John in Kalifornia
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Wow, have you got me wrong! I have minimal metalworking skills. My main tools are a BFH and an angle grinder. Managed to set my sweatshirt on fire last week with the sparks from the grinder, and then caught it in the wire brush chucked in the electric drill. That tank tunnel cutout wasn't my idea; I copied the Ryca mod. It was a real challenge to bend the tunnel with a cheap HF brake clamped to the bench.
In the sixties when I went to junior and senior high school there was a big push for college prep courses to educate future engineers to fight the commies, a response to the Sputnik scare. I would have rather taken shop classes like those that my brother did, than all that math, science creative writing, etc. that I had to endure. Consequently, my shop skills are rather lacking. Perseverance and common sense make up for lack of skill sometimes, though I have never been accused of having an abundance of the latter.
I think this tank will work out but I still think it is too big for the Street Tracker look. Fiberglass tanks are out because of the problems with reformulated gasoline used here in Kalifornia. The search is still on for aproper sized tank that will fit over the frame. Modifying the frame, as has been pointed out just creates more problems.
John in Kalifornia
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