I'm ready to send a straightbar tank for repair...but wait a minute!?

[Saving Tempest]

I've been looking at it and trying to fit it on my ~1954 Hornet...I have a problem.

There is this tab sticking out at the back...

that doesn't work at all.

Do I have a tank for a twin straightbar frame???

Strikes me as odd. It's boxed too and ready to go for repairs. I don't have a picture right off the bat...can someone fill me in?

 

[barneyguey]

Might be for a prewar or even a tornado, I know they had two bars. Barry

 

[Pantmaker]

I'll grab one in a second off my deluxe Tornado (twin bar) and post a snap.

 

[Pantmaker]

Here's the twin bar style.

 

[Saving Tempest]

OH. DEAR.

Well, at the risk of blaschwinny...will it work if the tab is removed, or should I get it cleaned up and fixed and work out a trade?

And bicyclebones did try to warn me.

 

[Pantmaker]

Man, I think it's more than just the tab...the entire twin bar profile is reflected on the bottom of that tank...and not to put too fine a point on it, but even on the correct bike that tank is a bitch to put back on correctly!!!

 

[Saving Tempest]

Sigh.

Well, if I get it patched and sandblasted is there any chance I can make a fair trade later?

 

[Saving Tempest]

Expensive rookie mistake, can't make them a lot.

 

[scooter_trasher]

Why don't you just sell it as is and get the one you need ,let who ever buys it worry about restoring it,it didn't crash in value just because you bought it, like the stuff I buy , or with the price of tanks you could just buy a bike to fit it

 

[buickmike]

Shoot ; if it can be repaired it can be modified. I saw a beat up tank on the bay. It kinda looks like it has that tab to o. I'm gonna take a look at the tank on my 48. I had to buy the whole bike to score that tank.At least other people can learn by the mistake