Awsome. But considering the time involved may be easier to make a cool cover to go over predator tank. Kind of like plastics on street bike tank. Might give it a simular look with less hassle. Very well done though. Might be time to upgrade to tig. Less heat and warpage plus no slag. I use the flux core myself most of the time. I like to weld with the fan on me. Gas dont like that.
Tuur Janssen but ur right the gas tank is not its just sheet metal but aslong as there is gas in it it wont rust unless there is water in it or its sits long without gasoline
Looks great. I always have trouble with homemade tanks rusting up and clogging fuel lines. Seems you do too judging by your last tank. But im too cheap to buy sealer so i guess it is what it is lol
Hey I think that you did a great job with not just the tank but the whole build ! Keep up the good work ! A friendly suggestion when putting filler on the tank cover the entire tabk to come out with a nicer finish !
I stupidly told a group I was gonna make a gas tank from scratch and now I can't back out. so this video made it easier to think of a good way to do it. a lot easier than what I was originally planning.
Nice job. When are you going to get away from these Briggs style engines and maybe jump into the Chinese 125cc and up engines? That 500 was a good project. But maybe break down a simple live axle go-kart and throw a SSR 125cc on it and make a sweet shifter kart. Cheap parts all around.
Awesome work man. I really dig your videos. Since you're always building your own fabrication tools, this video got me thinking, you should build your own English wheel would save you a lot of work in the future for builds like this one.
For thin stuff like that step drills are the trick, the harbor freight ones aren't the best but will do the job for awhile. None of that break through bite bs. Your wrists will thank you. I've damn near broke a finger like that lol
Great job on the fabrication work. I think you are getting better. May want to invest in a set of by-metal hole saws, works great drilling in sheet metal. low RPM with drop of oil.👍
Should build it out of stainless steel or aluminum to avoid rust forming on the inside and contaminating the fuel, or insert some sort of bag inside it that prevents the old from contacting the walls
Great job, your bike is starting to look a bit like a rat bike version of a Kawasaki 636 Ninja ! I can't wait to buy my house to have the possibility to build up my workshop (an my mini's) as well, you're truly an inspiration bro' ! Keep up the good job.
i know what it is to weld thin metal and atleast for me it isnt a problem so i guess he can do it too. u just have to set your welder right to make it easier.
late I belive he can do it, too. But I think it's not a problem to use a tiny Bit thicker metal because it's way easier. It is a little bit havyer but that's not a problem I think.
late looks like he's using a inexpensive flux core welder, you dont have the precise voltage and amperage like you do with a High buck Miller, too much chance of burn thru with thinner metal. A tig welder would have been perfect for this
well thickest i would use for cas tank is like 1mm thick and he uses like 3mm thick metal :D allso he could made those side pieces from just one piece if he used thinner metal cus its way easier to shape
get rid of the plastic cap...itll look way more trick....under that huge honkin' plastic one is a metal maybe..smaller the better since its a mini bike
my tank was sealed with the resin used for fiberglassing, no idea on the brand you can get it here by the litre, but it's cheap and works well, mine was coated 2 years ago and I have't had an issue
Not sure what software he uses, but premiere pro makes anything more than 10x a pain to speed up both video and audio. A good stop gap is audio at 10x and video at 20x...or something like that. Unfortunately that means audio video out of sync. Could just be artistic license too.
Dude. Watching you work is like watching a monkey hump a football. That should of been done with four pieces, lot less work, less welding, less grinding, way easier to blend. Your leak test, is bad idea. Got water in the tank. Now going to rust out the weld areas. Smart way is to add max 1 lbs of air and spray outside with soap and water. Btw, pressure testing with air is highly dangerous. A small weak spot even in the untouched steel can blow out.