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

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!!

something in the back of my mind is telling me that fiberglass fuel tanks are illegal and have been for many years

had a bike with fiberglass tank asd was told it was illegal/dangerous,that was 30 odd years ago

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.

mine was a home made honda 350 bitza special,went like the clappers but no brakes

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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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

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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

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]