will 2003 model tank fit a model 2000 bike?

[marc lenssen]

Hi All,

I don't really like the silver tank on my candy blue 2000 dero. Now I regularly see black tanks for a 2003 for sale but I am not sure if it is the same tank and will simply be a swap. Anyone???? Will the 2003 tank fit on a 2000 without modifications??

Thanks,

Marc

[PHILinFRANCE]

Hi Marc
Iv,e got the same model and also like the black tanks!! is it not worth looking into a good spray job
Phil

[marc lenssen]

Thought about that too, then I would have it painted in the colour of the fairings.
Somehow sounds easier to just exchange tanks though, instead of looking for a good paint shop and being without tank, and bike, for god knows how long.....

[Snaphappy]

You could always buy a black Bagster cover they look good, I've got a black tank and the scratches show up a lot more on black than on silver
Bagster still on my list of wants but it is a long list slowly getting shorter

[africajim]

I can't remember now but I think the older ones have fixings for the plastics top and bottom of tank where the new ones only have fixings at the top.
I might be mixing it up with the Africa twin tho?
Steve T has the black tank bag and looks good with it, I reckon that's the cheapest and most useful way to protect and change the colour of your tank mate.

[StumpyFingers]

Check with the model numbers, some times like on the Transalp 650 the model had very few changes through its life so it can have a part from an earlier bike fits mine and an 06 model.

[marc lenssen]

I did buy a black bagster off of the german Ebay. It is on it's way. I didn't think of the visibility of the scratching on shiny black indeed.
Does anyone have a link to some part numbers so i could compare?
The older tank also has only the top fixings for the fairing. the twin indeed had top and bottom..

[Snaphappy]

Try this bike-parts.fr pièce détaché microfiche
a french site for ordering parts direct off the fiche, all models, new tank €758

[marc lenssen]

Second hand tanks are a bit cheaper......
But the site does not give partnumbers, pity, nice site......
You need a subscription somehow to get to the partnumbers.....

[Snaphappy]

I'm about three hours away from you with a 2003 black tanked SD02 come up and try
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&so...03,3.90564&z=8
but I'm not swapping

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