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My New Tank
10/28/05 at 08:50:45

Just wanted to share my new tank with everyone................................well it is the beginning of my eventual new tank.

This does not show up very well but this is the style I am going for. It is the traditional BSA Goldstar racing tank. It is available in either polished alumunim or fiberglass, and retails for $450-600. THAT IS WHY I AM TRYING TO DO IT MYSELF!

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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: My New Tank Reply #1 - 10/28/05 at 08:55:00 I didn't think that styrofoam worked very well with gasoline What bike is that? A BSA or Montesa?
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Mr 650 Serious Thumper Offline The LS650- Classic style & 4-valve engine Posts: 1389 Mempho Gender:	Re: My New Tank Reply #2 - 10/28/05 at 08:55:48 I like it.
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SavagePielk Ex Member	Re: My New Tank Reply #3 - 10/28/05 at 09:36:15 how are you going to build the tank itself?
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bentwheel Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ride free, citizen Posts: 658 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: My New Tank Reply #4 - 10/28/05 at 10:19:46 Savage_Greg wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10: What bike is that? A BSA or Montesa? It's a BSA Goldstar.
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Reply #5 - 10/28/05 at 10:35:24

There is a company called "Epoxyworks", and I receive an annual booklet from them. Last year they had a little story ing the pub about a motorcycle owner who used their products to made his own tank, seat and fenders. For the tank he took a block of foam and shaped it into his desired tank, then covered it with fiberglass and their epoxy resin. When he had it they way he wanted he drilled out the hole for the filler cap and started pouring in a solvent that disolved the foam...leaving the shell of the tank. He then did the finishing work...attached the hardware and mounted it on his 60's era Ducati. It was really an outstanding work, the bike was beautiful.

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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10604 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: My New Tank Reply #6 - 10/28/05 at 10:58:57 I found the pic/article from last years booklet... Pretty nice for a "from scratch" project, eh?
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bentwheel Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ride free, citizen Posts: 658 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: My New Tank Reply #7 - 10/28/05 at 11:48:06 Hey Lancer, that sounds like a very interesting project. You will probably want a fairly decent thickness before you take the grinder to it. I sense it is going to be a labour of love. Keep us posted on your progress.
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Ed L. Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline "We All go a Little Crazy Sometimes" Norman Bates Posts: 2808 Sunny Florida Gender:	Re: My New Tank Reply #8 - 10/28/05 at 15:09:34 Wow, looks like a major project. Figure out how much money you think it will take, then double it, figure how much time it will take then triple it. It's always worked for me. Keep us informed on how it is going. Really like that early Duck racer, red is such a nice color.
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vroom1776 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2110 Gender:	Re: My New Tank Reply #9 - 10/28/05 at 15:49:24 Definitely a cool idea. I hope it works out. How much do you think it will end up costing?
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Trippah Serious Thumper Offline I ride, therefore I am. Posts: 2517 central Mass Gender:	Re: My New Tank Reply #10 - 10/28/05 at 17:07:13 Lancer- now that's an interesting project. Out of curiosity, are you eyeballing the size or do you have measurements of a BSA race tank, or giving it the style but measured for your savage? And of curse/ er course, I wonder what capacity you might end up with.
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Reply #11 - 10/29/05 at 05:28:10

lancer: I'm changing the look of my ls also...moved the seat up and back and really want to change the shape of the tank...there is a blacksmith (!) here in town that will do anything with metal cheap. I'm thinking of asking him to make a sort of a sleeve or pocket that would slip over the tank...would look similar to yours...I just don't want to make permanent changes in case i f--k everything up. Good Luck!

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Re: My New Tank
Reply #12 - 10/29/05 at 08:24:39

I was wondering about the final tank volume, and with the questions you'al are asking I decided to do a little measuring. The foam block is about the size of the original racing tank (from memory...I do not have one on hand to work with), based on the one I had on my Goldstar before.

This block is 10.5x12.5x16.5=2165 ci

Removal...

The tunnel ...400 ci
The corners..450 ci

Shape left over has about 1315 ci

A gallon takes up about 220 ci

1315 divided by 220 = 6 gal

Now I like those numbers!!!

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jbrough7 Ex Member	Re: My New Tank Reply #13 - 10/29/05 at 09:06:13 Now that sounds like a nice number!
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DavidV Ex Member	Re: My New Tank Reply #14 - 10/29/05 at 10:50:08 That's very cool stuff. Be sure to keep us updated. Maybe you could keep track of the mold dimensions, and make some to sell after you've done the proof-of-concept?
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