10 Gallon tank on rightful owners bike

[dirttracker30]

Sorry that I had to open up another post ,but I could not post in original thread

 

[Niehart]

Looks alright there but it would look a lot better on mine.

 

[PhilJet09]

Nice! Looks good!

 

[Panman]

Looks alright there but it would look a lot better on mine.

It would fit your color sceam..................

 

[odot]

Looks like the head of a beluga whale.....mmmmm...........yummy...............

 

[wfooshee]

Takes up all that room you need for a tank bag! :-D

Seriously, looks pretty good. You guys doing sheet metal stuff with all those spot-welds, seams, grinding, finishing, painting, and shit are damed impressive. If I tried any of that I'd have a lopsided wart of a tank that leaked, and I'd me missing several fingers.

 

[escapefjrtist]

Nice work DT30, looks great!

Too bad all that white stuff is on the ground...

--G

 

[Fred W]

You know, if you were to find someone to make those for a reasonable price, with all the LD FJR guys around, you'd sell a good number of them.

 

[dirttracker30]

You know, if you were to find someone to make those for a reasonable price, with all the LD FJR guys around, you'd sell a good number of them.

what would you consider resonable for upwards of 30 + hours of work start to finish? Or was that in jest?

 

[HotRodZilla]

Hell...30 hours of work at $10 an hour is only $300. Donno about these other cheap bastards, but I'd pay $300 for a tank like that. :lol:

 

[wfooshee]

Ten dollars an hour. Sounds legit!

 

[dirttracker30]

Ten dollars an hour. Sounds legit!

Remember ,I'm one of those" Union" tinners .

 

[Fred W]

You know, if you were to find someone to make those for a reasonable price, with all the LD FJR guys around, you'd sell a good number of them.

what would you consider resonable for upwards of 30 + hours of work start to finish? Or was that in jest?

No, I was (am) not jesting.

Clearly selling hand made 10 gallon tanks would not be viable. But it was 30 hours of labor because you were making only one of them, and also it was the first one. If you were making 50 of them together it would not take 30 x 50 = 1500 hours.

How much would an ironbutt rider pay for a giant fuel tank that eliminates a need for using an aux fuel cell and all the complexity and added reliability issues that entails? I bet you could sell them for about a grand a pop.

 

[HotRodZilla]

No, I was (am) not jesting.
Clearly selling hand made 10 gallon tanks would not be viable. But it was 30 hours of labor because you were making only one of them, and also it was the first one. If you were making 50 of them together it would not take 30 x 50 = 1500 hours.

How much would an ironbutt rider pay for a giant fuel tank that eliminates a need for using an aux fuel cell and all the complexity and added reliability issues that entails? I bet you could sell them for about a grand a pop.

OR $300...Easy!!

 

[gixxerjasen]

Ten dollars an hour. Sounds legit!

Remember ,I'm one of those" Union" tinners .

Ahh well, 45 minute breaks after 30 minutes of work at $50 an hour I see.

Seriously, I can't believe a tank that huge could come out looking so dang good on the bike. It's a real work of art and you deserve to be proud of it. Dang thing looks factory it's so well integrated.

 

[RadioHowie]

I'll go $325!

 

[dirttracker30]

I'll go $325!

Tack that onto that GRAND that Fred W was thinking they are worth and we'll have a deal!............Plus S&H

 

[Chuck35]

a grand don't sound so bad....I hate not being able to commute all week without a gas stop...

 

[majicmaker]

Takes up all that room you need for a tank bag! :-D
Seriously, looks pretty good. You guys doing sheet metal stuff with all those spot-welds, seams, grinding, finishing, painting, and shit are damed impressive. If I tried any of that I'd have a lopsided wart of a tank that leaked, and I'd me missing several fingers.

We all have our God given talents Walt. I've done that stuff on Airplanes since I was a kid. Got real good at it. I now wish I'd learned all that computer stuff you guys do. Go Figure.