We will be basing the fueltank of this
bike on an old Sportster tank which will be "slightly"
modified ofcourse. We started by sanding off the weld so bottom
and tunnel could be removed, we will not be using this as the
tank will be Frisco mounted with tapered sides. In my opinion
the ugliest thing about Sportster tanks is the horrible flat
area around the gascap (which will be relocated by the way)
so we drilled out the old gascap, welded a plate where it used
to beand planished the welds. Then reshaped the top of the tank
so the flat spot is gone.
The reshaping is a matter of hitting it
with a wooden hammer on a sandbag to get the material stretched
a bit, then smoothing with the planishing hammer. Here the shape
is roughly as we want it, next is to fill up the opening from
the old high tunnel on the front of the tank, this is a pretty
simple operation as the material is only curved in one direction
in this area
Next week we will remove all
the paint and reshape the rear of the tank so the top curve
continues all the way to the back, then a bit of metal finishing
and maybe start on the tapered sides
