Ducati Sporting Club UK > DesmoDue Race Series > DesmoDue - General Questions and Chat > SS tank on Monster frame?

[Otei]

Originally Posted by chris.p

Or Crhis' come to thnik of it


Chris

Please say you realised that was purposefull irony?

[bradders]

Originally Posted by Jolley

Mine isn't an SS one. It is an 888 one, which shares a very similar frame to the monster. Did it myself (plus father). My monster tank was only 7.1kg anyway (including cap/hoses/filter), so I doubt you would be saving much with the SS tank, and just creating a headache for yourself.

cool, coz my question was about the 888 tank which is the same as the one in the link? May be worth a punt then at the right price. So no extra outside fuel pump then? Just swap fittings from your monster tank?

if I changed to the Ss it would only be for ergonomics; I wonder if I could use my kness more with a tank that has proper sides rather than the monster ones. I reckon the tanks are pretty much same weight

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by bradders

cool, coz my question was about the 888 tank which is the same as the one in the link?

IS IT ?????

as the one in the auction link says 888/851/900SS etc

well that would be two different style frames and I can't see it fitting both

Then again it could be for the Spondon Alloy beam Frame that they built that you could fit a Ducati engine in be it a 888, 851 or a 900SS engine
Might have to dig out some old mags as I can't recall if they also did a tubed trellis frame for the Ducati engines

Either way its still a nice tank for the right money

[bradders]

ar yeah good point. Looks can be deceiving....altho right colour too

pics of the bottom look like a fairly open area, what do you reckon?

[chris.p]

Originally Posted by Otei

Please say you realised that was purposefull irony?

Yes, I did



Chris

[Jolley]

The only thing I would say is you 'might' have problems with the airbox and igniter boxes (mine was tight, and it seemed to have a bigger void under the tank - though it is hard to tell).... Although a lot of people have relocated those anyway. The front mount on this one is a little different to mine, but it looks like you might just need a little plate to bolt it to.

I still have a little external pump on mine, not the one in the tank, because the 888 (I think) was fuel injected with a much higher pressure pump.

[bradders]

so cant be vacuum fed then ala monster tank? May still be worth a punt for next year, especially if its a couple of kilos lighetr and goes for the right money, although how heavy is the pump? The SS tank was weighed with inside pump fitted

[Jolley]

That one prob could because of where the feed is. The 888 outlet is 1/3 up the tank, so I need it to get the fuel up and out. Mine had an elec pump anyway (weighs no more than 500g), so any saving on the tank is still a saving. Even if I had gone from a steel tank without pump to the 888 tank with pump, it would still be a 2kg saving.