LuckyLeprechaun
XS650 Enthusiast
I recently sent my tank out to a local shop to get a dent pulled. The dent was not that deep, but a little too deep in my opinion to just fill with bondo. It was not creased or anything, so it seemed like it would be a simple job. A couple days later I got a call from the guy asking me what year/make/model the bike was. He then told me that he needed to buy me a new tank because he blew mine up . I guess he had someone use a stud gun to pull the dent because he told me the tank was double walled(I don't know if this is true or not), and one of the studs burned through, ignited the remaining fumes, and blew the tank up. No one was hurt, and he agreed to buy me a new tank, so this is more of a warning/how to not do something/documentation of what can happen.
All of these pictures are the blown up tank next to a tank that should be the same size as my old one started out as.
All of these pictures are the blown up tank next to a tank that should be the same size as my old one started out as.