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It is indeed a vibration generated fracture as all the other seams are sound and there are no pinholes anywhere. I just talked to a dude at work this morning that has repaired tanks for some of the locals and he also suggested the Braze. I am going to take it into him this weekend and he can...

Blue & XSLeo, Muchos on the advice. My bike is a 73 model. If either of you know of anyone that has a compatible tank ,then I will certainly consider that route. My situation is that because i want to keep the lines, clearances and look of the original, I am apt to stay with a tank of the same...

I've got the tank off and have cleaned most of the paint from it. The inside was washed a while ago with muriatic acid and water then rinsed and a light oil spray to keep the rustworms away. My problem is that I noticed a crack from the filler neck to the nose of the tank. The metal here is...

Stock for now.....but that could change. All the bobbers and cafes and rats on this site are making my head hurt. My thoughts were to keep all the parts stock as much as possible then go with a black paint job......on the rims and spokes in gloss and flat everywhere else except for the engine...

gggGary, I'm starting to get the hang of this computer stuff, if you would go to the Photos section of this forum, you will see 2 pictures of Bobby's bike. No trip to Hollywood, but it's paid for and it's mine............

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Good day, I just signed up to this site last night. An old friend and workmate sold me his 1973 TX 650 basket case of a bike so that I could have more headaches than him. In fact, the bike is in not bad condition although it hasn't run in 19 years. So I began a gradual teardown of the easy...