New look with the IMS Tank 2

Here is one example of the benefits of this fantastic forum.

I now have an IMS tank on and my bike still looks as good as when I first saw it on the showroom floor.

That turned out nice. TW

White tank - with shrouds

Instead of an adhesive or foam tape (all of which I purchased) I decided to use 2" wide "Industrial Strength" adhesive backed (available at Home Depot) Velcro tape. I used 2 4' long pieces for both shrouds. The reason I went this route, is that i allows me to remove/replace the shrouds if damaged. The setup works great. I "prepped" the surfaces of the tanks and shrouds by spraying them with carb cleaner.... it is mostly Xylene, which does a great job of softenning up the plastic to accept the adhesive backed Velcro.

I went on a 70 mile ride in the mountains 12 hours after installing the shrouds. Holding strong!

Bald Mt. overlooking Shaver Lake. My backyard playground!

The downside of this trip, my fuel pump quit on me at the top of Bald Mt. What a PIA. my buddy had to tow me up and down 30 miles of trails, forest service roads and blacktop to my truck. Ughhh!

Coffee - the Velcro tape is 2" x 4' long. You cut it to length.

I did 195 miles yesterday and even with one fall in some nasty single track, where the side of the front tank wing hit the ground, the red tank shrouds are still stuck on.

A benefit of having this stock tank panels on the IMS tank is that you now have some protection from impacts to the ground,, a buffer between your tank and rocks, sticks, mud, gravel and knee guards.

WOW, those are some nasty rides for sure. One of my friends just finished Dusy Ershim on a BMW X-Challenge. That would be quite a feat. Let me know when you're planning on riding them. I have quite a few riding buddies and we are always looking for any excuse to trash our bikes on a great ride.

In my household we have a saying. "If you aint crashin", you aint tryin'"

IMS Tank Graphics

I peeled the stickers off the stock tank shrouds and stuck them on the IMS tank. Time will tell how well they stay put.

That looks like a trailer park in Orange....am I right?

Near Adele?

Your stock shroud graphics said IMS on the bottom?

Questions

Nope, Escondido in San Diego County.

Second question, those are stickers that came with the tank. I used them to cover the holes in the factory graphics, (mounting holes for the red plastic shrouds on the stock tank.

Looks good! You got IMS stickers with your tank? Rats, I got the short end of the stick on that. I had asked somewhere before if it were possible to remove the shroud graphics and reuse them and got nothing but no. Way to take the initiative How did you remove them successfully and restick them?

I got one sticker (found it kind of by chance). Maybe you could e-mail them and they'd send you a couple.

info@imsproducts.com

They sell a sheet of various size and style stickers for $20.