New tank.

[seth]

I've lived next to the sea (100meters away)
And had no problems with the tank finish .forks were my problem needed recoating at 30000 miles.
I think the secret is the keep it as full as possible when laying the bike up for a extended period of time.
Hopefully your new tank will last much longer .

[Tony Nitrous]

As I posted before, I've had well over 50 bikes, both in the UK and Australia. The last dozen have all been big Suzuki's. Of the 8 I now have all are over 10 years old. Some in regular use, some stored. Never had a fuel tank rot or rust out.

I only ever use premium fuel.

I never use fuel with ethanol if I can possibly avoid it.

I store bikes with a full to the brim tank.

Any bike not full to the brim gets a shake to slosh the fuel about and soak the inside.


I'm not sure what folk with rust / rot in the tanks are doing different to me.
I'm not using anything special or being cautious of how I treat them.

[shanered6]

When i had mine off in mid summer i did notice surface rust starting on the under side of mine so i will have to get to it before winter with a good rust eater and a coat of paint ..... and hopefully that should do the trick !

[ajl]

I've lived next to the sea (100meters away)
And had no problems with the tank finish .forks were my problem needed recoating at 30000 miles.
I think the secret is the keep it as full as possible when laying the bike up for a extended period of time.
Hopefully your new tank will last much longer .

i think the issue comes from  a number of causes. the bike lrft on side stand,and i understand why !! allowing any water to pool at the lowest spot ,and where my tank  rotted . poor quality steel , i have a number of ducatis with no tank issues, i also had a 1971 s1c 250 tripple  and never had an issue with that tank.  .  .tho  at times water comes from fuel supply  and there is NO way to easily drain the tank to remove any water,sediment..  even getting  any crud out is not easy.certain as access to all areas is not easy or assured .. a drain bolt at lowest point would have been a good thing as would be getting the tank steel from ducati..