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Offline BrandonB13

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Anyone modified there stock tank? Cafe style
« on: January 15, 2011, 03:48:49 PM »
I'm considering cutting knee indentions into the side of my stock 750K8 tank. I saw it done on the show "Cafe Racer". NE1 done this?
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Re: Anyone modified there stock tank? Cafe style
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2011, 03:51:53 PM »
Do a search mate, there's plenty of guys here that have done it. Look up member "spikeybike" for one...

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Re: Anyone modified there stock tank? Cafe style
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2011, 03:59:03 PM »
Most of the ones done here have been pounded in and bondoed. The cutting, flipping and rewelding is a bit more involved. In either case one wonders why? Its a personal preference thing I guess.

What the heck, I might do it someday.   ;D
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Re: Anyone modified there stock tank? Cafe style
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2011, 06:48:29 PM »
Yeah search "knee dents" and you will come up with plenty of answers! The search bar is your friend!
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Re: Anyone modified there stock tank? Cafe style
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2011, 08:01:37 PM »
Check out Nokrome's for possibly the most rad stock alteration..... ;)
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Re: Anyone modified there stock tank? Cafe style
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2011, 10:17:48 AM »
Quote from: Ndstrylgrnrngr on January 15, 2011, 08:01:37 PM
Check out Nokrome's for possibly the most rad stock alteration..... ;)
  aaaaahhhhhh, thanks grnrngr  ;)
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Re: Anyone modified there stock tank? Cafe style
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2011, 10:20:26 AM »
Hey Brandon,

Pounding them with hammers is really pretty easy once you get past the shock of taking a hammer to your tank.
Really doesn't take much time at all.  Filler is kinda messy, but easy to use as well.   I was suprised at how little filler
was actually necessary. 

I used hammers like these:







I'm up in Denton if you want to give it a go some time.
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