yeah it is an aftermarket touring tank.. should be silver I think


 


Bil and I many years ago were preparing for a road ride BIl had xt 500 I had SR500 BIL had other rear wheel and sprocket with Parelli Phantom for road ride


 


...cleans bike thoroughly  with washing up detergent after fitting other rear tyre 


 


( was his pride and joy)  upon leaving quiet caravan park to the annoyance of most residents sans baffle ......lights it up on running boards of wooden bridge over creek as we leave caravan park


 


..detergent makes rear tyre smoke and spin on slippery wood....


 


..... rear wheel falls off running boards and catches on horizontal boards...rider and bike part ...:| ...pronto 


 


 BIL slides along wooden bridge until back, bum, and rear thigh are full of splinters that are still attached to bridge running boards and bring him to a halt


 


...classic human pincushion impression ensues


 


. meanwhile bike (pride and joy) gracefully pirouettes off ballast board and into salt water creek 9 odd feet down


 


......... eee awww ambulance and a weeks stay in hospital.... his dad laughed for years afterwards when anybody suggested he was a chip off the old block


 

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