Simon
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| posted on 28/10/03 at 11:48 AM |
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Fibreglass fuel tanks
Anyone got any idea how they're made.
The way i see it, you must need very small hands to layup through the filler hole!
Thanks
Simon
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GO
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| posted on 28/10/03 at 12:23 PM |
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Could you make it inside out, i.e. with an inflatable male mould. So you have an fuel tank shaped baloon that you blow up to a decent pressure, layup
on the outside then deflat baloon once set. Would that work???
BTW, I know nothing about fibreglass!! 
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Viper
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| posted on 28/10/03 at 06:09 PM |
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something in the back of my mind is telling me that fiberglass fuel tanks are illegal and have been for many years
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 28/10/03 at 07:27 PM |
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had a bike with fiberglass tank asd was told it was illegal/dangerous,that was 30 odd years ago
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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CairB
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| posted on 28/10/03 at 08:23 PM |
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Conrodkid,
So did I, small world eh. Mine was a Rickman Metisse that I used to race, what was yours?
The tank got holed a few times at Cadwell due to horizontal excursions (limit evaluation exercises), but never caught fire, unlike the yam 750 that
dropped in front of me
I understood that they were made illegal for road bikes.
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 28/10/03 at 09:20 PM |
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mine was a home made honda 350 bitza special,went like the clappers but no brakes
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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PHULL
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| posted on 29/10/03 at 02:38 AM |
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static electricity
when you were a child and used to go down the slide in the playground, remember you used to get zaped sometimes as you went down.
Static Electricity and Petrol does not make a good combination, you know ur driving down the road minding your own bussiness one minute, a locost
shaped fireball the next
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timf
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| posted on 29/10/03 at 08:33 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by PHULL
Static Electricity and Petrol does not make a good combination, you know ur driving down the road minding your own bussiness one minute, a locost
shaped fireball the next
thats why bmw did a product recall on all new early minis.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 5/11/03 at 03:04 PM |
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Laughed when i heard that about the mini's at the time... you'd think they'd of noticed a static shock from the fuel filler cap
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Browser
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| posted on 5/11/03 at 09:05 PM |
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Not a good idea as I would have thought fibreglass would shatter in an impact, not to mention I think petrol would weaken it over time? This chap
Plastic tank manwill make you a plastic fuel tank (big suprise considering his
nickname) if you want one.
[Edited on 5/11/03 by Browser]
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