This arrived in the post yesterday. It's a 42 litre fuel tank for a RD04 Africa Twin. I bought it from Rugged Roads and it was shipped directly from Boano in Italy. Rugged Roads are very pleasant and easy to deal with and the whole process only took a couple of weeks.
Boano was one of the Marathon Africa Twin pilots back in the Paris Dakar in the late eighties/nineties and has been manufacturing Marathon parts based on the original bikes for some time.
![Boano Africa Twin Tank Boano Africa Twin Tank](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGUQ7NKBEO6npFQgxX2Gey6r0cZDqDYtC1gV73fZW1Qt1hWXiEsa8YuvNuXeFZXXmkCYp5xyJUMkdPZBF8Fga5znNbZJ916Ht6eVrKoILSHcbw3eR9Ar5bVnKyOU6dVn1XxIFuQjNM9o/s1600-rw/1+Mercenary+Garage+Dublin+Boano+42+Litre+Africa+Twin+Tank+RD04+Rugged+Roads.jpg) |
The standard tank holds about 23 litres and weighs about 9kg dry. The Boano tank surprisingly, weighs in at 8kg.
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![Boano Africa Twin Tank Boano Africa Twin Tank](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTbJn78mntE0Bj7fveAUPJyLg-pK2bdM34DrsckMMZQAtjacWmIUa_k5cqxGhAlN5Vo5CppaY3MXjplKCZgGuE6wXuwTY-g5O35weguh2wgsPmxqketiRX3BgKEj5O2a2Sd05njngXuk/s1600-rw/2+Mercenary+Garage+Dublin+Boano+42+Litre+Africa+Twin+Tank+RD04+Rugged+Roads.jpg) |
The profiles of the two tanks are similar, but the Boano tank seems to have additional volume to the rear of the filler cap.
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![Boano Africa Twin Tank Boano Africa Twin Tank](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64z8sZeCtLpk4yOEuajIZPMkdirJTrtbGB3z2n5_4mve_ID-bgq44CIik9XYh3astVZPZ3Wi501R7o9JlAr0zw5LO-MFeMqx4vplLM1G2RHPffcEuzBAhyphenhyphenzLunNGNVr1ySNhWzzSj2FM/s1600-rw/3+Mercenary+Garage+Dublin+Boano+42+Litre+Africa+Twin+Tank+RD04+Rugged+Roads.jpg) |
There's a very noticeable difference in plan.
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![Boano Africa Twin Tank Boano Africa Twin Tank](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXh2hva3xhuRYOaq5SFga58kae4SZv-EaFaTALnd4ZEqEbQQGgnp3ZAr-0u39nA7L38yfVazGZVqotynnJC7o9EM-MEejSQWu_-sB9VjK9uphSPl7gzfpCujKX5eqq3jQeAsae9o2RGtY/s1600-rw/4+Mercenary+Garage+Dublin+Boano+42+Litre+Africa+Twin+Tank+RD04+Rugged+Roads.jpg) |
It's big! Scary big!
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