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10-26-2015, 11:09 PM
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Hi Mark welcome to the forum
Peter
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10-27-2015, 02:42 PM
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Hi Mark and welcome.
What Jere said... That is a nice tank, so would be a shame to chop it up. A million years ago I chopped up a very rough Matchless tank when I made a 16C sort of replica trials bike from a pile of bits. Didn't change the shape as such, but narrowed and sectioned the tank, made a new tunnel etc... Wasn't too bad to weld, as was probably 20g. I would bet that the Honda tank you have is quite a bit lighter gauge than that, so would be a real challenge to shape and weld. Really neat project to make a tank from scratch. Look forward to seeing some progress shots of whatever you decide to do.
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10-29-2015, 07:25 AM
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I here you guys on the scratch built.
Two things though: the tank has been repaired in the past with some sort of stuff that almost looks like refractory cement with aluminum powder in it. So it is a low confidence tank. Second, I have wire welded tanks before using low heat and high wire speed successfully and I have this tank that looks good. But it's too long for the frame. So it needs the pan repaired anyway, I have it, and I have no other use for it. I have a good tank to fit the third bike frame; just needs paint. The fourth frame has no tank. Saving my pennies to get a good used (if I'm lucky) or not-so-good new Harbor Freight English Wheel. Don't know what that tank will be like yet but it will fun to do! I have imagined a vintage-style seat pan, bolster, and gas tank that is completely one unit, though. I know for sure it will be soft edged and flowing, and I have a sewing machine so the seat pad will be sculpted to flow with the tank and rear seat bump/cowl. But that's quite some time off in the future cuz I have two other bikes before it to reassemble from puzzle pieces. Ya, I have two frames and most of their parts, but they came in cardboard boxes with little or no organization- just boxes of bolts and such. By the time I get the next so bikes done it think And I expect I will find myself short of some stuff. Gas tank included. Thanks for the encouragement. I've enjoyed what I've seen here so far!
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