Author Topic: Chrome Gas Tank on my CB750 (Read 14896 times)

Porscheguy912 · « **on:** August 06, 2009, 06:17:47 PM »

Check it out!
$280 dollars and 8 months later I got this puppy.
I think this winter i'm going to make some metal side covers and a seat cowl and have them chromed too.

andy750 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 06, 2009, 06:46:59 PM »

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Details please!! Where - company? How - chrome?

Looks great!

cheers
Andy

MacM2010 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2009, 06:56:06 PM »

That is gorgeous, man. Worth the wait.

Zaipai · « **Reply #3 on:** August 06, 2009, 07:00:32 PM »

That is fantastic. I don't recall ever seeing any tank chrome before! Awesome.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #4 on:** August 06, 2009, 07:01:18 PM »

Looks great mate, but why 8 months? My local chromer has a 3 day turnaround? Cheers, Terry.

Porscheguy912 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 06, 2009, 07:05:21 PM »

Quote from: andy750 on August 06, 2009, 06:46:59 PM

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Details please!! Where - company? How - chrome?

Looks great!

cheers
Andy

Got it done at Calco Plating In Chicago.
Show Chrome Finnish.

Terry:
It wouldnt have taken so long but i changed my mind and changed platers and then one of the plating shops dropped the tank and had to send it out to get fixed.

Still not too happy with the job they did. The bottom of the tank is rusty. So thats not good and there are some little pits on the top and some mystery dents.

I'm bringing it back to them tomorrow to get them to re-do it on the double.
Riding season is wasting away!

Bill/BentON Racing · « **Reply #6 on:** August 06, 2009, 08:37:42 PM »

Looks cool,Good Luck tomorrow!

Gordon · « **Reply #7 on:** August 06, 2009, 08:39:23 PM »

Quote from: Porscheguy912 on August 06, 2009, 07:05:21 PM

I'm bringing it back to them tomorrow to get them to re-do it on the double.
Riding season is wasting away!

Looks nice, dude!

Can't you throw on a cheap tank so you can at least ride the bike while you're waiting for the chrome tank to be finished?

ZanVooden · « **Reply #8 on:** August 06, 2009, 08:43:01 PM »

All I can say is wow. That's freaking awesome.

grumpy · « **Reply #9 on:** August 06, 2009, 09:49:09 PM »

Right ON!!!

I am so gonna do that to my spare tank!!

Oh! You have 3 point case guards, too! Where'd you find those?

MoTo-BunnY · « **Reply #10 on:** August 06, 2009, 09:59:22 PM »

MAN that is nice! Chrome gas tank, all BSA style! (only other time I have ever seen a chrome tank)

Quote from: grumpy on August 06, 2009, 09:49:09 PM

Oh! You have 3 point case guards, too! Where'd you find those?

I have those too - they are sporadically listed on feeBay but I haven't seen them for a while.

JS550 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 07, 2009, 07:19:06 AM »

I had a guy on an old Yamaha chase me down one day who had his tank & side cover done in chrome. But he said it was actually some kind of aluminum coating or paint? Is that how they do this? Looks killer though!
jim

grumpy · « **Reply #12 on:** August 07, 2009, 07:34:23 AM »

funny you should mention BSA...

this is what I had in mind:

Sorry for hijacking your thread PG!!

JS550 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 07, 2009, 08:42:22 AM »

THose old BSA tanks look great. I wanna try to get mine on my 750 to look like a cb160, except bigger. Like a 160 on roids! The Triton tanks always look great to.
& porsheguy, you know that "porsche" means small penis in german! ( couldnt resist the shot, sorry)

Duke McDukiedook · « **Reply #14 on:** August 07, 2009, 08:45:42 AM »

Shiny...

Inigo Montoya · « **Reply #15 on:** August 07, 2009, 08:49:05 AM »

DUDe you gonna blind yourself in the sun!!

Drew75 · « **Reply #16 on:** August 07, 2009, 10:12:52 AM »

forget the tank your mustachio ROCKS dewd!

click the link in my sig - it's got me thinkin' about growin' one out.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #17 on:** August 07, 2009, 06:25:07 PM »

Quote from: Porscheguy912 on August 06, 2009, 07:05:21 PM

Terry:
It wouldnt have taken so long but i changed my mind and changed platers and then one of the plating shops dropped the tank and had to send it out to get fixed.

Still not too happy with the job they did. The bottom of the tank is rusty. So thats not good and there are some little pits on the top and some mystery dents.

I'm bringing it back to them tomorrow to get them to re-do it on the double.
Riding season is wasting away!

That's a shame mate, chrome aint cheap, so get 'em to fix it right. Make sure you tell 'em to flush it well afterwards, the chemicals used in chroming can rust your tank right out, and the "F" tanks were more susceptable to rust than the K's. Looks bloody good though, I might have to make a trip to my chromer! Cheers, Terry.

cb350twin · « **Reply #18 on:** August 08, 2009, 02:08:50 PM »

Whoa.. looks cool!

Porscheguy912 · « **Reply #19 on:** August 10, 2009, 03:51:00 PM »

So i picked it up from the plater again today.

He said that the rust on the bottom is a flash rust that is only on the surface.
How he explained it was This:
When the current flows through the metal it creates low current density areas that dont plate well. He said that the large smooth areas have a higher current density and so therefore plate with better adheision. He said that most times when you see chromed pieces like this that have "back sides" or "Undersides" (like old car bumpers) The factory would use a undercoat on them. Also most likely it rusted like that because i left it there for a month before i picked it up. I should have gotten it sooner and scotch-Brite'ed it and undercoated it.

As for the dents, They are really small and no one will notice them but me. They were there before i had it plated. I was almost certain that i had silver soldered all the dents and dings but i missed them.

I Told him that i will be bringing him more tanks to get done so since chrome is a 3 step process if he could let me know there is a ding i missed that shows up better with the first coat of copper so i can fix it.

I may have some tanks up for sale in chrome soon as my skills with soldering holes and dents increases so let me know if anyone would be interested. I could offer a much faster turn around now that i have found a quicker shop. I spent about 15 hours with this tank before i sent it out.

Now to undercoat and POR-15 the inside and polish the #$%* out of the rest of the chrome on the bike.
Thanks for all the complements!
I'm so close i can almost smell the bug guts in my teeth!
J.

MoTo-BunnY · « **Reply #20 on:** August 10, 2009, 04:01:56 PM »

Very cool - I hope you start selling the tanks too, a very neat idea for a side business.

Chrome plating the frame would be really cool too but I bet REALLY expensive.

CDeforrest · « **Reply #21 on:** August 10, 2009, 04:07:39 PM »

Very nearly got a Chromo tank for my Ducati.. So nice.

Rich W · « **Reply #22 on:** August 10, 2009, 04:59:48 PM »

VERY TRICK ESPECIALLY BEING ON A 750F .

bucky katt · « **Reply #23 on:** August 10, 2009, 06:24:09 PM »

those whitewalls? tank looks killer.

Porscheguy912 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 11, 2009, 05:41:54 PM »

Quote from: bucky katt on August 10, 2009, 06:24:09 PM

those whitewalls? tank looks killer.

Yep. I just havent had time to wipe the blue off.
I'll be more concerned with that once i can get the bike on the road.

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