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POLL: Would you buy an aluminum tank...?

Started by ducatiz, January 27, 2012, 06:28:55 AM

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JustDucky

#165
March 14, 2012, 05:40:32 AM
Considering I was planning on a Beater tank, the tanks discussed here, at the price point discussed, will be a bargain in my book. To me a well crafted aluminum tank has several merits, not just as a stock replacement , but offers aesthetics of a straight, ripple free piece of bodywork, the cool factor of an aluminum tank (makes me recall my lust for the old school ZX-7R homologation special with the aluminum tank, flatslides, solo seat and close ratio trans) and further feeds my need to tinker. Since I first learned of Beater tanks I have been planning an aluminum tank painted in the stock black with silver stripe scheme but the stripe will be brushed aluminum clearcoated with the old double line style DUCATI lettering receiving the same brushed and clearcoated treatment.  If I can achieve the same result for $1000 less, I'm in!



Sherlock

#166
March 14, 2012, 11:11:20 AM
Ripple free, I get it. Lol. I'm with you on the coolness factor, I guess I just hadn't considered the cost. To each his own. More power to you Iz. I wish you luck. Looks like there is definitely a market for said tank.
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Meerkat

#167
April 06, 2012, 07:46:17 AM
So when will I be able to buy one of these? ???
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ducatiz

#168
April 06, 2012, 09:30:49 AM
I'm sending a frame to them to use as a jig, but I haven't received it yet.  That's the holdup.
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Duck-Stew

#169
April 06, 2012, 09:56:34 AM
Quote from: ducatiz on April 06, 2012, 09:30:49 AM
I'm sending a frame to them to use as a jig, but I haven't received it yet.  That's the holdup.

It's been shipped along with the supporting bits to turn it into a true 'jig'.  ;D
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NorDog

#170
April 06, 2012, 02:56:05 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on April 06, 2012, 09:30:49 AM
I'm sending a frame to them to use as a jig, but I haven't received it yet.  That's the holdup.

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Ducatamount

#171
April 07, 2012, 04:08:26 PM
There are some relatively cheap  alu tanks coming out of India and I heard of a guy getting one for a Norton that looked very nice but he went to drill a hole in it and it cracked (brittle).
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ducpainter

#172
April 07, 2012, 04:14:08 PM
Quote from: Ducatamount on April 07, 2012, 04:08:26 PM
There are some relatively cheap  alu tanks coming out of India and I heard of a guy getting one for a Norton that looked very nice but he went to drill a hole in it and it cracked (brittle).
For what reason would someone drill a hole in a fuel tank...?
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Ducatamount

#173
April 07, 2012, 04:19:25 PM
Maybe new mounting holes in the ears? Maybe for a larger petcock orifice? I'm not sure.
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ducatiz

#174
April 07, 2012, 04:25:35 PM
pics or it didn't happen.

even stressed metal wont crack from being drilled.  use the worst drill with a dull bit and you only succeed in tempering the metal around the bit. 

more likely if it cracked it was drilled at a location subject to torque. 

aluminium is more brittle than steel allow but you still have a good margin before failure.

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ducpainter

#175
April 07, 2012, 04:30:43 PM
Quote from: Ducatamount on April 07, 2012, 04:19:25 PM
Maybe new mounting holes in the ears? Maybe for a larger petcock orifice? I'm not sure.
That isn't 'in the tank'...

that's a bracket.

...and a petcock boss wouldn't crack.

I'm not biting...

unless of course you have a link that will change my mind..
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    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
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Ducatamount

#176
April 07, 2012, 04:57:09 PM
Boy,tough crowd.Sorry,I don't even know how to post a link but it's on the Access Norton forum under thread titled  "Ever see one of these?" and I was mistaken,supposedly it was in a steel tank for a Triumph that a restorer was fitting a rack on.
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ducpainter

#177
April 07, 2012, 05:00:13 PM
Quote from: Ducatamount on April 07, 2012, 04:57:09 PM
Boy,tough crowd.Sorry,I don't even know how to post a link but it's on the Access Norton forum under thread titled  "Ever see one of these?" and I was mistaken,supposedly it was in a steel tank for a Triumph that a restorer was fitting a rack on.
You don't know how to post a link?

Does your browser have an address bar?

I'd copy the address and paste it here.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
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Ducatamount

#178
April 07, 2012, 05:06:15 PM Last Edit: April 07, 2012, 05:08:06 PM by Ducatamount
Quote from: ducpainter on April 07, 2012, 05:00:13 PM
You don't know how to post a link?



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ducpainter

#179
April 07, 2012, 05:27:38 PM
Quote from: Ducatamount on April 07, 2012, 05:06:15 PM
      Sarcasm doesn't come through the web well but condescension sure does.
Not condescension...

I'm old...ask anyone here.

I'm simply amazed/in disbelief that someone can register for a forum and doesn't know how to post a url supporting what they claim.
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
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