Triumphrat

robnobrakes · 10-17-2006

These firms seem to manufacture good quality tanks at a reasonable price.

The Tank Shop

TA Baker

Cool Tank for £230 + VAT

Guzzi set up with seat

Has anyone seen their work up close?

[ This message was edited by: robnobrakes on 2006-10-17 08:25 ]

TBSstunta · 10-17-2006

Might want to let the Americans know what Bespoke means.

blue-thrux · 10-17-2006

i dont know what bespoke means but i do want a affordable polished tank. ive read online you can polish steel though. i think i might just sandblast and clear coat this winter.

sweatmachine · 10-17-2006

you could smooth your tank and have it powdercoated "chrome" which really looks like polished aluminum. Pretty cool, or maybe even have the tank chromed. $$$

blue-thrux · 10-17-2006

most chromers are charging 200 to 400 dollars roughly to chrome a tank. 200 for small tanks which i think our tanks fall in that category.

TonyThruxton · 10-17-2006

Bespoke means made-to-measure (usually used when have a suit made), or made-to-order.

TS

OldSkoolFool · 10-17-2006

Ceramic coating has an almost polished aluminum look and wouldn't rust like bare steel.

Blue-Thrux, if you sandblast the tank you'll definately have to do a lot of polishing/wet sanding to make it shiney! From what I've sandblasted and seen, freshly sandblasted steel and aluminum almost looks like someone sprayed a grey primer on it and has minute pits.

blue-thrux · 10-17-2006

if iwanted to polish i would just use some sort of stripper and start from there. i just saw a sandblasted tank on tv the other night and it definetly looked differnt. thought it might be cool look. kinda barebones utilartian...somewhat like this.look at the bike at the top of the page

OldSkoolFool · 10-17-2006

True, stripper would be a lot quicker than sandblasting if you wanted polished!

Baldwyn · 10-17-2006

>look at the bike at the top of the page

There's a bike in that picture?????