FJR1300 - Jim Boone
I put a 4 gal RCI aluminum cell on my FJR. I modified it some by having aluminum unistrut welded on the sides and back for mounting points and also had the AN fittings cut/welded up and a bung put in on the very bottom. I had heard that these 4 gal cells really only hold 3.5 and that is dead on from the back fittings; by going with a bottom bung I get 3.7. These pics show a couple of revisions and some of it has been talked about here before - but in short I had gravity feed problems when it was hot out - tried multiple solutions - and finally mounted a fuel pump on the back. I also fuel from the left - I see many are set up so that doing from that side would be difficult - so I ordered the top filler for this tank and it works out great. Added a tether (which has saved that cap more than once!). I figure I have maybe $300 into this one as I had to pay a "backyard fabricator" that had a shear/brake/welder. He's cheap but it still took 3 trips or so @ $20-40 a pop each time.
The unistrut is also handy for my 1 gal hydration Coleman wally world special. I would like to improve on how that is attached - basically a couple of pieces of angle bolted on the unistrut for the cooler to sit on then 3 bungy cords that go on in a particular order. It works but is kinda cumbersome occasionally when you're fatigued and trying to do quick stops. It has been dislodged a couple of times also when I was on rough roads, butt it does work and is simple. Still figuring that out or at least how to do it better for the the future aux tank.
I plan to build a tanji-esque tank in the future to my specs butt that's still in the brainstorming phase and now likely won't be until next winter. I like the work that I've seen on the originals and others built off that idea, but I also want to tweak mine some in a few ways. More later...
The unistrut is also handy for my 1 gal hydration Coleman wally world special. I would like to improve on how that is attached - basically a couple of pieces of angle bolted on the unistrut for the cooler to sit on then 3 bungy cords that go on in a particular order. It works but is kinda cumbersome occasionally when you're fatigued and trying to do quick stops. It has been dislodged a couple of times also when I was on rough roads, butt it does work and is simple. Still figuring that out or at least how to do it better for the the future aux tank.
I plan to build a tanji-esque tank in the future to my specs butt that's still in the brainstorming phase and now likely won't be until next winter. I like the work that I've seen on the originals and others built off that idea, but I also want to tweak mine some in a few ways. More later...
