Katana Tank Wanted!

[GammaBoy]

Just started stripping the tank on my Kat project bike and discovered what I suspected I might find, a pair of big effin dents in the front of it hiding uner 1" of bog...
So if anyone in/near Brisbane has got a decent Kat tank let me know!

Bish

[gibbo]

Who's it going to be this time[?]

[GammaBoy]

Eh?

OK genius, guess what ya forgot?
Would ya walk into a workshop and just start blathering about you're problems (and I'm talking about you're mechanical problems, not you're obvious problems with excessive fantasising about you're mother). No ya wouldn't would ya brainstem?
So what do we say when we walk into somewhere new?
come on, I'm sure you can figure it out, if you ask a friend or 2 (that's assuming they're even slightly quicker than you are).



That do Gibbo? :D

[GammaBoy]

Ah, ok. Gotcha.
Hi, I'm Bish. I've got an RG500, and building up a tweaked Kat (braced to hell 750 frame, 1100 motor/Rs38s/G8 cams, Bathurst wires...)
Sorry bout that. Spread across a million different message boards and can never remember which ones i've intro'd myself on, and feeling a tad panicky because the once perfect looking tank i had disolved into a pile of white dust under the power of a strip-it disc.
Better?

[TurboKat]

G'day Gammaboy, anyone with an RG5 [8D] & a Kat[:p] is welcome here anytime.
As they say in the classics;
Pics or it didn't happen.
BTW, you'll be hard pressed to find a Kat tank with no dingage these days, why not just repair yours?

[GammaBoy]

Well... the tank is pretty stuffed ( gouged nearly 1" of bog from one side and still didn't hit steel), the dented tank on Evilbay is in better shape...
Here's the Gamma:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t242/Bish_500/Gamma1.jpg
My Old plates
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t242/Bish_500/Gamma.jpg

My Race kitted VJ23 RGV250SP powered Cagiva mito project:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t242/Bish_500/Mito.jpg

Katana starting point:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t242/Bish_500/Katana%20Build/8e2a_1.jpg
Frame braced (RG hiding under the floral sheet):
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t242/Bish_500/Katana%20Build/IMG_0751_sml.jpg
Wheels:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t242/Bish_500/Katana%20Build/IMG_0760_sml.jpg
Shiney NOS bodywork:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t242/Bish_500/Katana%20Build/IMG_0757_sml.jpg
Stumpy Yosh:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t242/Bish_500/Katana%20Build/IMG_0759_sml.jpg

[fimpBIKES]

hahaha, kats are like assholes :D

[GammaBoy]

Maybe... Although I thought that was Blades?
RG500s sure aint :P

Data Point:
Brand New NOS Kat tank = $850ish, painted, no dents, no rust....

[TurboKat]

Nice collection [:p] Mate, I'd kill to have a go on the RGV powered Mito, that'd hafta be a hoot to ride wouldn't it?
More pics of the Kat.......

Maaate ya gotta take that Mito along to a Duc convention, the purists would just spew :D

[alfiestorm]

Gammaboy you gonna be bracing the swingarm as well or are you going to leave it to flex and twist about like an african with a luncheon voucher

[GammaBoy]

Yeah, going to brace the swinger too... I've stalled alittle on the Mito, she's been sitting a while. need to sort out the oil pump conversion and an airbox, and finish the wiring...

[Large]

Hey Gamma boy...

Have you asked here?. http://suzuki-katana.net/forum/index.php

Remember the rules now ;)