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When you do an inspection do you check what the gas tank is made of. Years ago some bikes came equiped with fiberglass tanks, which will not pass now. Now new bikes like enduros come equiped with plastic tanks, that I see pass all the time, as mine did. But I have read if you run across a...

Thats a real slippery slop the DOT or NON DOT approved parts. I myself since the early 70`s have run a lot of parts that were not approved. Lights, tires, pipes and have only 1 time been told to put a silencer on my bike. Some inspectors do a quick once over and some check everything. I get...

I am doing an XS tracker project and would love to put on a polished tank on it, like i use to have on my XT 500, that was a great looking yank. Its ashame you cant get them to fit an XS. I have heard of people trying to modify an XT to fit and not having too much luck. I am considering a glass...

I have been riding since the early 70`s. just about all my bikes I had I modifyed after I got it inspected. lights which was always non dot, and always exhaust. Now a days the insurance companies are looking for anything not to pay a claim. One bad accident could cost you thousands if you are...

The quickest and easiest thing to use is plaster. I worked in the prosthetic industy for years, and plaster was used to cover the pores in foam to keep the resin from saturating and making the artificial limb too heavy, they need to be as light as possible. just put a thin coat on with your...

Im doing an XS Tracker project and I needed a rear fender, I wanted a metal or fiberglass one the size of the stocker but could not find one. I went to the craft shop and bought a $3 bucket of plaster taped up all the holes and made a neg. mold of my fender, turned it over and smoothed out the...