Old school cool fuel cap problems.

[mokie]

Gidday guys, I have a GB400tt I am giving the old cafe treatment and one of the big things I want to do is change out the original fuel cap to one that I liberated from my last job. Its from a Bristol freighter, not a beautiful or impressive bit of kit but the cap is cool non the less.

Unfortunately the caps flange is bigger than the sunken in joggle thing there on the tank. I took the tank in to an old welding guy I know who builds bikes himself and has been welding professionally for longer than I've been alive. He didn't want to know about it, he said it would be too difficult to do without distorting the tank. I showed my painting guy and he said he could get a guy to machine up an adapter of sorts that would fill the sunken part and match up with the flange on the new cap. This would be too expensive for me, being a poor bugger so here I am, asking if any of you enlightened chaps might have any ideas on how to stick the thing on there?

 

[GLENNWOOD55CAMEO]

That cap is ugly and a nut buster should you happen to get in an accident.

 

[Grahamworks]

I don't have any help for you unfortunately, but I think that cap looks awesome. Very industrial. I'd rock that thing on my bike in a heartbeat. (if I new how to do it and had one)
~chris

 

[Staffy]

I'm betting someone could make it work, but you'd need to cut that whole area out, weld in new steel, then start cutting in to the new panel to make the new cap fit.

 

[MrNooberton]

That cap is definitely unique and would be a big focal point of the bike.

 

[stroker crazy]

Mokie - I've posted a suggestion on your other thread for 'the Bum'.

Crazy