Vitacci Tank 200 EFI Deluxe

[danklyrides]

Update at 850 miles

I've been on some long trips on my other bikes so haven't ridden the Tank a ton recently. I've tracked fuel mileage for 7 fill-ups so far and my average is 68.4 mpg, best so far is 72.1 mpg.

I installed some small LED visibility lights on the front fork shields. Here are some of the install pics.

I will post some pics of the final result later

Cheers!
Dankly

[AndoSama]

Hello, I am also a new owner of a tank. Can you tell me what you're getting for max speed? I feel as though mine is a bit underpowered compared to the old falcon 200 it is replacing (they have same engine, just tank has efi)

[danklyrides]

On a flat road with the boxes mounted but no cargo I can get 53 mph. 54 if I go into a bit of a tuck to cut wind resistance.

I'm also not very pleased with that. I've been hoping that things would loosen up a bit and it would get a little faster with miles...but I just hit 1000 miles today, and no luck.

[danklyrides]

Here are the pics I promised of my front fork lights installed and working. Next, I really need to do something about the front turn signals. They are really bad!

[danklyrides]

I fixed my wimpy turn signal issue. Got this set from Amazon:

LED Turn Signals

I mounted the fronts in the stock location using reflector brackets that I took off of my KLX 300. To keep the wiring clean I soldered the original connectors onto the new lights.

For the rears, I again used the original mounting spots but I used butt connectors with built in heat shrink because all the wires hide behind the license plate light.

I now have white running lights (instead of red) in the front and still have red ones in the rear. Both front and back have sequential amber lights when in turn signal mode. All of the lights are much brighter than the stock ones.

[danklyrides]

I took my Tank offroad a few weeks ago. What started as smooth and wide gravel roads quickly declined to steep down hills, rock gardens, baby heads and deep ruts. I DEFINITELY shouldn't have been there on a scooter...but it was a lot of fun! If I had to go back up the hills, it would have been an issue but down was cool and I took pavement home.

The only issue was that the aft exhaust mounting bracket broke. The muffler is a big, heavy, ugly steel thing and the metal got fatigued and broke from all the bouncing. A couple of pictures are attached below.

I had a couple of options to fix this: take the muffler to somebody to weld the bracket back on...or get a new exhaust. I definitely liked the second option better!

I got on AliExpress and found this kit. It was on sale at the time so my total cost was $87 including shipping. It is way better in almost every way.
Much lighter weight
Sounds a lot better
Looks great
And...it actually made the scoot faster!! I got up to 58 mph the other day. Previously my high speed was 55. YMMV, but I was pleased with this.

I blame myself for the muffler breaking. I am at about 1,200 miles now and still really like the Tank. As an added bonus, my last fuel economy (before the new exhaust) was 73.4 mpg.

Cheers!
Dankly

[Mudflap]

Looks good. Strange that they have a picture of a scooter with the stock exhaust rather than the one they're selling.



About 6000 miles on my Clash and it is indeed a little faster now compared to new. Adding a windshield helped top speed and MPG.