Early GT tank

The early GT tank I got from Larry has the vent tube. The fiberglass SS tank seems not to have such a tube, but the cap that was on it (the correct one) is vented in a very clever way, a kind of maze in the casting, under the cork gasket.
 
MarnixSFC said:
It the S that had the vent tube, the GT did not.

Marnix
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I beg to differ Marnix.
I have 3 GT type tanks and as Eric mentions for his, they all have a vent tube.
650 waiting for better days
750 GT waiting for better days
A spare wide frame tank for sale with its side panels. It doesn't seem to interest any body, they all want orange Jotas. I could even offer a frame with metal shrouded forks to go with it and a matching numbers engine, and maybe a couple of wheels.
One of Laverda's best.

Paul
 
Paul Marx said:
I beg to differ Marnix.
I have 3 GT type tanks and as Eric mentions for his, they all have a vent tube.
650 waiting for better days
750 GT waiting for better days
A spare wide frame tank for sale with its side panels. It doesn't seem to interest any body, they all want orange Jotas. I could even offer a frame with metal shrouded forks to go with it and a matching numbers engine, and maybe a couple of wheels.
One of Laverda's best.

Paul
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Tempting but shipping would kill me, no correction, my wife would kill me.
 
All I know about that GT tank I sold Eric is that it "came" on the S frame bike. Not fitting well at all, incompatible frame width and tank mounts.
The cap that I sold to Eric is the cap that was on the tank when I got it, having been on one of my shelves for 7-8 years.
There is what appears to be a vent tube on the bottom of the tank ahead of one of the U shaped mounting points of the tank.
 
Eurocycleguy said:
All I know about that GT tank I sold Eric is that it "came" on the S frame bike. Not fitting well at all, incompatible frame width and tank mounts.
The cap that I sold to Eric is the cap that was on the tank when I got it, having been on one of my shelves for 7-8 years.
There is what appears to be a vent tube on the bottom of the tank ahead of one of the U shaped mounting points of the tank.
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Yep Larry, it's a vent tube and an overflow. It needs a flexible tube putting on to direct excess fuel to the ground.
You cannot fill those tanks to the brim.

Paul
 
The cap that Larry sent is perfectly functional, as far as I can tell, it's just a plain-jane sort of thing when compared to the alloy one from the factory. I presume that's another example of the FLAM foundry showing off. Thanks for the tip about adding a tube to the overflow pipe, Paul.

Eric
 
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