I see the Indians are producing reproduction Heinrich tanks

[Carl]

Originally Posted by chasbmw

Rover is owned by an Indian company........ They seem to be doing very well at the moment, this was after Ford gave up on LandRover/Jaguar.

All the keihan parts that I have used have fitted properly from the get go, and when I bought a well shagged second hand RT fitted with Keihan silencers, keihan replaced a cracked silencer without any problems, even though I could not prove that the silencer was within their 10 YEAR guarantee period.

Bob Porecha, a /2 specialist from the UK imports Indian made tanks, the tanks are supplied unpainted and certainly look very good when finished. It probably really depends on who makes these tanks and I would agree that the final fitting and adjusting would need to be done at this end.

When I rode various BMWs around the world in the late 70s and early 80s, I used standard BMW tanks, range was almost never a problem. Running those big tanks never seemed to me to be worthwhile, more about the farkle I reckon.

Charles

The flame Rover was either a BMW or Ford owned version. I'm familiar w/ Tata and when they took over the helm of the company.

It was nice that Keihan honored a warranty claim when they weren't obligated to do so for you. I'll purchase from a specialist supplier when it is feasible. My last purchase w/ them should be my last for their products. Mr. Matt managed the quality issues discussion w/ them and cc'd myself w/ the emails. Their attitude in the emails and the product is a show-stopper for me. I wish them well. At this time I prefer not to indulge in their business model.

I believe that Bob is from India. He's been playing w/ the pre-70 BMW's for some time. It must be at least 30 years since I phoned him to discuss custom builds. He seemes to favor machines w/ monster tanks. I'm sure he is familiar w/ the quality of the tanks he is purchasing from India. Maybe someone can contact Bob and get some info on the tanks???

Monster vs. standard size petrol tanks is probably a discussion for the large tanks thread. Lots of petrol w/ a sidecar rig can be very handy. My initial post to this thread was to address, what seemed to me, what was starting to be an Asian Subcontinent fiasco....

Carl

[old fart bob]

I bought one of their metal tanks for my '65 BSA Spitfire Hornet. I had problems with the fiber glass on the original tanks coming apart even with it sealed inside. The new Indian metal tank fit perfectly. About the only problem I had was I have no idea what screw thread pattern they are using. I had a machine shop re thread the fuel tap and it works fine.