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dingus
lemmy.world
dingus@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-10 |
I impulse bought an orange gas tank online. One of my many regrets in impulse buying my bike was that I wanted a brighter color lol. I really wanted the bright red, but only found dented ones for a reasonable price. Found this orange one instead and mashed the buy button lol. Some follow up questions:
Bonus: Looking for some ideas to temporarily decorate the bike for Halloween! The bike is kept outside tho so it would need to be somewhat weather proof lol. |
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TabbsTheBat (they/them)
pawb.social
TabbsTheBat@pawb.socialJoined: 2025-04-01 |
My brain saw this and jumped straight to KTM lol |
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dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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dual_sport_dork@lemmy.worldJoined: 2023-07-20 |
To prevent the empty tank from rusting, you can use fogging oil. It should be available at your nearest auto part store. It's the same stuff you spray down into cylinder bores to keep them from rusting in storage. You'll also want to cover the giant hole where the fuel pump goes. For tanks on carbed bikes rather than fuel injected this is rather easier, because all you have to do is put the cap back on and close the petcock. The redneck method, especially for tanks with petcocks, is to just leave a pint or so of kerosene in it and cap it off. Obviously, drain most of it out before you use the tank again, or at least enough of it that once you dilute it with gasoline it won't matter anymore. |
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Alcoholicorn
mander.xyz
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz Joined: 2025-06-24 |
To prevent the empty tank from rusting, you can use fogging oil. It should be available at your nearest auto part store. It's the same stuff you spray down into cylinder bores to keep them from rusting in storage. You'll also want to cover the giant hole where the fuel pump goes. For tanks on carbed bikes rather than fuel injected this is rather easier, because all you have to do is put the cap...
I should add, if there's already rust inside, derust before applying the oil or it will continue to get worse, though at a slower rate. |
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