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    #46
    I have some pictures posted in the for sale forum and the performance forum of the whole bike if that's what you mean. I also have a lot of really high res pictures (3MB) that I can't post until I reduce the quality/size. Thanks, the job was pretty cool, and at one point my friend and I imploded the tank in the vacuum bag b/c stupidly I forgot to cut a vent into the inside of tank to allow atmospheric pressure in. It was pretty funny, then I blew it back up with compressed air and cleaned up the body work again, then re-covered it. It ended up with two layers in the end, so now its pretty indestructible with two layers of carbon over steel. It only looks light weight. My co-workers and friends got a lot of laughs out of the implosion incident since I'm an ME.

    -Zack

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      #47
      That thing is really cool.

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        #48
        Originally posted by spyug View Post

        As mentioned, glass tanks can be dangerous in accidents and in most jurisdictions are illegal for street use.
        What Spyug said-I remember a nasty accident that happened many years ago when a rider on a Norton fitted with a fiberglass tank T-boned a car at an intersection. The tank ruptured and a fire started. That one was fatal and if memory serves there were severe burns to the car occupant(s)? as well.

        I looked all through Google and could find nothing on its legality in Ontario, Canada however. Maybe they're legal...?

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