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Building my custom tank

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Now the hard part is going to be to make the other side look identical. because your going to be able to sit there and look at both sides at once.
 
Shouldnt be super tough...just be patient with it. I did that thumping to my tank, and while i did use a pattern, it didnt all dent the same, had to eyeball quite a bit, and deal with things trying to throw me off, like the tank badge mounts not being identical...go figure.
 
I don't think it will be to tough just a lot of work trying to get it to match. But it will all be worth it.
 
Indeed! I sprayed the rest of that frame...looks much better after it dries..lil darker. I think i like it.
 
Not yet but I need to I got a lot of little spots and cracks that I need to fill in
 
uh where you gonna mount the petcock? and how you gonna run the vaccume and gas lines? Looks great but I'm invisioning problems with heat transfer to the tank from the top of the engine
 
dardoonk said:
I don't want to highjack; but Dude, you gotta be careful. Painting in the basement? Furnace?? Water heater?? No open flames down there right?
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Oh hell yes! Yeah its crazy. But i dont have a choice. Its done now tho, and none the worse for wear.....did you see that?? huh? what did you say? HEHEHEHE
 
pntrdave said:
uh where you gonna mount the petcock? and how you gonna run the vaccume and gas lines? Looks great but I'm invisioning problems with heat transfer to the tank from the top of the engine
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I don't think there will be any problem with heat transfer as seeing that fiberglass is an insulator. I haven't quite figured out where or how I'm going to mount the petcock but I don't think it will be to hard. This reminds me I need to find a good looking gas cap that I can use.
 
I got one of the squarish ones of a 80 GS tank if you want it.
 
I'm actually thinking of using this gas cap

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http://www.bikebandit.com/product/A5459762
 
Those are cool looking. Plus if you're bored you can polish it into a little mirror
 
Hadn't checked this thread in a while but it looks good. It looks pretty big too lol. What ~ are you planning on gallons? I might have to try this soon. I'm just afraid that after supplies and man hours invested, it might be cheaper for me to just buy a new one. I suck at fiberglass tho.
 
I don't know what the actual gallon capacity will be. Some of what you see won't hold gas I will have to raise the bottom a little bit so it doesn't hit on any thing. As far as it being cheaper to just buy a new one I would have to agree. most of the reason I'm building this is because I have been wanting to do a fiberglass project, and I want to have a tank that will actually work with the looks of a gs.
 
n1elkyfan said:
I'm building this is because I have been wanting to do a fiberglass project, and I want to have a tank that will actually work with the looks of a gs.
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Thats gonna be the thing that gets me. I just like building ****.
 
I got the other side shaped tonight. It actually went pretty good and I still have all my fingers. \\:D/ I think the next step will be two put a few layers of fiberglass on the foam so that it will be a little easyer to get it smooth.

I do need you guys help with on part though. I've been thinking about making a mount in to the gas tank for my gamin, But I can't decied where I should put it.

The first way would be to flush mount it in to the tank itself.
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The second choice is to have a separate mount that would allow it to sit on the top of the gas tank.
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I don't have a picture of the third way but I was thinking of making some way to hold it in front of the gauges. So what do you all think. If I do flush mount it into the gas tank I was also thinking about making enough room so that I could also have a digital gauge cluster also molded in.
 
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