Kawasaki Vulcan gas tank size

[oldnortonrider]

A friend of mine has a '96 Kawasaki Vulcan,>has had it since it was new. His third one. He says it has a
3 and half gallon gas tank capacity. He desperately wants to get
a larger tank capacity. Does anyone know if any of the other Vulcans may have had a different, larger capacity?

Or if any other Kawasaki models might be "bolt on"?

[prometheus578]

I should be able to answer this one seeing how I work at a Kawa dealership, but I can't.
Different Vulcans may have different tank sizes, but nothing says that they'll match to your frame, and it would be wrong for me to hazard a guess.
Go poke around the KZRIDER site... Mostly for Kawa KZ's, but someone there might know something that I don't.

[oldnortonrider]

He's got the "1500cc" engine. I was not thinking that there might
be different size engines with ..... maybe ........ different frames.

I'll check on that recommended site.

I appreciate your info.

[Geezer]

There is another option. Find a used take about the right size and shape then modify it to fit. You can hammer in clearence dents on the underside and weld on new mounting points.

Geezer

[oldnortonrider]

Geezer, you're right. That's a viable option.
That's what I did, with the Kawasaki Concours 7 & half gallon tank, that I have on my 81 XS11 Special. Shaped it underneath with a torch and different type hammers. 3 years ago. It took the place of a 3.9 gallon tank that was on the XS. I put XS "Standard" petcocks on both sides. The guy that has the Kawasaki Vulcan has commented a couple times, what a good looking tank, the Concours tank is, on my XS. Saw one on Ebay,
about a year ago for $25.

[Geezer]

Many years ago I made a Kawasaki Z1 tank fit on a GT750 suzuki. However I wasn't after a larger tank, I wanted a less ugly one. ;o)

Geezer