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Offline Andreas Larsen

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Unlucky petrol tank
« on: 29.11. 2014 10:51 »
A picture says more than a thousand words...

Believe it or not, the PO dropped a canoe on it's head, poor thing. It was (supposed to be) tied up under the roof of his shed but came loose, the canoe that is, and landed on the A10..  *problem*

So, do you reckon it would be possible to repair or would it never look good?

Andreas
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Re: Unlucky petrol tank
« Reply #1 on: 29.11. 2014 12:07 »
G'day Andreas.
Bugga  *pull hair out*
A good old fashioned panel beater should get it out, but would have to come in from underneath (cut a section of the underside out). Then it would need re-chroming and painting. There are car mobs that do "paintless dent removal" you could ask first.
Good luck.
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Re: Unlucky petrol tank
« Reply #2 on: 29.11. 2014 12:33 »
Hi Andreas

I had a similar dent in mine on the A7 caused by my younger brother in 1979, god did he suffer  *angry* *angry*. Anyway yes they cut a hole below and fixed it then rechome and paint. Can not see it at all now but the work even back then was not cheap  *sad2*.
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Re: Unlucky petrol tank
« Reply #3 on: 29.11. 2014 12:57 »
Bummer
Cost of repair is very likely to be more than a replacement tank these days, then again the quality if the replacement has to be considered,  might  be possible to pick a good one out if your near a dealer'.
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Re: Unlucky petrol tank
« Reply #4 on: 29.11. 2014 13:33 »
Ahhh, *sad2* damage on such a nice tank must feel like pain deep in the soul!
Hoping it'll get fixed nicely.
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Re: Unlucky petrol tank
« Reply #5 on: 29.11. 2014 20:16 »
gutted eh
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Re: Unlucky petrol tank
« Reply #6 on: 01.12. 2014 09:32 »
Doh - did similar myself just a couple of years back. Trying to slide some timber out from the garage rafters with the A10 and Sportster parked underneath when the old mantelpiece came crashing down ... onto the Sportster tank. Phew, never have I been more pleased at such a result. A sticker covers the resulting ding. 
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Re: Unlucky petrol tank
« Reply #7 on: 01.12. 2014 12:41 »
Are you planning on donating the bike to a museum? If  not, I say leave it. It was the PO, not you, so no need to tear out your hair with embarrassment. Getting hit by a canoe that dropped from the ceiling is a pretty good story for the bike, better, I think, than "I just dropped 6000 Krone from my wallet to fix the dent caused by a canoe that dropped from the ceiling."

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Re: Unlucky petrol tank
« Reply #8 on: 02.12. 2014 09:12 »
That's true Richard  *smiley4*

I was gonna see if I could get some of those guys out that fix dents without ruining the paint and chrome but I think I'll park it for now.. Also, I imagine if I had to get it repainted and all that, it would stand out compared to the other parts of the bike where the paint might have faded ever so slightly, and be just as annoying to look at...  *dunno2*
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Re: Unlucky petrol tank
« Reply #9 on: 02.12. 2014 13:10 »
Not saying that the dent needs to be hidden, since it is a mark of character, but you could go with something like this, which has a functional intention (of sorts).

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Re: Unlucky petrol tank
« Reply #10 on: 02.12. 2014 13:29 »
Nope ,thats doesn't do it for me Richard, I think it looks better with the dent showing , gives you a hell of a great line in a conversation  ," oh that was caused when a canoe hit it " and just carry on as if it happens to all A10 owners  *whistle* *countdown* cheers Andreas, BobH.
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Re: Unlucky petrol tank
« Reply #11 on: 02.12. 2014 14:19 »
Hehehe!
Indeed it would be quite funny to see the reactions..  *whistle* aint nothing noteworthy getting ye olde A10 torpedoed by canoes
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Re: Unlucky petrol tank
« Reply #12 on: 02.12. 2014 14:25 »
Isn't that known as a tank bra?

I think otherwise for dents you just kind of paint a star around it along with the legend 'ouch'. and there has to be a canoe in my pocket (woof woof) gag in all of this somewhere surely?
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Re: Unlucky petrol tank
« Reply #13 on: 02.12. 2014 14:59 »
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Isn't that known as a tank bra?

 - just what kind of women have you encountered in your life cyclobutch  *lol*
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Re: Unlucky petrol tank
« Reply #14 on: 02.12. 2014 16:47 »
53 years of monastic contemplation. Should I maybe be getting out a little more do you think?
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