(10-08-2015 11:39 PM)ChipBeck Wrote: Gentlemen,
The strangest thing on the yellow bike is the fuel tank without the pressed seam running along the bottom edge. HD never had that flat pressed seam and I didn't like it on Hondas but I've looked at it for so long that now the bike looks odd without it.
Chip
I missed those missing seams from the photos. Good catch.
Actually, from a manufacturing standpoint...a seamless gas tank, or one with the seams in a safer location, would probably represent some sort of breakthrough or new standard. But from a user's standpoint...meh.
I found a use for that seam line on my own...I have clips to anchor my GPS powercord from the seat, to the frame head where it comes up to plug into the unit. Those adhesive neprene rubber hangers stuck on the flat seam area perfectly.
I didn't want to take the tank off to run the power cord; and now I don't have to have the power cord in all the time - to wear and pick up dirt.