Mirror finish tank

[Evil Hobbit]

OK this may be way over the top, but I?m thinking about stripping my tank and shining it and clear coating it with something that will seriously protect it. Anyone tried this? Any thoughts. Any pictures?

[gspaul]

Maybe better to go with chrome,I have seen tank's chromed, look's stunnng!
And chrome is a lot stronger than clear coate, if done correctly.
Perhaps chrome is the new black?

[Evil Hobbit]

hmmmmm maybe that new colored chrome.

[retrex]

Re: Mirror finish tank

OK this may be way over the top, but I?m thinking about stripping my tank and shining it and clear coating it with something that will seriously protect it. Anyone tried this? Any thoughts. Any pictures?

I thought about doing this too but rejected it due to safety concerns. I would probably get into an accident while gazing upon my handsome face in the chrome while riding.

[Evil Hobbit]

I was actually thinking about just shining the sides and paint the top red for this reason.

[retrex]

Good Judgement

I was actually thinking about just shining the sides and paint the top red for this reason.

This is sound and pratical thinking. You avoid the accident risk while still maintaining the ability to check yourself out in the side of your tank as you approach your ride.

[jimcor]

Re: Good Judgement

I was actually thinking about just shining the sides and paint the top red for this reason.

This is sound and pratical thinking. You avoid the accident risk while still maintaining the ability to check yourself out in the side of your tank as you approach your ride.

You guys wouldn't be looking for some BSA tank badges to go with those shiney side tanks would you? Paint 'em red with gold pinstripes! Yes!

[retrex]

Re: Good Judgement

You guys wouldn't be looking for some BSA tank badges to go with those shiney side tanks would you?

Baadges, baadges, we don need no stinkin baadges.

[jimcor]

Re: Good Judgement

You guys wouldn't be looking for some BSA tank badges to go with those shiney side tanks would you?

Baadges, baadges, we don need no stinkin baadges.

Yes, you do! Especially if your gonna do up some old brit bike style tanks! (Which I truly love.)

[UncleMike]

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Yes, you do! Especially if your gonna do up some old brit bike style tanks! (Which I truly love.)

Me too. Gorgeous.

[Evil Hobbit]

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Yes, you do! Especially if your gonna do up some old brit bike style tanks! (Which I truly love.)

Me too. Gorgeous.

That is the idea behind my thinking. The next step is to figure out some sort of rubber pads for the tank. I could hold them on with a magnetic sheet

[UncleMike]

I would've done it, but my tank had way too many dents in it.

I went with a very tasteful striping instead.

[jimcor]

Exactly how they did it I'm not sure. But somewhere on the 'net somebody can explain the British technique of chroming the side of the tank in patterns. As far as knee pads go, somewhere on the 'delphi forums' is a new Triumph Bonneville forum that was trying to swing a deal with Kawasaki to get knee pads for their W650 retro bike for the group to apply to their new Bonneville bikes . Apparently big K wanted big bucks for the parts and Triumph didn't offer them. If I was going to apply kneepads I'd use a silicone adhesive like Goop. A magnetic type would only scratch things up and would have a tendency to come loose at the worse possible moments!!! 8O

[UncleMike]

Agreed.

There's always Gorilla Glue.

[retrex]

Exactly how they did it I'm not sure. But somewhere on the 'net somebody can explain the British technique of chroming the side of the tank in patterns.

I'm not sure how they did it but I think that it could probably be done using today's chrome paints. Check out this website.

http://www.alsacorp.com/paints.htm

I have been contemplating throwing a couple of bob at this place to purchase their chrome paint product to rechrome the plastic ring around my rear tailight. From what I've read this stuff is fairly easy to use. You can prep the surfaces with top quality, not bondo, filler and spray a coat of this stuff and the clear over it for a pert near chrome look.