New powdercoated gas tank and rear tail.....

[lemmon95gt]

Just did my GS850 cafe tank and tail today. Powdercoated it with a stuff called "Almost Chrome. Looks like polished aluminum. Still have some black stripes and fuel line gauge to put on but it came out great.

[lemmon95gt]

other side.................

[7981GS]

Is that the fuel gauge on the side of the tank?
Why is the lowest point so high?

Daniel

[lemmon95gt]

The tail with the start of the blue frame........

[lemmon95gt]

i put it high cuz i never let it get that low anyway....it works great. Gets alot of attention....kinda old school.....

[frijoles-and-beans]

That looks really good, and that fuel gauge is something I had never seen before. You say that you did it yourself? It's really neat looking. What do you do, connect clear plastic tubing to it?

[bakirkwold]

What powder coating system did you use? How did you bake it?

[Sci85]

Very interesting. I too have never seen that fuel setup before. I will be watching to see what that looks like. I like the blue frame as well. Different is good. Carry on!

Sci85

[lemmon95gt]

I connect the two silver brazed 90 degree fittings i brazed on with clear fuel tubing from Agway. I have the kit from the Eastwood company for powdercoating. We use a heat lamp...have to move it down as the powder flows. i hung the tank from the ceiling using the mounting holes by the seat. The tail section fits in our electric oven. A oven that would go in a kitchen. I am doing alot more and ill post the pics as i go. Thanks all.

[Jedz123]

Awesome!!! Powder coating the tank is an awesome idea! Looks fantastic and love the fuel gauge idea... Something I might have to try with the 400.
Keep us posted! Great stuff!

[bakirkwold]

What do you mean by heat lamp? Like an electric one or a gas one?

[Adler]

I was going to powdercoat my tank but I had dents that I filled with bondo, didn't feel like redoing it with something powdercoatable. Looks nice.

I've seen that style of fuel gauge before...

[bwringer]

That tank looks great!

Never really thought of powdercoating a tank before, but it makes a hell of a lot of sense.

And, of course, there are bazillions of cool colors and effects possible with powdercoating.

[lemmon95gt]

thanks for the good comments....cant wait to see it in the spring on the bike outside. hope its not too blinding. i plan on running a black stripe on it. i love the Jack Daniels bottle!

[1948man]

Could you put a good clearcoat over powdercoating if you wanted to? My engine covers are powdercoated a faux chrome color and have some discoloration that I figure is probably from gas or oil. They don't look half as good as your tank. It's possible my job wasn't a great effort. A friend did it for the price of the powder and I think he didn't totally purge his gun from the last color he used. I couldn't really complain because of the price.