Essentially its the same bike but swapping the tank/seat over is a problem, the mounting points for the 34L parts are not the same as the 43F. :

Which may have messed up my idea. I've basically got a 55W with OE tank and saddle plus a spare 43F tank which I wanted to fit (better nick and less ...

Update.

So we're nearly at MOT time - first time the bike will have seen one of those this century - and I picked up a slightly battered but sound 43F tank, even the same red and white livery, the idea being to keep both tanks for the moment but fit the 43F one, for reasons explained above.

But ...

Cheers for that, I'm on it

I notice in the states someone is actually making the larger tanks and selling them.

Cheers, let me explain. I'm not crossing deserts but I will be green laning locally so there is every reason for bike and rider to loose weight, and last time I had one I found the big tank did compromise handling a tad..... I like the look of the small tank as much as the big one so that aint a ...

First of all, hello.

So a while back I picked up an 85 Ten out of a barn where it was living with a variety of livestock. It still fired up, but had been surplus to requirements for a while. A lot of stuff has needed attention - basically all the consumables were consumed, big fat gap between ...