about 4 years ago and just realized it. I crashed my 07 GSXR 1000 early in 2008 and found a set of mint, complete plastics including the fuel tank and rearsets for $1100. The guy told me he bought the bike brand new and immediately stripped it to put race parts on it. I used all of the parts besides the fuel tank. It's been sitting in storage ever since. Just this past week I pulled the tank from storage and this is what I found (both holes on the tank had tape over them to prevent foreign objects from entering. Ha). So, now I need the tank for my street bike but the filler has been destroyed. Anyway of fixing this? Vortex cap and base?
Yup, race cap. 1/4 turn caps are what I prefer though. Vortex seem to get stuck too easy. The one my sponsor sent me beging of this year was done that way too. I think it came from a junkyard and they had to get the cap off though. Your story sounds way more fishy since he claimed he took it off new.
+1 I have a Lightech quick release on my GSXR, and its 10x better than a Vortex. Opens and closes easier, and less prone to leakage
I sell a lot of parts on ebay, including gas tanks. If I come across a gas tank for which I have no key, I unbolt the fuel pump and get a really long screw driver to unbolt the gas cap from the inside. This has worked for many suzukis
No sir, I bought it when I lived in Tampa. The guy I bought the stuff from was in Orlando. I wish I still had dudes info, I'd be posting that shit all over the interwebs :/
The tank on my racebike looks similar to that... not that bad though. The guy I got the tank from broke the key off inside the lock (no idea how that happened). I have a Vortex cap on mine, works just fine.
