| Petrol tanks (again...) [message #787778] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 10:36 |
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So, roughly how many arms and legs will I need to pay to a breaker to
get a replacement petrol tank for 13-year-old bike?
And how many more limbs will he want for one whose underneath doesn't
resemble a sieve?
(Note to self: if your wife tends to leave her bike standing for long
periods of time, make sure it's got a decent amount of fuel in the tank.
Pah.)
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| Re: Petrol tanks (again...) [message #787788 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 10:53 |
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Eddie wrote:
> So, roughly how many arms and legs will I need to pay to a breaker to
> get a replacement petrol tank for 13-year-old bike?
>
> And how many more limbs will he want for one whose underneath doesn't
> resemble a sieve?
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>
> (Note to self: if your wife tends to leave her bike standing for long
> periods of time, make sure it's got a decent amount of fuel in the tank.
> Pah.)
What bike are we talking about? Tanks for bikes as young as 13 years
old are unlikely to be rotten, IMHO. In fact, 13 years is an ideal age
for sourcing a used tank - it's not new enough to be really pricey, and
it's not old enough to be counted as an unobtainable classic part.
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| Re: Petrol tanks (again...) [message #787792 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 11:07 |
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TOG [at] toil wrote:
> Eddie wrote:
> > And how many more limbs will he want for one whose underneath doesn't
> > resemble a sieve?
> >
> What bike are we talking about? Tanks for bikes as young as 13 years
> old are unlikely to be rotten,
I bet it's a Kawasaki Zephyr.
Dave
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| Re: Petrol tanks (again...) [message #787793 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 11:15 |
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On 19 Jul 2006 01:53:32 -0700, TOG [at] toil,
chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com, <chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com> wrote:
>What bike are we talking about?
A GSXF, iirc.
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Pip: B12
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| Re: Petrol tanks (again...) [message #787806 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 11:41 |
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"Pip" <gingerblokeNOSPAM [at] NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
news:o1urb21g5c43rcaod0nlo4lp5tame1vs3m [at] 4ax.com...
> On 19 Jul 2006 01:53:32 -0700, TOG [at] toil,
> chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com, <chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>>What bike are we talking about?
>
> A GSXF, iirc.
You do indeed. A black GSX600F-P, to be precise.
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| Re: Petrol tanks (again...) [message #787810 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 11:46 |
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<TOG [at] toil>; <chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com>;
<chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:1153299212.329320.190870 [at] h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>
> What bike are we talking about? Tanks for bikes as young as 13 years
> old are unlikely to be rotten, IMHO. In fact, 13 years is an ideal age
> for sourcing a used tank - it's not new enough to be really pricey,
> and
> it's not old enough to be counted as an unobtainable classic part.
As Pip said, a GSX600F. What sort of ballpark are we looking at here?
On a side note: there are very few people on here that could use the
phrase "bikes as young as 13 years old" and get away with it. This isn't
ukrmc, you know...
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| Re: Petrol tanks (again...) [message #787814 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 12:26 |
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Eddie wrote:
> <TOG [at] toil>; <chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com>;
> <chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:1153299212.329320.190870 [at] h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > What bike are we talking about? Tanks for bikes as young as 13 years
> > old are unlikely to be rotten, IMHO. In fact, 13 years is an ideal age
> > for sourcing a used tank - it's not new enough to be really pricey,
> > and
> > it's not old enough to be counted as an unobtainable classic part.
>
> As Pip said, a GSX600F. What sort of ballpark are we looking at here?
>
I'd be very surprised if it was more than =A350 for a decent one.
<Checks Ebay completed auctions>
Blimey. =A38.50 for a sound one that just needs repainting. There you
go, then. Cheap!
> On a side note: there are very few people on here that could use the
> phrase "bikes as young as 13 years old" and get away with it. This isn't
> ukrmc, you know...
<VVBG>
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| Re: Petrol tanks (again...) [message #787823 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 13:03 |
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<TOG [at] toil>; <chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com>;
<chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:1153304762.830321.152290 [at] i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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> I'd be very surprised if it was more than £50 for a decent one.
