oh man-ive got a story for you.
i find the tank and purchase it and wanted it painted(it never had a drop of gas, never mounted on a bike and never painted-it was perfect). i wanted the alloy look so i called around and a chopper/service paint shop said they could do it. i think they did a fantastic job on the paint to make it look like alloy but here is where it gets bad. i told them that i wanted it sealed and they said, "oh its fibreglass, you dont have to seal it." Thinking that they are the pros and the fact that i was (and still am) new at bikes i believed them i took their word. bad mistake and toatally my fault. the gas had eaten all the way thru the epoxy to the glass and my carbs were caked with gooey epoxy- intake/exhast ports and pistons are coated in the dried epoxy too. this may have attributed to my current motor build. anyways-i dried the tank and coated it with (i forget the name-gold something) the correct sealer and luckily it worked perfect and saved the tank. still though, the sealer cured and pulled the softspots of the really damaged bottom and wrinkled the paint some.
i went back to the shop and wanted them to repaint it and of course- it wasnt their fault. smoke those guys(real tossers too, you know tattooed all the way up and razor shaved head due to baldness and "west coast customs" sunglasses on their forehead to simulate hair they once had). i wish i had known about this great forum at the time- or i couldve asked someone. i feel like an ass for almost ruining a very expensive/irreplaceable tank. lesson learned.
