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« Reply #20 on: March 13, 2008, 07:14:43 pm »
Quote from: OnlyVees on March 13, 2008, 07:01:00 pm

Pinched fuel tank vent?


No, the tank warped for some other reason. There is speculation that it has to do with the gas formula here in the 'States but I don't know that for sure. The tank is plastic.
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« Reply #21 on: March 14, 2008, 09:36:11 am »
Quote from: atypical1 on March 13, 2008, 07:14:43 pm



No, the tank warped for some other reason. There is speculation that it has to do with the gas formula here in the 'States but I don't know that for sure. The tank is plastic.


What color is the tank?  There is a theory that dark, plastic tanks don't handle direct sunlight and hot environs as well as their more reflective brethren.
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« Reply #22 on: March 14, 2008, 10:24:22 am »
Red. Thing's only two years old though and lives in a garage.
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« Reply #23 on: March 14, 2008, 10:58:13 am »
Quote from: atypical1 on March 14, 2008, 10:24:22 am

Red. Thing's only two years old though and lives in a garage.


Gotcha...

Several Futura's have had a similar issue and a common thread seems to be the black or blue models that have most of the tank warpage.

Sorry to continue the thread jack.
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« Reply #24 on: March 14, 2008, 10:59:32 am »
James, Rebel 250. Lower your costs, and you would look great on it.



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« Reply #25 on: March 14, 2008, 11:01:11 am »
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« Reply #26 on: March 14, 2008, 11:29:37 am »
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« Reply #27 on: July 14, 2010, 10:37:25 am »
Aprilia's with the Rotax vtwin are among the cheapest performance  bikes to maintain of any, never mind Italian bikes.  Plus, they don't break. Thumbsup
Unless their revved hard ala Mille , Tuono, Falco, Valve check isn't even spec'ed by dealer until 12k and as has been posted, many don't ever seem to need adjusting.

Now the new Aprilia built motors, that seems a different story. EEK!
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