I've been riding for about 2 months (first 2 months riding ever) on a 2005 Sportster 1200XLC... the gas tank holds 2.25 gallons. My only problem is that i want to go longer without fueling up. Is it 'rookie' of me to want to upgrade to a larger tank? Or should I just grind it out and get used to it?

Forgive me if this is a dumb question, I'm unfamiliar with the HD culture.. but i'm learning!

 

Your 05 XLC should have a 4.5 gal tank on it. If someone swapped yours out you can find a stock one. I think they look good on the right bike.

 

Either someone swapped out your tank or you're going by the low fuel light. That scoot should have a 4.5 gal tank as stated above. Most Sportster riders use the trip odometer to guage when to stop for fuel, at least that's what I do, and I have a fuel guage.

 

Low fuel light didn't come until 07. But yes, I trust my odometer more than that pointless light.

 

Like was said the XLC should have the 4.5 gal tank. Yeah the 05 did not have a low fuel light. Do you have a pic of your biek you can post so we can see the tank?

 

Maybe someone filled the tank with marbles, do it rattle when you go over train tracks?

Find the guy you bought it from, and pull the 5 gal tank out of his AXX! Anyone who would want to do that to a custom deserves to be flogged nightly.

Customs are great bikes, enjoy, hope the idiot who owned it before you didn't screw it up.

PS: welcome and dive in.

 

http://www.tourtank.com/TourTanks.html

 

 

yeah, he must've swapped it out... but he didn't screw up the bike at all. he put 6K of upgrades into it and kept it in his garage. i got it from him with 3,000 miles on it.

 

I prefer the look of the 2.2 gal tank but they're not good for mileage runs.