1999 frx2 need help
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can i bother you for a part number for the 92 fxrs tank?
If they didn't ruin the paint on the original tank, and it's not leaking, I find it hard to believe it's not serviceable. I've revived & reused some seriously rusted tanks through the years with great success.
On that particular bike, you want to try to keep it as original as possible. Which is why I'd try to save that tank. Even if you want to customize, it would be beneficial to keep all the stock parts for when you sell at a later date.
If it's just a matter of severe rust inside the tank, you can clean it up yourself. Just close all opening, pour a tube of BB's in with a quart of fuel, put the cap on and shake the **** out of it. Then drain the fuel and repeat with clean fuel. Keep doing it until you no longer see rust color fuel coming out. It takes a while, but it works.
On that particular bike, you want to try to keep it as original as possible. Which is why I'd try to save that tank. Even if you want to customize, it would be beneficial to keep all the stock parts for when you sell at a later date.
If it's just a matter of severe rust inside the tank, you can clean it up yourself. Just close all opening, pour a tube of BB's in with a quart of fuel, put the cap on and shake the **** out of it. Then drain the fuel and repeat with clean fuel. Keep doing it until you no longer see rust color fuel coming out. It takes a while, but it works.
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Yeah, it makes absolute sense. Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for a shop to decline work based on perceived risk of liabilty. What you and I may find perfectly servicable can often be classified as scrap by a shop.
Without knowing the shop staff/reputation personally, it's difficult to judge part integrity unless you know your own ****.
Worst case secenario here is they seal the tank and it develops a leak in a couple months (or years). That, or the neck twists off one day at the gas station. Depends on where the rust is...
Personally, that's not much in the way of risk when the payoff is a cosmitically perfect original tank. Not like this is gonna be a daily rider. I'd talk to the shop again and them show me the trouble spots and explain in detail the level of risk. If I was comfortable, I'd ask if they would proceed with my signature releasing them from liability.
If/when it fails, THEN you track down a replacement. Or use the interim to track one down and have a spare on hand.
But that's just me.
Without knowing the shop staff/reputation personally, it's difficult to judge part integrity unless you know your own ****.
Worst case secenario here is they seal the tank and it develops a leak in a couple months (or years). That, or the neck twists off one day at the gas station. Depends on where the rust is...
Personally, that's not much in the way of risk when the payoff is a cosmitically perfect original tank. Not like this is gonna be a daily rider. I'd talk to the shop again and them show me the trouble spots and explain in detail the level of risk. If I was comfortable, I'd ask if they would proceed with my signature releasing them from liability.
If/when it fails, THEN you track down a replacement. Or use the interim to track one down and have a spare on hand.
But that's just me.
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lol quoted wrong post
do you have the part number for the 1992 tank
thanks
do you have the part number for the 1992 tank
thanks
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jkbird, can you go to the "restoration" shop yourself?
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I am taking the bike out of the shop.I reached out to a old school Harley mechanic and he will give me his thoughts and hopefully i can twist his arm to do whatever it needs.He used to work at Edison H-D before it closed.
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It's just rust for condensation, it's not like it sat on the bottom of the ocean since 1999.
BTW, a friend of mine has the same bike & color. I've ride it and it's pretty impressive. So what kind of price tag's on this bike? That will help to determine if it's worth any further.
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I bought the bike as is for 3500.00, not knowing what i was getting in to. planned to replace tires , do carb over, fluids , seals etc ,the usual stuff but because of the tank ,nothing has been done yet.