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Why all the forty eight tank swaps???

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Old 01-30-2011, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by HOTLAP
I would say it has a lot to due with the ugly decal on the tank, people figure they have to get the tank painted anyway so might just as well upgrade to a larger capacity while they are at it.
Looks wise I think it's fine as long as they stick with the 3.3 gallon peanut tank, I dont like the look of the bigger tanks on a 48 though.
Exactly.

I hated the look of the stock tank. I was getting the whole thing painted anyways. I grabbed a 3.3 so I have a little more range to keep up with the baggers.
 
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Old 01-30-2011, 03:18 PM
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I'm going to PURPOSELY buy that decal and put it on my bike to **** everyone off.

I don't have one single complaint about the 48 tank, whatsoever.
 
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Old 01-30-2011, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by HOTLAP
I would say it has a lot to due with the ugly decal on the tank.

I dont like the look of the bigger tanks on a 48 though.
+1, roger that.
 
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Old 01-30-2011, 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by HOTLAP
I would say it has a lot to due with the ugly decal on the tank...
If it was just the decal that made people change the tank, why spend the money on buying a new tank? What a stupid reason to buy a new tank, just paint it. The only reason to change the tank for a bigger one, is to have a bigger one.
 
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I love my 48 just the way it is. Ugly tiny tank and everything else that makes it a 48. Just Sayin....
 
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Old 01-30-2011, 07:36 PM
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Unless you find a Nightster guy that wants the peanutte tank off a Forty Eight and is willing to swap for free.
 
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Old 01-30-2011, 10:08 PM
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i love the 2.2 penaut tank. if i had a 48 i'll keep it
 
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I hated the limited range that the small tank gave me.
 
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Old 01-31-2011, 04:17 AM
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I changed alot of thinngs on my 48 but I wont take of the peanut tank. It makes the bike imo. First 7 days I owned this bike I put over 2000 miles on it and the 2.1 tank was not a problem at all.

 
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Old 01-31-2011, 10:57 AM
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I've got a 48, I agree about the tank graphics and my tank is being re-painted at the moment for that very reason, but there's no way I'd change it for a bigger tank, if practicality was my main concern I'd have bought a different bike!
 


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