Deviant1
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I'm just easing back into my old motorcycle hobby, so forgive me if this has been gone over. I browsed around and didn't see anything right off. I've got a 93 Nighthawk 750 and while I enjoy a lot about it, that stock tank is fucking gross!!
I've been looking for a tank from an rc42 which is the European version of the nighthawk. The tank on the rc42 is much sportier than the fugly cruiser tank on the Nighthawk. But the rc42 tanks I see on eBay are all either super expensive (around 1k), super sketchy (seller has the same tank for sale in 4 auctions), or non English speaking sellers (German). $1000 ain't happening, I don't want to get scammed and I can't communicate in German. So for the moment I'm looking at other tank options.
I like the early Honda Sabre tanks. They're cheap and I feel like it would be a fairly easy installation, so I got that goin' for me...
I also have a spare 71 cb750 tank and I've seen plenty of nighthawk builds with those fitted... But my 71 cb750 already has the same tank and I'm not out to build the same bike again. I also have a few other tanks laying around that may fit.
BUT, on eBay I've been seeing what appears to be unpainted Chinese repop tanks... Specifically a late 90's cb400 tank that looks like it would be tits on my 750. Maybe a little small... But I think I could work with it.
Does anyone have any experience with these? Or any other suggestions?
I'm probably going to end up taking a hammer and a few cans of bondo to the fugly cruiser tank to see if I can make anything decent out of it, but I don't have high hopes for it.
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I've been looking for a tank from an rc42 which is the European version of the nighthawk. The tank on the rc42 is much sportier than the fugly cruiser tank on the Nighthawk. But the rc42 tanks I see on eBay are all either super expensive (around 1k), super sketchy (seller has the same tank for sale in 4 auctions), or non English speaking sellers (German). $1000 ain't happening, I don't want to get scammed and I can't communicate in German. So for the moment I'm looking at other tank options.
I like the early Honda Sabre tanks. They're cheap and I feel like it would be a fairly easy installation, so I got that goin' for me...
I also have a spare 71 cb750 tank and I've seen plenty of nighthawk builds with those fitted... But my 71 cb750 already has the same tank and I'm not out to build the same bike again. I also have a few other tanks laying around that may fit.
BUT, on eBay I've been seeing what appears to be unpainted Chinese repop tanks... Specifically a late 90's cb400 tank that looks like it would be tits on my 750. Maybe a little small... But I think I could work with it.
Does anyone have any experience with these? Or any other suggestions?
I'm probably going to end up taking a hammer and a few cans of bondo to the fugly cruiser tank to see if I can make anything decent out of it, but I don't have high hopes for it.
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