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Message started by Kropatchek on 03/19/07 at 08:23:22

Title: New Tank?
Post by Kropatchek on 03/19/07 at 08:23:22

No, not new. Had the opening for the speedo closed and the indicator lights reppositioned to the upper tripple tree.

Nice ? What do you think?
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/4779/newtank2bq9.jpg

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/4497/newtankhg7.jpg

The "junk" in the background is some parts to be fitted to this bike, wheels to be respoked with SS spokes and polished inners and parts for the spare engine to be polished

Title: Re: New Tank?
Post by LANCER on 03/19/07 at 08:28:25

VERY NICE JOB MAN !!

Title: Re: New Tank?
Post by Greg_650 on 03/19/07 at 08:33:05

Nice looking tank work!!

Title: Re: New Tank?
Post by georgekathe on 03/19/07 at 08:55:01

looks really nice! very slick job :)

Title: Re: New Tank?
Post by PerrydaSavage on 03/19/07 at 09:00:21

Outstanding Kropatchek!! Love the bar mounted speedo! Does it have a tripmeter and does it connect to the stock location on the engine case? What model speedo is it?

Title: Re: New Tank?
Post by Kropatchek on 03/19/07 at 09:11:20

PerrydaSavage wrote:

Love the bar mounted speedo! Does it have a tripmeter and does it connect to the stock location on the engine case? What model speedo is it?

The RPM indicator is Byron and the speedo is the bicycle computer as been described previously with tripmeter, average speed, maximum speed, clock, trip distance and total distance from Sigma. Accurate to the KM.
The engine case I still have to close.

Title: Re: New Tank?
Post by Kropatchek on 03/19/07 at 09:14:35

LANCER wrote:

VERY NICE JOB MAN !!

Not on my credit. Friend of mine did that, took him 25 hours and I'm not allowed to tell his name because he will NOT do it again. Anyway, not for the money he asked me.

Title: Re: New Tank?
Post by vroom1776 on 03/19/07 at 14:22:00

very cool!

Title: Re: New Tank?
Post by clueless on 03/19/07 at 17:37:41

It appears your man does excellent work! ;D

Title: Re: New Tank?
Post by Greg_650 on 03/19/07 at 22:28:31

clueless wrote:

It appears your man does excellent work! ;D

Yeah, but he's a "one hit wonder"...:P

Title: Re: New Tank?
Post by justin_o_guy on 03/20/07 at 02:28:42

The reflection of those fluorescent lights tells the story. If the work was shabby, they wouldn't be straight & clean. 25 hours to strip the paint, get the thing ready to weld, plug the hole, do the bondo & repaint? he did good. He must really like you. Maybe he really likes the Suzuki, too! I'm guessing he used bondo.

Title: Re: New Tank?
Post by Crusher0964 on 03/20/07 at 06:09:13

Hey that looks great. The custom work will make everyone go hmmmm. ;)
I like the clean look. Your not going to put any badges on the tank are ya? ???

Title: Re: New Tank?
Post by Kropatchek on 03/30/07 at 02:22:21

Thanks for all the kind words on the paintjob. Bert ( the painter) was very pleased. He also painted the side panels and the front fender because of a slight missmatch of the original color, rear fender to be done after riding season.
Spent the last week cleaning and coating the tank ( on the inside).
Cleaning/degreasing, rinsing with water, drying, derusting liquid in,shaking, rinsing, drying and finaly the coating. Moving the tank around for 25minutes, drain the excess coating and wait 5 days before you can put the fuel in.
This is to-day and the weather is nice for a first ride: dry and about 17 degr. C.
Will put 1 liter of old gas in and drive to the next gasstation to fill her up. Can't wait.