I've got my fuel tank today from tiger, and i'm confused about the mounts...... when you sit it in the chassis the mounts are so far up the side that the bottom of the tank sticks out the bottom of the chassis.... has anyone fitted one of these? if so surely this can't be correct? any pics or comments appreciated.... I know tigers build tollerences are bad, but this bad?

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Certainly looks different to the one in the tiger avon book. Wonder if its for the correct model?

Cheers

Rich

the tank is differant to mine, but does it mount better it you push the tank up from underneath?

hi mark, nope i tried that one 2, it still hangs out the bottom....

i'll take a couple of pics of mine and send you a u2u tomorrow, i didn't get it from tiger but its the same spec from the avon book

I am sure we have seen this problem before...

IIRC that is the tank for a Cat not an Avon.....

Dave's right, i remember when it come up on here last time to, could'nt remember if was a cat or R6, theres a couple of pic in my archive if you want to have a look. How much are tiger charging for an ali tank these days?

Mine was the same.

i put some brackets under the chassi and mounted the tank on these. I then put straps over the top. Have encosed the pictures. I also cut off the alloy brackets.

Ian
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I think that tiger use a different tank for fuel injected cars. and that has the side lugs which are no use on an Avon.

Ian

i emiled laura at tiger and she confirmed its the wrong one..... need to swap it for another.....

Let me know what the right one is like.

Thanks

Ian

Yea I have the same tank in my avon. It is for an R6 or some other tiger model. Tiger did say this when I bought it though.

To make mine fit, I have a couple of straps underneath, so the tank sits flush with the bottom to the rear box section. I then used threaded rod drilled through the back of the chassi and then up to the tabs on the tank so it sits square. The Avon tank is the same size except it doesnt have the tabs welded to the side. I contemplated cutting them off and mounting it like the book, bet then thought hey might as well use the tabs.

Been looking for some pics of mine but cant find any and my body is mounted now...

I've swapped the tank for a normal one i.e. not injection, the injection tank has no brackets on the bottom for fitting to an avon so you will need to put some onyourself and grind off the ones that are on the sides shown in the photo...