Look what I picked up. It's a 95 Yamaha XJ600 Seca II. It's a beater bike but is mostly in tact. Only missing the airbox and a few plastics fasteners. The fork seals are shot to he11. The frame and plastic has a bad rattle can job and plastic is cracked in 4 or 5 places. The inside of the tank looks bad. Not a lot of rust but looks like someone did a bad cream job on it. It looks like there is a sheet of dirty paper in it??? Anybody know anything about sealing a tank? could it be patch material or something else? Really looks like almost an entire sheet of copy paper flopping around in there. I'm going to try to clean it with soapy water then CLR cleaner. Then I'll rinse it really well and let it dry. Put some gas in and WHAM! an instant Mad Max bike.

Cool!! What does the dash look like? Good luck with the tank, let us know how it turns out! 

In the process of cleaning the tank. The motor spins with the starter. Just need to rig a fuel supply and try firing it up. It looks like Mad Max rode it like he stole it but everything is in tact. I'm not putting any money into it so we will see what happens.

Are you in Houston TX or there abouts ... I sold one of these in 08 over there.

The GS swingarm bearing needles are a perfect fit for the float retaining pins on this bugger.

Cool.
Buddha.

Quote from: The Buddha on February 22, 2015, 06:47:38 PM
Are you in Houston TX or there abouts ... I sold one of these in 08 over there.

The GS swingarm bearing needles are a perfect fit for the float retaining pins on this bugger.

Cool.
Buddha.

Nope, I'm in ice cold PA. I'll try them wheelie bearings. They work well with a holley double pumper and 12  bolt hooked to a turbo 350. Trust me this thing looks better in the pics than real life. Was yellow painted black with red fairing and blue tail plastic. Motor looks good

Thanks for the pic!    I am in PA too... I just woke up from a dream where I was about to ride finally... damnit!!!

See my build project for everything I went through with a tank with a flaking coating.  It's been about 3 years and my new POR-15 coating is holding up well.

Damn, your tank ordeal is what I'm living right now. Only I'm doing it in sub zero temps and everything freezes in it. Did vinegar, BB's, coke which is same acid in prep n etch. My fingers are rust stained right now. I'm about to put fire to it the burn the stuff out. Dont worry, there is no fumes left. Or I might leave the big chunks in and forget about it.

What could a rad shop do to it to get it out? I bet nothing.

I don't think it's going to burn.  The only thing that actually softened and helped remove that stuff was the soy gel paint stripper.  No other acids or solvents touched it.  Forget about the rust until you get as much of that old coating as possible out.  Then you can do a prep and new coating, or as much rust removal as possible and fill it up.

Honestly, it's probably not worth your time and money though.  You might be able to find a better tank used for cheaper than the cost of the supplies combined with the hours spent trying to fix the one you have.  I was extremely persistent with it, just because that's my personality.

I know I'm wasting time but not my money. I'll get it clean enough to get the bike running without spending anything on it.....well maybe $15 - $20.

When I was a kid we ran a minibike on moonshine because we had no gas we could cyphon without dad finding out. I should be able to figure this out.

I'm not posting any pics because they look just like yours accept its a Yamaha seca. It will be fun to ride with a few more HP.

Quote from: The Buddha on February 22, 2015, 06:47:38 PM
Are you in Houston TX or there abouts ... I sold one of these in 08 over there.

The GS swingarm bearing needles are a perfect fit for the float retaining pins on this bugger.

Cool.
Buddha.

I actually know what you are talking about now. I had to pop open the carbs. I had those pins out several times setting float height. Had to replace a couple  emulsion tube acorn head screws the po busted off.