dent on front tin
Tourer
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From: Canada
RE: dent on front tin
That does suck and I know because a friend of mine dropped a cam buckle on my gas tank while we were tying down the Heritage on the back of my pick up last year[:@]. He's still above ground but I did consider some nasty measures I could take out on him. That mark bothers me still and I have not done anything about it to this day because I am not sure what to do. Don't want to paint the whole tank..not yet anyway. Hope you come up with a not to expensive fix.
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Cruiser
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RE: dent on front tin
i just did allmost the same thing. today i was putting on chrome switch covers and the top one spring off and put a hell of a chip on the top of my tank. reallt p#$@!@ me off. needless to i got right on the phone and ordered touch-up paint from my dealler. but the good news is i dont have to toss around the idea of painting the tins anymore lol
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Road Master
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From: So. Cal
RE: dent on front tin
ORIGINAL: Silver FXST
Took the day off yesterday and what do i do but knock the cooler off the shelf and put a dent on my front fender, Ain't that a &!#@*
Took the day off yesterday and what do i do but knock the cooler off the shelf and put a dent on my front fender, Ain't that a &!#@*
Road Warrior
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From: Out of Commiefornia!
RE: dent on front tin
This link may be of interest... bummer.
http://vintageairstream.com/rr_topics_dents.html
(Sorry - forgot to post link in original thread [sm=icon_beat.gif])
Good luck!
Roger
http://vintageairstream.com/rr_topics_dents.html
(Sorry - forgot to post link in original thread [sm=icon_beat.gif])
Good luck!
Roger
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From: Rochester, NY
RE: dent on front tin
Damn, I know how you feel. A couple of days ago I pulled the retractable power cord out of the winder I have hanging from a beamover the bike and the little bitty e-clip inside that lets it swivel around popped off and let the entire thing fall down on the bike.
I have to tell you it scared the bejesus out of me with the crashingnoise and I swear to God I must have stood there with my eyes closed for a solid minute or more praying it wasn't going to be really ugly.
When I couldn't stand it anymore I opened ONE eyeand didn't see anything wrong. It took me a couple moreseconds to get the old ticker restarted andsaw a small orange patch on the tire and realized that the winder drum, orange colored, must have hit the tire than bounced forward away from the bike and into some furnature making all the noise.
But just to make you feel better my wife drove her car into the garage and didn't stop until she nearly knocked the back wall down. Worse was in hitting the wall she knocked over a couple of shelves FULL of caned goods. When they pulled everthing off the top of the fenders and hood looked like somebody with a claw hammerhad gone nuts on it with the claw end.
I have to tell you it scared the bejesus out of me with the crashingnoise and I swear to God I must have stood there with my eyes closed for a solid minute or more praying it wasn't going to be really ugly.
When I couldn't stand it anymore I opened ONE eyeand didn't see anything wrong. It took me a couple moreseconds to get the old ticker restarted andsaw a small orange patch on the tire and realized that the winder drum, orange colored, must have hit the tire than bounced forward away from the bike and into some furnature making all the noise.
But just to make you feel better my wife drove her car into the garage and didn't stop until she nearly knocked the back wall down. Worse was in hitting the wall she knocked over a couple of shelves FULL of caned goods. When they pulled everthing off the top of the fenders and hood looked like somebody with a claw hammerhad gone nuts on it with the claw end.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Nebraska
RE: dent on front tin
Actually I have done it the other way around. You let the metal heat up first and then put the dry ice on it. You will hear tin pop if and when it pops back out. That is a trick we used on hail dents as well. It will work on some dents... some it won't. If the paint got creased it probably won't. I have done it where I just let the car set out in the hot sun for a while to heat it up. You can also use a heat gun... but be careful not to scorch the paint. Good luck with it.
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RE: dent on front tin
I know it sucks, but try not to let a little dent consume you. It's life ....
Now that your bike is officially " broken in ", I honestly think you'll enjoy it more. I swear once you get that first scratch, dent, scrape, whatever on your bike, your car, whatever it instantly in a weird way relaxes you a bit.
It's a riding bike, not a show queen. It's the first of many. Don't get me wrong, you'll still wanna keep your bike nice and shiny, and there's nothing wrong with that, but now that it's broken in you'll find it easier to take out of the garage on those "not so sure" weather wise days and enjoy it.
Have FUN !!!
Now that your bike is officially " broken in ", I honestly think you'll enjoy it more. I swear once you get that first scratch, dent, scrape, whatever on your bike, your car, whatever it instantly in a weird way relaxes you a bit.
It's a riding bike, not a show queen. It's the first of many. Don't get me wrong, you'll still wanna keep your bike nice and shiny, and there's nothing wrong with that, but now that it's broken in you'll find it easier to take out of the garage on those "not so sure" weather wise days and enjoy it.
Have FUN !!!
