BIGGER fuel tank for Baghira

[wayne]

hi, i saw this pic and wondered if anyone new where i could get a tank like this for my Baghira?

Wayne

http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/v ... =11aio89l1

[MSW]

Looks like it could be the tunebike 22 litre tank (http://www.tunebike.de/English/Galery/Rallye_and_Tour/rallye_and_tour.html). Appearance is a little different, but I don't know of any other expanded tank that works with the stock seat. Apparently, there is a KTM solution, but the stock seat doesn't work with it, so you have to fashion a new seat as well.

[AtomicSpew]

...and my last communication with them at tunebike suggested that they were no longer making the expandable gas tanks for our Baggy's. They did have a couple of them in stock, but the asking price was off the charts (upwards of $1000+ if I'm not mistaken) and they'd likely need to be painted, or at least covered in stickers...

[wayne]

WOW thats not what i was expecting

[AtomicSpew]

Here's a copy of my email trail from this past August. Current exchange rates would have the unpaintable orange tank going for about $1100 US, not including shipping. I think I may be mistaken in that they do still produce the expandable tanks, but I think it's still way cost prohibitive, unless you're really in love with the idea of a ralley-type Baghira:

Hello,
the tank has 30 liters. The price is 789.91 euro for the orange color tank (not paintable). It is very, very hard to get one of these tanks nowadays, because the production is stopped. We have a paintable tank on stock, which is slightly used. The tank can be painted in every color. The normal price for this tank is 1168 euro, I can sell it for 850 euro + shipping.

Best regards,

Thorsten Haberkamm
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50733 Köln
Telefon +49.(0)221.7680560
Fax +49.(0)221.7680566
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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Philip Wheatley [mailto:pcwheatley@yahoo.com]
Gesendet: Freitag, 8. August 2008 17:07
An: info@off-the-road.de
Betreff: Re: AW: Inquiry off-the-road.de

How many litres petrol does it hold? How much $$ ? What colors is it available in?
Thank you-

Philip C. Wheatley
831-421-2115, cell
----- Original Message ----
From: OFF-THE-ROAD T. Haberkamm <info@off-the-road.de>
To: Philip Wheatley <pcwheatley@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 5:18:23 AM
Subject: AW: Inquiry off-the-road.de

Hello,
we still work with MZ parts. The fairing is still avaiable, but the look is different.

Best regards,

Thorsten Haberkamm
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OFF-THE-ROAD
Inh.: T. Haberkamm
Niehler Straße 102-158
Gebäude 31
50733 Köln
Telefon +49.(0)221.7680560
Fax +49.(0)221.7680566
eMail info@off-the-road.de
Internet www.off-the-road.de
USt-Id-Nr.: DE 187 997 942

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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Philip Wheatley [mailto:pcwheatley@yahoo.com]
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. Juli 2008 05:29
An: info@off-the-road.de
Betreff: Inquiry off-the-road.de

NAME: Philip Wheatley
EMAIL: pcwheatley@yahoo.com
ADDRESSE:
Hello from USA!

Do you still make parts for MZ Baghira?

http://www.off-the-road.de/otr/OTRneu/e ... idung.html
TELEFONNUMMER: 1-831-421-2115

[wayne]

i wouldnt want to spend that amount of cash,even if they are quite rare.

cheers for the info tho

wayne

[AtomicSpew]

Agreed on the cost issue, which is why I never pulled the trigger. MSW has a nice write-up of some long distance riding he's done with extra gas attached to his bike (search his posts), and there was somebody in Tucson, AZ that used to make extra storage tanks that would attach to the back of the bike and tap into the gas line system as a reserve as well, but I don't remember his name or links. Anybody recall? Anyway, my pleasure to post the info, and good luck to you with a reasonable solution.
Cheers-
Flip