interstate tank

My interstate tank failed a few years ago thanks to the ethanol they decided to put in petrol (Gas) to save the world.
So I replaced it with a roadster steel tank, as at the time steel interstate tanks were silly prices.
I would like to go back to a interstate for the extra range.
Came across this on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NORTON-COMMAN ... Swr81UN5qW
Seems too be a bit cheap to be a quality item. Has any one tried one ?

Says top quality and new , so go for it .

well I bought the same tank and matching sidecovers from them some time ago , but as yet havent got around to painting and fitting them.
But I must say its the best made tank I've ever seen come out of India. I was very impressed with the quality. I really dont think its gonna have to many issues, I'd buy another tank from them again, but probably not from any other Indian supplier
Don

I bought a set of Interstate side covers from this vendor, and am happy with them. I have not painted nor fitted them yet, as I got them for my original Interstate tank that I have had for years but is not currently on the bike. The quality is almost but not quite as good as the replacement Andover Norton made roadster steel sidecovers I have seen at my local AN vendor.

See this thread for more on these tanks from the vendor you were asking about above steel-interstate-tank-t24275.html

gortnipper said:

See this thread for more on these tanks from the vendor you were asking about above steel-interstate-tank-t24275.html

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Ya beat me to it! He posts pictures starting at steel-interstate-tank-t24275.html#p321839

Nathan

I also purchased that tank and it appears to be very well made. I still need to pressure test it but at the moment I would not hesitate on recommending it. I liked it enough to buy a set of side covers also. I am still waiting on them.

Pete

Are there baffles in the tank, I have the large version original (i think) interstate tank on my bike, it would be nice not to have gas sloshing around.

I bought the same tank. It seems pretty good to me. It has a red primer coating inside the tank. I sent the vendor a message as to what I was suposed to do about that. Do I strip it off? Do I coat over it? Do I do nothing? The person responded to me that I should strip it off...... so I made a coctail of paint stripper and acetone, added 30 nuts for abrasion, and swirled it around inside the tank. It barely touched the paint, so I gave up trying to strip it.

I washed the tank out with gasoline and nothing came out but the noxious chemicals I put in it, so I am leaving the interior of the tank as is. I mount clear gas filters in my fuel lines and cut the filters off my petcocks so I can see if there's any crap flowing toward my carbs or if there's any blockage. It's my opinion that the vendor's instructions to strip off the interior coating was a mistake due to language translation. I think the person responding to me may not really understand english all that well because she also said that the outside of the tank is chrome plated which I also wonder about...

anyway the tank seems well made, and I'm currently painting it and my old sidecovers too, so this tank won't be mounted til next spring, I don't think there are any baffles in the tank.

mine is not coated inside, and no baffles which doesnt worry me.
Don

madass1I bought the same tank. It seems pretty good to me. It has a red primer coating inside the tank. I sent the vendor a message as to what I was suposed to do about that. Do I strip it off? Do I coat over it? Do I do nothing? The person responded to me that I should strip it off...... so I made a coctail of paint stripper and acetone said:

mine is not coated inside, and no baffles which doesnt worry me.
Don

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and heres lies the problem with any thing coming out of India, until there is a consensus of who is the person in India that will produce quality components , all we do is go back and forth about the quality of parts coming out of India. India is a big place, lets point to the good quality stuff by the person invoilved.

Many thanks all for feedback I think I may go for it

I also bought one from the same seller when he offered them on Ebay US. At the time I felt it was a huge gamble but the price was so low I rolled the dice.
Very impressive quality, especially for the money. What really impressed me was the stamped bottom instead of a bunch of welded flat pieces.
Haven't mounted or painted mine yet either but it looks great.

just so there's no confusion, I got my tank from the ebay store of: "rsvintageparts2014"

Whether the tank is made in house by that person's employees or subcontracted out to a different manufacturer, I don't know. I thought the tank was "OK" with the exception of not understanding why it was lined with red primer paint... Other than that, I paid $154. for the tank including shipping to the seattle area. So long as it doesn't leak, I can make it nicer than my beat up old roadster tank is presently, so it was a good deal for me.

Evan Wilcox makes the best tanks available if you can pony up and pay for a real craftsman and hand built quality.

http://wilcoxmetal.com/england.htm