The post whore thread.

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Originally Posted by buffalobo

Fuel, fuel, fuel.

If bikes been sitting more than a year just replace carbs if stock. Rebuild high end/performance units. If sitting 2+ yrs pull tank, clean and coat.

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How do you coat a tank on the inside?

You just pour the stuff in and swirl it around.

Obviously having the tank off the bike makes it way easier. Unless you?re just a beast of a man.

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Originally Posted by Erni

How do you coat a tank on the inside?

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There are products available to coat/seal steel tanks. Plastic tanks typically only need careful cleaning.

Remove tank, mask/plug as product directs, pour in, rotate(by hand or chucked into lathe) to coat interior, pour off excess finish as directed.

Been many years since I have had to do one but had good luck with it back then.

Re: How

#1: Order phosphate coating
#2: If tank needs cleaning, use electrolysis (various guides online). Make a "cork" that fits your tank-port. There's some huge ones at hobby lobby around decorative bottles that can be modified easy. You need a DC power supply of some kind to do electrolysis.
#3: Follow directions on phosphate cleaning to a T, including cleaning stage(s).
#4: Do the final phosphate cleaning and drain the tank
#5: Let it sit as per directions
#6: Done

It's not a coating so much as a chemical reaction - kind of like certain metal products protect against rust by.... developing a thin film of corrosion. You're doing a thin phosphate corrosion in essence, and it keeps your tank rust free from there.

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Originally Posted by ray1970

You just pour the stuff in and swirl it around.

Obviously having the tank off the bike makes it way easier. Unless you?re just a beast of a man.

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It's only a 180lbs, but I'd rather just take the tank off. [emoji1]

Thanks for the tank coating tip. Will have to do that at some point.

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Originally Posted by Erni

How do you coat a tank on the inside?

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https://kreem.com/fueltankliner.html

They've been in business for who knows how long. I used their products back in the late 70's on a few H-D tanks, with good results.

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Originally Posted by buffalobo

Still a good idea to clean and flush plastic tank, especially area around petcock.

Cleaning carb on the trail sucks.

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Come on, it's not that bad. Well it isn't till you go , Hmm where that bowl drain plug go to?


Tech Tip: ALWAYS find an area with no leaves to work on bike.

This motorcycle business is adding up to some dollars. But it should be fun when done.

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Originally Posted by Erni

This motorcycle business is adding up to some dollars. But it should be fun when done.

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No hobby is cheap. Ask my ex's attorney ;)

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Originally Posted by Erni

This motorcycle business is adding up to some dollars. But it should be fun when done.

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Get back with us when you look in your garage and realize you have $50K tied up in your motorcycle hobby.