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The bike took a backseat to my Jeep and my kids for the summer. Finally welded up the tank tunnel and base. Now I'll start forming the top. The seat has been done and mounted for a while with the existing tank.

Tunnel and base shaped and test fit together. Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

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Tank fab has started! Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

Best of luck with the aluminum! I'm just got upstairs after a few hours cutting out and bending the bottom and tunnel for my alloy tank. As kamn said, "sweaty". Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

Light wired and taped on for mock up. Still not sure if it's staying... Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

Salivating. Can you grab three of the expansion chambers for my gt550? :) Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

Feels like Christmas come February. Tank cap, petcock, and another sheet aluminum waiting for me when I got back in town. Time to fab up a gas tank. I'm gonna have to shorten the tank I designed by several inches, it was a bit too snug in the mid section for my liking. Same reason I don't wear...

http://m.ebay.com/itm/LED-Smoke-License-Plate-Brake-Running-Turn-Signal-Tail-Light-for-Harley-Softail-/222169282944?txnId=1857524577012 Gonna give this taillight a shot, not sure how I feel about it since it's more modern compared to the rest of the build. If anyone has a better idea, let me...

Show some pics, tried to see what Tidler is, but didn't find a thread. Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

Re: My Suzi T500 Project *Update* Any luck? Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON

Round three of welding, grinding, sanding, and now throw in some polish. Pretty happy with the results on my first aluminum welding project though.

Seat Progress Slow going of setting up torch, lighting, welding, turning off torch, grinding, brushing, cleaning, flux, setup torch, lighting, welding... over and over. Still have 1 pin hole and 1 crack, and lots of filing and sanding to do.

Its an old victor torch set up. I've looked at the henrob, but I think it would be overkill for my occasional welding. I'm running 2 psi on both, and that seems to be working well. The torch and set up was passed down to me from my great uncle. They had not been used in years when I first got...

Wouldn't mind if you were criticizing, it's constructive and I'm just happy to get advice. Not many people are O/a welding anymore, so glad I found some resources. The distortion and gaps are why I stopped, need to do a little hammer work to bring the joints back together. Thanks for the tips...

Bit the bullet, put up the scrap metal and took a swing at getting the seat welded up. I was able to get it tacked up. I've got a bit of distortion, but over all I'm pleased with the small amount of welding I had time to do. Pic of cleaning the flux off with boiling water.

Re: My Suzi T500 Project *Update* I might would post this on the suzuki2stroke forum if you haven't already. Found this link over there that might help too: http://file.walagata.com/w/sundialmotosport/SuzukiT500.pdf. Page 60 has a schematic of the transmission. Haven't worked on a t500, but on...

Hey johnu - Care to share about how you did the petcock? Looks like you used a thicker piece of aluminum, that could be threaded, or either cut out a section after it was welded up solid and did a patch once you drilled your holes. If not, did you weld/braze nuts to the inside of the tank?

Already stalked out your build the other day, beautiful tank. Definitely not rushing. Spending a lot of time practicing on scrap and asking Pete Williams a ton of questions. Turned down the pressure to 2psi on both O and A, and wahlaa much better welds. Sent from my iPhone using DO THE TON