What to pay? Used tank questions...

[cagedbunny]

Alright.. here's the pics.

What came out;


Close-up;


Inside:

[average]

  WOW.... That's looking pretty rough. First thing you will have to do is clean that bad boy....thoroughly(sp). Then you will have to through some acid or something in there to get rid of the rest of that rust. In all honesty; it looks like cancer and paint is the only thing holding that thing together    Im sure srinath or the other kreme gurus will have hopefully a more positive solution.   

[pandy]

Alright.. here's the pics.

[Alphamazing]

I admit I was amazed that I won it for that cheap.  Well thank you! 

Yeah man. I got my '05 tank for $26 shipped and it only had a tiny dime sized ding in it (not even noticeable when I'm riding because my leg covers it up).

[cagedbunny]

Alright, anyone else?  I got most of the crap out, but there's a little left.  The tank seems okay as far as rot.. It may be thinner than it should be, but it's not going to fall apart with just gas in it.  Acid.. maybe, but probably still worth a try.

[rangerbrown]

04-07 tank for sale, blue base color (painted black) take tape and pull up the black paint. i didnt sand the old paint on it so it comes right off

[cagedbunny]

No dice... mine's a '96   

[rangerbrown]

it still fits or so i am told

[cagedbunny]

Later tanks are significantly wider.. don't think it works with my seat, or rear plastics.  Anyone confirm?

[average]

Dont know about the plastics but you definetly have to change the seat. Ask me how I know 

[cagedbunny]

The later seats don't just drop on either, do they?  Ahh.. doesn't matter, I'm really not interested in changing all that jazz.. not now anyway.  This sucks..

[ducati_nolan]

Well, at least the outside of the tank is pretty    but yeah that rust is pretty bad. I still think it's worth a shot trying the kreeme. If you put some rocks or nuts and bolts in there with a little gas and shake it up it will knock some more of the rust out. But yeah.....that's a lot worse than I thought, but give it a shot, a lot cheaper than a new one.
good luck 

[dgyver]

Later tanks are significantly wider.. don't think it works with my seat, or rear plastics.  Anyone confirm?

Tank, seat and plastics go together for 89-00 and 01+. The 01+ tail plastics have 6 different mounting mounts plus a taller grab handle mount.

I have not really checked into mixing them but it would not look right.