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After a long wait, my genuine
Harley Davidson 1961-1962 style tank emblems finally arrived,
and would you believe it said "made in Taiwan" on
the package? Ah, what the hell......I am not even going to bother
telling you what I think about that, I'll just stick to the
technical stuff (easier to understand!)
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| First I scratched a few guiding lines on the
tank to make sure the emblems would be in the same position on
both sides, then I drilled some 5 millimeter holes. Aad machined
4 threaded pieces of 12 millimeter steel rod, and I screwed both
emblems on to the tank. |
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Aad welded each piece to the tank with 2 small
welds each, then I removed the emblems to keep them from getting
too hot. We drilled a hole in the bottom of the tank for the
fuelvalve, on the left side this time because that is the jiffy
side and all the fuel flows to the left side when I am kickstarting
the bike.
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Aad welded the fuelvalve thread and the emblem-mounts,
we sandblasted both tank parts inside and out and started welding
them together.
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To be continued soon.
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