That is an XT600 tank for the 43f not sure if it will fit the 550 probably worth a try,
I believe Acerbis did make a tank for the 550 the picture below is one I found
on the net a while ago but have no more details.
http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab149/bopster_101/XT550Acerbistank.jpg ...

Can anyone please advise?

As per the Restoration thread... we have 2 XT550's in SA. While here in the UK, I have now bought an ACERBIS Desert Tank for the one bike. It was advertised on eBay in Germany as a plastic tank for the XT550.

I took the plunge and got it to the UK - arrived this morning ...

Schweet man......... they look really nice in white!

Mezo - point taken matey......... but I don't want to punt my company..... the TBB was started in SA to allow me to sell a few bits that I'd made for my BMW through some of the SA forums (and only as local manufacturers did not want to make or supply anything on a once-off basis - so all products in ...

Excuse me while I :puke: £25 vs £200! That is 1/8 the price!

I used to live next to an engineering workshop, I would steal offcuts and pieces from their scrap skip for whenever we needed to make something. There was always some mild steel plate offcuts, odd lengths of pipe etc. Now I live near no ...

Very cool! I shall have to steal your design for my own rack, although I will be using soft bags...I just have to find/make some hoops first.

It will certainly beat paying £200 :puke: for the hepco and becker rack.

Total cost for a set including Powder coating (ZAR R28.00) and the Stainless ...

As the XT550's were specifically bought to do some touring with my sons, the addition of luggage etc was next on the list.

This was going to be interesting as I struggled to find plans or decent idea's for my frames. So first I had a few sets of lugge "hoops" made and then started planning out the ...