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by **tape** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:51 pm

I have a small dent in the top righthand of the 7's tank it's about the size of 20 cent peice and about 5mm in depth.

Is this too big to fill or would it have to be popped out?

I'll try and get a suitable pic later.

cheers

by **mike-s** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:03 pm

id say the most important thing is if there are any creases on the dint or if its relatively smooth

by **FrogZ** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:05 am

Ya mean like this :lol:

by **Duane** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:46 am

Tape - if its very similar to the size dint i had in my tant on the 7.

Paint free dint removals wont touch you
They don't pop dints out anymore, so they have to pull it out and respray.

If it's being used as a track bike, I'd either a) leave it, or b) bog it and see what happens.

Depends how much $$$ you're puttin on a paint job, if you 're just buying a few cans of matt black paint, or going somewhere to get it done right

by **tape** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:28 am

frogzx12r wrote:Ya mean like this

Somehow I knew you would turn another thread into something you've done :roll:

Duane at the moment it's going to be on the road, if it fails to come up I'll track it. Most likely the paint will be last but I was interested to know.

Cheers

by **Duane** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:33 am

Ok cool, well in that case it all depends where the dint is,

Mine was on the crease line of the tank (roughly the size of 20c peice) like from a bar end or something.

I got quoted about $500 dollar mark for it to be pulled out and repainted.
Explored the pop-it-out-with-compression. however, they dont do that anymore because they can accidently blow the seals inside the tank instead of just bashing them over the head like mike-s does with his standard exhaust.

I rang a few paintless dint removalists, they wont touch you (with bike tank dints).

Best of maybe prepping it yourself, seeing how the bog goes, and then maybe just paying someone to pull it out if the bog failed before getting it painted, would be reasonabily cheaper.

by **FrogZ** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:29 pm

tape said "something you've done "

Can I help it if I have DONE it and now have to live on past memories :wink:

Why is anything good, fattening, illegal or already ridden by Cathcart (or wrecked by Frog) ?? :lol:

by **tape** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 4:58 pm

frogzx12r wrote:tape said "something you've done "

Can I help it if I have DONE it and now have to live on past memories

Why is anything good, fattening, illegal or already ridden by Cathcart (or wrecked by Frog) ??

Where is "something you've done" in my post?

You are missing the point frog. I asked for info not just your pictures without a possible solution, if you want to post pictures showing off how you fixed it then well and good. I asked if the size of dent I mentioned (20 cent piece x 5mm) was too big to fill?

by **Rossi** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:39 pm

Mick,
if you're gonna use bog here's a tip for you :wink:

roughen the paint surface a bit with wet & dry then apply the bog straight away stretch gladwrap over the applied filler ......... it'll pull the filler into the shape of the tank and the last time I did it all I needed to do was putty over it before painting....none of the tedious sanding to get rid of the overfill :wink:

by **Neka79** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:24 pm

it comes down to how tidy u want it to look i think mate.... if ur gunna try to make it look like a show bike, id go all out..if its just gunna be a nice roadie, id put up with it...matching paint etc is a pain in the bum...have u tried to find a new tank thats not damaged?? or too $$??