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klx650sm2002 Serious Thumper Offline The more I learn the less I know. Posts: 2041 Cumbria,England Gender:	Tank paint 08/07/10 at 09:30:23 I'm looking for ideas for tank paint, do any of you have pics of your own tank or others that you like please post them. These are two that I have found, one here and one on the net. It would be nice to see other peoples ideas. Thanks in advance. Clive W
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Southpaw Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline This ol' dog ain't staying on the porch! Posts: 920 Missouri Gender:	Re: Tank paint Reply #1 - 08/07/10 at 09:36:48 I saw one last year that had false seams and rivets like an airplane fuselage. Can't seem to find it back now though. Pretty cool theme though. Let us know what you finally decide on!
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10601 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Tank paint Reply #2 - 08/07/10 at 10:39:58 I really like the orange checker-board style
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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: Tank paint Reply #3 - 08/07/10 at 15:01:05 Clive, have you ever seen a Savage in a Trials look ? seems to me it would be a perfect engine,wheel base a tad long, and the foot rests way to far forward. I remember the old BSA 500 thumper ( M21 ) I think,was a great trials bike,lots and lots of tourque.
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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1811 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: Tank paint Reply #4 - 08/07/10 at 16:10:14 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lesany_military_muzeum_4101.JPG This might be a different example of Tank Paint.
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Phelonius Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1897	Re: Tank paint Reply #5 - 08/08/10 at 10:42:02 The only color they would let us use on tanks was olive drab with a white star. Phelonius
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: Tank paint Reply #6 - 08/09/10 at 01:38:30 Love the flat army olive look on a Bobbed Bike! The LS650's tank would look awesome painted that color ... esp. set off with WW2 style nose art decals or the shark grin motif from the P-40's of the Flying Tigers ... that would be wicked! That Harley-esque orange with black/white flat-tracker styled tank logo is very cool too!
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buttgoat1 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1042	Re: Tank paint Reply #7 - 08/09/10 at 09:12:19 I like scallops http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/1955735/ or any seafood for tha matter....
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Southpaw Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline This ol' dog ain't staying on the porch! Posts: 920 Missouri Gender:	Re: Tank paint Reply #8 - 08/09/10 at 09:20:05 Interesting belt and side covers buttgoat1. What did you use on the chrome?
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buttgoat1 Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1042	Re: Tank paint Reply #9 - 08/09/10 at 09:59:02 used a DA sander with medium grit till I got to brass then painted with rustoleum textured paint. I did use some fiberglass when i got some deeper gouges, i got impatient and hit it lightly (noot enough) with the angle grinder, live and learn...... the stock belt cover hole was glassed in and then cut out in the new pattern
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Starlifter Serious Thumper Offline It only snows seven months of the year here. Posts: 3746 Eastern Michigan Gender:	Re: Tank paint Reply #10 - 08/09/10 at 10:23:54 Cool, I like it.
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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: Tank paint Reply #11 - 08/09/10 at 12:15:36 Nice job you did on your bike buttgoat. I enjoyed viewing all those as well as the other pictures on your sites. kim
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klx650sm2002 Serious Thumper Offline The more I learn the less I know. Posts: 2041 Cumbria,England Gender:	Re: Tank paint Reply #12 - 08/10/10 at 09:53:19 I found this on't net they are real flames as opposed to the caricature flames you normally see. Clive W
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Re: Tank paint
Reply #13 - 08/10/10 at 11:07:31

Very nice, buttgoat1, your hard work shows up in the details! The problem with all the decals as I can attest on my own bike is getting them to lay down right on the curved surfaces, and some fade out much worse than others. Clive's find looks good, but takes a lot of trimming to lay down as seen on the top of the tank. I still can't find the tank I was talking about, but this one, complete with nose art comes close. http://www.flickr.com/photos/modern_artifacts/539700087/
I've been looking for a simple stallion head similar to what you see on the sides of custom horse trailers to replace my eagles somewhere down the line. Whatever you choose, you're already well on your way putting your own signature on it. Be sure to update us with pics when you decide. Savages are just plain beautiful aren't they??? Cool

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Re: Tank paint
Reply #14 - 08/10/10 at 12:41:23

my centurian tank was a nice drab olive green,painted silver inside,but we did have a nice chrome tea pot.
stats; 60 tons wet,120 gallons onboard,with another 120 gals on a self ejecting mono trailer, 3 gals to the mile on roads and 5 gals to the mile cross country.60 rounds of 20 pounder,5000 rounds browning machine gun.12 smoke bombs,plus personel weapons,revolvers for the driver (me) and commander sten guns for gunner and raidio op.
not the tank you mean I guess.

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