Hi Craig

Good to see you riding away 😆 – and not too much smoke either

Re: Tank clamping – as you will have guessed the tank has a straight through tube which goes over the “saddle tube”. If yours is like mine, it has a small bush at the base just to give it a bit of a “cushion” – but that doesn’t do anything wrt turning.

On mine, at the top of the Petrol tank tube are two small lugs, which, as the tank is lowered into place, locate into two slots at the top of the “saddle tube”.

Once the tank is in place, the frame section from the rear wheel to the top of the saddle tube can be installed. This “diaganol” frame section, tank and “saddle tube” are then locked together by a rather large bolt, the top of which you should be able to see quite easily if you look under the saddle.

Assuming yours is like mine, it sounds as if the lugs have warn somewhat.

Hope this helps. If still unsure I have a quite reasonable drawing of the biscuit barrel fuel tank lying around somwhere which may help clarify things.

Regards

G

PS – Richard – I did laugh at your story about taking the doors off with the Spark Plugs still connected – reminded me of Michael Cain in the Italian Job!!!