 09:19:06 AM »
Yes south Australian police had them monsters.

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Re: Has anyone ever seen a tank like this before?
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2019, 10:28:04 AM »
And The Village People.

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Re: Has anyone ever seen a tank like this before?
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2019, 12:05:25 PM »
 ;D royhall.

And the "Chips" guys used Kawasaki,  surprisingly tight trousers too  :D

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Re: Has anyone ever seen a tank like this before?
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2019, 12:27:45 PM »
Cool shades though.

I found an advertising brochure for the CB750 K1 plod bike version, is that the same tank?





Hard to make out the fuel capacity there, but it actually looks smaller, I think the road bike was 5 US gallons.

When I had my early CB750 as a callow youth I realised there were two bikes chasing after me late one night through Lancaster, and wound the throttle open a bit. I lost one of them but one kept up. Turns out they were Norton Commando Interpols. :( The result was a load of points and a hefty fine, It turned out that I knew the bike cop via the club I was in, and he down played my actual speed on the report so I didn't get banned. He couldn't let me off though, he explained as his mate, who turned up eventually (either not that good a rider or his Norton broke down), would want to know why.
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Re: Has anyone ever seen a tank like this before?
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2019, 03:56:41 PM »
Village people, Chips cops with tight trousers - what this all about ::)
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Re: Has anyone ever seen a tank like this before?
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2019, 09:40:25 PM »
A fair bit of YMCA going down here it seems

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Looks like a "white" bomber he's riding as well  :)

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Re: Has anyone ever seen a tank like this before?
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2019, 10:14:52 PM »
Ok. Thank you all.

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Re: Has anyone ever seen a tank like this before?
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2019, 08:17:18 PM »
Petcock on left side.
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Re: Has anyone ever seen a tank like this before?
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2019, 10:18:09 PM »
So it is not from a police bike?


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Re: Has anyone ever seen a tank like this before?
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2019, 10:34:31 PM »
May of come from a later police unit, when they changed the fuel tap from right to left  ::)

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Re: Has anyone ever seen a tank like this before?
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2019, 10:57:11 PM »
Menno I’m fairly sure the CB750 P0 and P2 just used a standard Honda tank..

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Re: Has anyone ever seen a tank like this before?
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2020, 06:58:29 PM »
Hi Menno, sorry for the late answer, this tank comes from a CB250G made for French army during the 70's, more than 2500 bikes sold ! They had a CB750 tank for better autonomy.

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Re: Has anyone ever seen a tank like this before?
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2020, 11:26:03 PM »
Ah, merci bien.

Thank you for your answer.

 

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