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I just picked up an FZ that has been sitting for 14-15 years, apparently. The biggest issue I’m having is trying to get this old gas and rust out of this tank! It’s got so many curves and none of the holes are at a low spot. Anybody I’ve experience with the best solution here? This is after dumping the old fuel and about a full lb of brown chunks followed by one rinse/soak with vinegar. This is probably the cleanest part but you can see the leftover sludge that I can’t drain out there as well. Does anyone have a clean gen 1 blue fuel tank they want to sell me!?A5C108CB-E674-42CC-9ED9-8EB374C2161B.jpeg
 
It may be hard finding a good used tank. I’ve had good luck with diluted phosphoric acid and some ball bearings. I soaked it over night and shook it around several times and the inside came out looking great. Check YouTube for tutorials…
 
When my bike got knocked over in a parking lot by an idiot car driver (I was not there, bike was parked in bike only parking), I got a insurance payment to go towards replacing the tank and plastics. Instead of new I checked eBay and there were a bunch for sale at the time, some in perfect shape, some dinged up as well.

I ended up sanding the section of paint that was damaged and just tossing on some black paint to cover the metal, but there were options.
 
I did a quick search, this one is silver, one big ding from a drop:
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03 Yamaha FZ 1 FZS 1000 FZ1 FZS1000 Fazer Gas Fuel Petrol Tank | eBay

Part was removed from a 2003 Yamaha FZS1000 Fazer. Shelf 1-9-5. I will do my best to resolve the issue. -Mounting hardware is only included if it is shown in the pictures.
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Black one, also a big ding in it:
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01 Yamaha FZ1 FZ 1 FZS1000 FZS 1000 Fazer Gas Fuel Petrol Tank | eBay

Part was removed from a 2001 Yamaha FZS1000 Fazer. Shelf 10-5-10. I will do my best to resolve the issue.
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Depending on how pristine you want your bike to look you can sand and prep these and find a color matched rattle can to paint the replacement tank. Or find a local body show to do it for you.
 
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