You might want to consider taking your tank to a professional shop. I used "Tank Renew" to do the tank on my wife's little Honda C70. They did a great job at a reasonable price.
caddypat - 10/2/2014 5:31 PM
hi,i have a formula II mounted to a kaw 1300 voyager . works fine. i think the kawasaki 1300 six cyl. is the heaviest bike on the planet.
I had a 1300, also, with a way too light sidecar on it, but man, what power, and downright scary on right turns without a monkey. I now have the big kawi 2000CC with a California sidecar, really good match, been on many long trips with it.
so I decided to bring the tank to work today, I used a grinder and carefully cut the weld away around one edge to open it up
it was a mess inside but a little elbo grease and parts cleaner and it cleaned right up
biscuitsNgravy, here are a couple pics of the tank
I measured it today as I didn't know how much it would hold. turns out it is a 4 gal. tank so I am very pleased
just need to weld it back closed and prime it and put the carpet cover back on
I'll take some more pictures once I get it mounted back in the car
Wow, Ace!! Great photos! With you taking the initiative to put that 4 gal. tank back in service, you won't regret it. Thanks again for the photos. BnG
well it looks like I spoke too soon, getting the old tank open and cleaned out went well,,,,,,,,,,,,, however getting it to weld back was another story
it looks as though all those years took it's toll. we tried and tried to get a good clean weld to seam it back together but no matter how good it looked we could not seal it
we kept getting leaks from under the weld. must just be we couldn't get it clean deep down in the metal and it just won't bond back together properly
SO it will hit the scrap metal bin and I will move a different direction
