Tank-thing

The tank is back home for Christmas - after the two months spent in one manufacturing company in the town nearby. The result is incomplete, still a workpiece. But it is not entirely bad, I mean, it could have been worse :) Actually, I am surprised. The guys delivered the tank with the welded seams already partially smoothened...Anyway, some welding work still needs to be done, particularly concernig the mounting bracket at the rear of the tank, which we have bended in order to enable the access to the inner side. At least I can get the rust out from there.

I am curious about the check with the tank mounted onto the frame and under the saddle..some reshaping is possible regarding the back left/right corner of the tank.

         

Exhaust pipes & rear master cylinder

There was a small dent on the outer surface of the exhaust pipe -  first, I was considering wrappping it with a heat tape, which is highly fashionable among the builders now, but this solution later seemed to me rather cheap - visually and mostly in terms of renovation. Luckilly, it was possible to reshape the dent after heating it with a heat gun and using a pointed iron rod through the inner side so that no welding was eventually needed.

 

        After cleaning, smoothening and polishing, the pipes regained original look. Surprisingly, the ring on the top of the pipe. where it is mounted to the cylinder, is made of plain steel and not a stainless (as the pipes are). It will be later on painted with a heat resistant colour.  

 Secondly, here is the new kit for the rear master cylinder

Condition of the former inner functional parts was as follows:

                                                       

  Applying a film of the vaseline

Pushing it down

And locking the rod with a circlip