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guest1488

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Hello
« on: July 14, 2012, 12:52:08 PM »
Hello everyone :D

I've been signed up on here for a while and thought it about time to chirp in. I recognise some bikes on here and some names ring a bell too.

I've got an SZR660 road  bike, an SZR660 track bike project in bits (I'm waiting for a new FI 4 valve engine to crop up at a decentish price. I may be waiting some time...), am SRX400 twin shock waiting for a tank* and my boyfriend has an SR500 project and an Enfield bullet 500 to wheeze around on.

* does anyone know of an alternative tank for the SRXs? Mine has rotted through underneath :(
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Ian

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« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2012, 04:14:06 PM »
Welcome to insanity Kayla!
                                   Im afraid SRX tanks are pretty unique to themselves. Have you tried D&K at Newcastle under Lyme? They may be able to help. Other than that you may need to get yours repaired. Im sure there are people around who are pretty handy "tinbashers". I will keep my ear to the ground. How badly is yours rotted?
(I too have a similar problem with a monoshock tank but D&K fixed me up with a replacement but dented tank. That has now been sorted see  http://www.thumperclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=6008.30 )

Ian :)
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Andy M

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« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2012, 05:17:53 PM »
Hello Kayla,

Welcome to the club. Sorry about the state of some of the members though, it's best thought of as a sort of scheme to keep them off the streets!  ;D

Sorry can't help with the SRX stuff but you are in the right place.

Andy
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SRXweb

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« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2012, 06:39:50 PM »
Hello and welcome to the Thumpers Family.

There are sometimes SRX tanks on E-bay, almost in Germany where a lot of SRX had been sold.

1JK, 1XM, 1XL tanks are the same. Generally, Germans speak good english (not like me, but I am French)

If you are fond of japanese language (or do have a friend of you abble to read japanese), you can go to Yahoo auction. Prices are not so dear, even if you have to add the shipping fees.

Srx Tank are quite rare and prices raise in these crisis days. It is sometimes cheaper to mend it.
« Last Edit: July 15, 2012, 09:03:28 PM by SRXweb »
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guest1488

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Re: Hello
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2012, 08:16:36 AM »
Hi,

Thanks for the replies :) I'll keep my eyes open for an SRX tank, the engine was going to go in an SZR chassis but I saw this-



on another site and love the look of it, so I think the SRX might live again (if I can find a tank!)
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steveD

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« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2012, 08:25:43 AM »
Thats one of the beautiful SRX's that was at one of the Monoconnection meets in Holland. The next meet is later on this year. If you need ideas for a modified bike thats the place to be.
PS welcome to the site (read mad house!)

SteveD
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Ian

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« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2012, 11:09:13 AM »
Quote from: Kayla on July 16, 2012, 08:16:36 AM
Hi,

Thanks for the replies :) I'll keep my eyes open for an SRX tank, the engine was going to go in an SZR chassis but I saw this-


on another site and love the look of it, so I think the SRX might live again (if I can find a tank!)


SZR parts are even harder to find than SRX ...so I think you are probably taking the "sensible" route...(If there is one!)
Try D&K in  Stoke for SRX bits including tanks
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guest1488

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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2012, 02:34:39 PM »
Quote from: ian650 on July 17, 2012, 11:09:13 AM
SZR parts are even harder to find than SRX ...so I think you are probably taking the "sensible" route...(If there is one!)
Try D&K in  Stoke for SRX bits including tanks
I think so. I hate the look of the standard SZR too and that SRX up there is lovely :D
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guest868

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Re: Hello
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2012, 04:26:50 PM »
Hullo Kayla nice to see you over here.
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guest295

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« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2012, 07:59:08 AM »
If you strip the paint off the lower parts of the tank and fiberglass it with epoxy and filler, it will never leak again.
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Ian

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« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2012, 09:37:59 AM »
Quote from: GB500nz on July 18, 2012, 07:59:08 AM
If you strip the paint off the lower parts of the tank and fiberglass it with epoxy and filler, it will never leak again.

Not quite that easy with modern fuels

See http://www.caswelleurope.co.uk/Product-Sheets/Restoring%20a%20Petrol%20Tank.pdf

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guest295

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« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2012, 08:03:48 AM »
The instructions say polyester resins will be damaged by modern fuels. Polyester resins dissolve in old fuels, too. Nobody but an idiot would use polyester around petrol. Fiberglassing with a modern epoxy like West System will be proof against any modern petrol. Their instructions describe a procedure that will certainly ruin the fuel tap and probably make it impossible to remove. The tap must come out before any de-rusting or coating is done.
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Ian

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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2012, 01:32:53 PM »
What a friendly reply!
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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2012, 07:53:47 PM »
So that is the reason my Polyester trousers keep melting when I'm filling the bike up and I spill a little !

Jethro
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Andy M

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« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2012, 05:28:45 AM »
Quote from: 002 on July 19, 2012, 07:53:47 PM
So that is the reason my Polyester trousers keep melting when I'm filling the bike up and I spill a little !

Jethro

I doubt anyone really needs to know why anyone else s plastic trousers are melting thank you very much  :-X  ;D

Andy
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