GS1100- "Project NimRod"- Shafty

Tank is primed and just got it taped off. I know it's hard to see, but the masked areas will be black and the white areas will remain white.

Here is pic of the stock pegs with the rubber stripped off. Kinda industrial

Side view. Still would like to get a smaller battery and get that battery box out of there. Just think that it would look cleaner.

Freshened the back half of the frame with black spray paint. Didn't turn out to bad. You can see the added cross members and the new tank mounts.

Thanks for the advice. Yes I washed with gas and stored with cap off. Should only be another day without gas...if longer I'll wash it out again.

I forgot...I did take one pic, but this cutie is covering most of the frame work up. That's ok!

Added quart of sand and rock, quart of hot water and alittle degreaser

Since you used water in the tank with your gravel, did you dry it well and put something else to coat the clean metal and displace the moisture? It will probably flash rust if left unattended. Marvel Mystery Oil works and is a good choice in my oppinion as it is often added to gasoline in small amounts to clean a fuel system.

I was so busy today I didn't get any new pics for you all. I sanded the back half of the frame, finished the tank and bum stop and got them in primer. I made the bum stop pad out of wood that I will seal tonight. Planning on covering the seat and pad tonight with polyester batting then black vinyl.

Tomorrow is paint day...FINALLY! I can see that the tank needs alittle fine tuning with some extra build up layers of primer.

I promise to take a load of pics tomorrow.

I decided that the first round of shaking was good enough. The back bone of the tank only has some slight rust coloration here and there...not raised rust.

Nyce! Yeah..I got a good ab workout shaking that tank all evening. I thought it would be nice to have a paint shaker for this. I put the tank on top of my "out of balance" washing machine...but it balanced it out and it wouldn't shake...haha.

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I have often thought about buying an old gallon paint can shaker / mixxer from a Hardware store thats going out of business. Then use it to put old tanks in the clamps after pouring in some light oil an B-B's.... "Just set it and forget it" for about an hour.

Na, just duct tape it to the drive wheel on a lifted car/truck, put in gear and let here spin.

I have often thought about buying an old gallon paint can shaker / mixxer from a Hardware store thats going out of business. Then use it to put old tanks in the clamps after pouring in some light oil an B-B's.... "Just set it and forget it" for about an hour.

So today I mounted two flat steel cross members in the frame below the seat area. One was mounted approx. 2 inches forward of the cut off points on the tail. I plan to slot the forward support (above battery box) to accept bolt heads screwed into bottom of the seat pan. Then holes in the rear cross member for bolts.

Tank received skim coats of bondo.

Started the switch mounting plate for power and start switches. Using a thin aluminum plate and am still looking for location.

First session with the sand mixture...good to go. Going to do it all day tomorrow for good measure. All the water from the tank came out rust color. The back bone in the tank is what is hardest to get, so I'll concentrate on that with this next batch. Sides and top are rust free.

Btw... I used some jb weld over the emblem mounting strips on each side of the tank to create a solid surface for bond as I have indented them to hide. I have a few dents to cover aswell.

Step 2 of my tank cleaning: Added quart of sand and rock, quart of hot water and alittle degreaser. Shaking as much as I can. Hope this will work. It shouldn't take that long...rust isn't bad. Will rinse and repeat until clean. Couple more steps to complete bum stop. Will post more pics tomorrow.

Thanks for the encouragement.