>
> <Checks Ebay completed auctions>
>
> Blimey. £8.50 for a sound one that just needs repainting. There you
> go, then. Cheap!
Yeah, I'd watched those auctions come and go, and at the time the one we
had wasn't leaking... I knew I should have just bought them anyway.
I'll do a parts search, and see if there are any breakers who aren't
taking the piss. Failing that, it's a patient wait for another one to
come up on eBay.
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| Re: Petrol tanks (again...) [message #787830 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 13:27 |
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"Eddie" <eddie [at] deguello.org> wrote in message
news:d2vk9e.p52.ln [at] deguello.org
> As Pip said, a GSX600F.
Would it be unkind to point out that a petrol tank is totally redundant
on Mrs. Eddie's bike?
Couldn't you just fill the carbs every time you want to take it round
the block?
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| Re: Petrol tanks (again...) [message #787841 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 13:57 |
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"Andrewr At Work" <andrewr [at] rockface.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:dffd60313962cb3724d23a4dff4457e0.89895 [at] mygate.mailgate.org...
> "Eddie" <eddie [at] deguello.org> wrote in message
> news:d2vk9e.p52.ln [at] deguello.org
>
>> As Pip said, a GSX600F.
>
> Would it be unkind to point out that a petrol tank is totally
> redundant
> on Mrs. Eddie's bike?
Yes, it would.
> Couldn't you just fill the carbs every time you want to take it round
> the block?
Perhaps, but I'll need more petrol than that to do the planned fiddling
with carbs. And I'm not sure that it'd pass an MOT without a petrol
tank, either; and without an MOT, we're not going to be able to flog the
damned thing for a reasonable amount of money.
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| Re: Petrol tanks (again...) [message #787849 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 14:45 |
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"Eddie" <eddie [at] deguello.org> wrote in message
news:gi3l9e.2d2.ln [at] deguello.org...
> <TOG [at] toil>; <chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com>;
> <chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:1153304762.830321.152290 [at] i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > I'd be very surprised if it was more than £50 for a decent one.
> >
> > <Checks Ebay completed auctions>
> >
> > Blimey. £8.50 for a sound one that just needs repainting. There you
> > go, then. Cheap!
>
> Yeah, I'd watched those auctions come and go, and at the time the one we
> had wasn't leaking... I knew I should have just bought them anyway.
>
> I'll do a parts search, and see if there are any breakers who aren't
> taking the piss. Failing that, it's a patient wait for another one to
> come up on eBay.
>
I have got bits off Sandy Bike spares, Sandy, Beds.
sandybikespares [at] fsmail.net they were very helpfull when I was looking for a
rear master cylinder that fitted my CB450dx SOB (actually from a cbr1000!!)
very quick delivery reasonable prices (compared what I had been quoted from
other breakers!!) and they had a GSXF600 a couple of months ago, I got bits
for a mates from them.
Des
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| Re: Petrol tanks (again...) [message #787863 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 15:12 |
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"Dieseldes" <desmond [at] orange.net> wrote in message
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> I have got bits off Sandy Bike spares, Sandy, Beds.
> sandybikespares [at] fsmail.net they were very helpfull when I was looking
> for a
> rear master cylinder that fitted my CB450dx SOB (actually from a
> cbr1000!!)
> very quick delivery reasonable prices (compared what I had been quoted
> from
> other breakers!!) and they had a GSXF600 a couple of months ago, I got
> bits
> for a mates from them.
Ta. I'll give them a separate call when I do the parts search.
I normally use a couple of the free online parts search services, which
I've had good results from in the past.
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| Re: Petrol tanks (again...) [message #787929 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 17:18 |
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:46:56 +0100, "Eddie" <eddie [at] deguello.org>
wrote:
><chateau.murray [at] btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> What bike are we talking about? Tanks for bikes as young as 13 years
>> old...
>As Pip said, a GSX600F. What sort of ballpark are we looking at here?
>
>On a side note: there are very few people on here that could use the
>phrase "bikes as young as 13 years old" and get away with it. This isn't
>ukrmc, you know...
heh. TOG's still all classic'd up from his trip to Chimay.
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Champ
ZX10R
GPz750turbo
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