My first real look inside...it's shiny! I should probably trim some of the flaking red paint from the opening, but I'm pleased with what I saw - shiny metal and no rust.
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1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red
2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after. -
Look down on the bottom near the petcock where the rust forms. Rusting up top is rare. -
Looks better then most I've seen.http://img633.imageshack.us/img633/811/douMvs.jpg
1980 GS1000GT (Daily rider with a 1983 1100G engine)
1998 Honda ST1100 (Daily long distance rider)
1982 GS850GLZ (Daily rider when the weather is crap)
Darn, with so many daily riders it's hard to decide which one to jump on next.;)
JTGS850GL aka Julius
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It looks way better than my 37 year old tank. I've spent this afternoon cleaning and sealing it using POR-15 Metal Prep and Fuel Tank Sealer.Comment
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I was very pleasantly surprised with my 34 year old tank. When I had it stripped down for paint (petcock and fuel sending unit out) I thought, better check it for any rust. Nothing, nada no rust. Guess keeping the tank topped off all the time is a good preventive measure. Even when I had it stored for 4 years, I kept the tank full and treated. When I was able to ride again, dump the old gas, gave it a good cleaning and new fuel and away we go.Comment
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Would like one of those endoscopes to see inside. Bet everyone would be very surprised at whats wedged way back in the rear corners and deep in the bottom crimp seams even after the most severe cleanings are done.MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550
NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.
I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.Comment
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1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red
2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.Comment
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Yeah I think its the liner coming away but not sure about the crap in the neck? Looks like overspray or something when the tank was sprayed. Cant understand why the PO made such a good job on the tank spray but left the neck and inside so crappy? if it was me the whole thing would've been taken back to bare metal inside and out then I would've sealed the inside THEN prep and spray the outer
oh well. Work in progress 
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