Down under, an idiot and a 400F

[neevo]

Went and popped the latest addition to the shed on the bench, it's shitty and cheap but more than good enough for what I need:

After that I was feeling frisky for some more bike building action so I thought I would just quickly fiddle with the tank:

Roughly cut the cap mount out along with the drainage lines:

Cleaned up the flange on the mount (which in the end got ground right back):

Used the mount to trace a hole on the tank:

Cut a couple of holes underneath the tank for the drainage lines:

And after a little bit of drainage line fiddling... HOLY SHIT IT WORKED:

Test fit on the bike:

Already ordered my Hong Kong eBay special R1 alloy fuel cap, hopefully it arrives this week and isn't shit

 

[neevo]

Went and popped the latest addition to the shed on the bench, it's shitty and cheap but more than good enough for what I need:

After that I was feeling frisky for some more bike building action so I thought I would just quickly fiddle with the tank:

Roughly cut the cap mount out along with the drainage lines:

Cleaned up the flange on the mount (which in the end got ground right back):

Used the mount to trace a hole on the tank:

Cut a couple of holes underneath the tank for the drainage lines:

And after a little bit of drainage line fiddling and removing the baffle in the opening because it was hitting the tunnel... HOLY SHIT IT WORKED:

Test fit on the bike:

Already ordered my Hong Kong eBay special R1 alloy fuel cap, hopefully it arrives this week and isn't shit

 

[deepwaterimports]

nice mate tank will look great

 

[pandknz]

well done neevo

sander looks good, I need one of those, where did you get it?

 

[neevo]

Supercheap Auto. I had a gift card so was looking for things to spend it on. $129.99 I think.

 

[pandknz]

nice, might have to check them out

cheers

 

[andycafe]

Great work man, looks like an ashtray at the moment ;D looking forward to seeing the bling cap

 

[crazypj]

I want one of those belt sander, don't have anywhere to put it though.
If it's made in China Harbor freight Tools or Northern Toll will have it in US
Tank is looking good I want to do one of them now : (I'll just add it to the list of things I haven't finished ;D )

 

[teazer]

Great work man, looks like an ashtray at the moment ;D looking forward to seeing the bling cap

Not so much. It's a cup holder with drainage...

 

[neevo]

Cup holder/ashtray has been welded in:

I removed one of the drainage tubes in the end as it was a pain getting the mount in with 2, also tried to braze the tube in but couldn't for the life of me get the brass to flow, in the end used the TIG:

Also fitted my fuel lines (reserve and general), not pretty but hopefully functional:

Next up for the tank is making and welding on the petcock mount, then it's ready to pressure test and start bodywork

 

[neevo]

Alternate solution to mounting rear indicators made also:

Going to mount them on the frame rails:

These will not only hold the indicators but will also hold the exhausts (doing twin exhausts out the back) via an Alu hanger similar to the brake stay I made:

These are the exhausts, will be running 2 out the back and looking to sweep them up near the seat like a Ducati monster:

 

[deepwaterimports]

diging those pipes, she will be killer

 

[crazypj]

Are the exhausts from Danmoto?

 

[neevo]

Are the exhausts from Danmoto?

Yeah, are they ok?

I was going to have a go at making my own but these are cheaper than the materials almost.

 

[crazypj]

Personally I haven't dealt with them but Danmoto seems to have a very good reputation
It's similar to the silencer on Brendon's bike, surprising how well it works (and about 1/3 the cost)

 

[CB Josh]

Great work Neevo! Way to make me feel lazy for not turning any wrenches today. haha

 

[neevo]

It's similar to the silencer on Brendon's bike, surprising how well it works (and about 1/3 the cost)

Is that a thread on here?

Great work Neevo! Way to make me feel lazy for not turning any wrenches today. haha

My pleasure

 

[crazypj]

Brendon's bike is in with my 360 stuff somewhere, I made an adapter to fit silencer to the super loud pipe he had on it

 

[neevo]

Had a crack at my petcock mount yesterday too, v1 didn't work very well as it fouled the frame when I put the tank on and required some force to get everything back together. Not ideal when everything is painted. V2 was a more slim design:

Tacked it onto the tank to see how it all works:

Test fit with my petcock (which I cannot remember what bike it's off now, PJ???):

It's tight but should work, tap can be turned no problems and the outlet clears the upper shock mount:

 

[crazypj]

;D Suzuki Intruder
As it's remote tap you could have mounted it in the 'triangle' a bit further back and unbolt it when you want to take tank off (that's how Suzuki do it)
Where it's mounted now looks kinda stock though 8)