Hi all sorry been away so long bike been goin so good now i have no probs

However my bike has been in bits now for over a month and i am getting it cleaned up and back together slowly

My problem now is that the petrol tank will not fit back on my bike to big , far to big

I have done the whole boiling water in then squeeze back to shape that worked the last time but this time way to big hmmmmmmm. It seems that this time will not go back to shape

Anyway I have had enough of this now, even after i got it in last time it still did not line up proper with the mudguard so that annoyed me 2

The other day I was looking at the 2007 290 and its tank seemed to fit neater than mine looked like a smaller tank but it fitted nice and snug into the frame and under the mudguard

Does anybody no where i can get a new one or secondhand

Cheers for reading

Footpegleg

Splat shop , but be ready to dig deep theyre not cheap

Is there a different litre capacity or are they all the same size, the other one i seen seemed to be skinnier def was not as bulky as mine i wondered if it was a smaller size

maybe my own one is fryer tucked it bulges out over the frame

there is also one point on the underside of the tank that seems really weak plastic i can push it right in with a finger and that is without the hot water in grrrrrr

spent 2 weeks servicing my bike few new bits added all nice n clean and last fing to go on wont fit prob gonna need new tank, guess i willnae git oot afore the ssdt

Alcohol laced fuel is the cause of your oversized soft tank. You'll have to replace it, the 07 tank is listed as only fitting that year & holds 2.8lt, 08 & 09 are the same part numbers so they will be interchangeable, not sure of their capacity

If you get the alcohol out is should shrink on its own, mine did. Takes time, but after I went back to straight aviation gas I looked up a couple months later and it shrunk back to original dimension, had been getting quite difficult to fit.

Not sure which is best, just changing fuel or removing all fuel and letting it air out?

Considering mine took years to grow that much, I was surprised.

Non alcohol race gas would be the other alternative, costs more but?