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 Schorsch Meier Sport tank

An interesting find was this 1957 Schorsch Meier brochure. Besides the two available paint colors, a chrome tank was also listed. Thanks to Wil Elbers; RennSport Archives/Productions for sharing the info.

gas tank sale

A great selection of big tanks for sale. Some bike show in Germany? Not at all - this photo was taken right here in the USA, in Pennsylvania! I was quite surprised to attend a recent Harley/Indian bike show and come upon this stand full of BMW tanks & parts. On the table was one plunger tank, two /2 era big tanks, and 4 /5 & newer big tanks. Amazing. No... I didn't buy any!

Hoske-Schmidt tank

One of the tanks on the table was this one. On the bottom it was marked Hoske-Schmidt. With the large drop in height between the front mount and the back side where it would normally rest on a frame, I wonder if this is not really for a BMW?

Hoske-Schmidt tank

Another view of the same tank.

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OK so you've heard me talk about aluminum Heinrichs before, but have you ever SEEN one? No doubt about it here!

Polished Heinrich

Another view of the same tank. An interesting side note.... after he retired, Mr. Heinrich once commented to an owner of one of his tanks that in all the years that he made them, he only produced about 50-60 tanks out of aluminum - all the rest were steel.

modified Heinrich

What looks to be a heavily modified Heinrich /7 style tank. Perhaps the front was cut back to clear an RT type full fairing?

modified Heinrich bottom view

Bottom view of the same tank. Something only seen on the /7 style flush filler cap tanks is an overflow tube (center). Instead of running down the side of the tank, overflow gas runs down inside the metal tube into a plastic hose (not shown) to drain overflow gasoline safely past the hot engine and down to the street.

racing style tank

Here is a good close-up shot of a Hoske racing style tank. This is an original one. Some people in Europe tell me that this tank is being reproduced, though I don't have any contact info on where to get one.

R67 with Hoske

You don't often see the larger capacity Hoske tanks on plunger twins, so here's a view of a 8-9 gallon Hoske on a 1951 R67. This model BMW is pretty rare, and other than the prewar fender (a find in itself) this bike is really not that bad - it just needs a good restoration.

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