ponti_33609 Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Just thought I would share this with you. It will be polished and shipped later in the week from John Williams at The Tank Shop! Merry Xmas from the Mrs! :> Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Cool. Looking forward to more pics when fitted! And I hope you have a good idea what to buy her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom M Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 Nice! That had to be a really tough shape to form. Huge kudos to the builder. How are you going to finish it? Polish, paint, or both? Are you getting the aluminum fairing that's in that pic too? Edit: Here's a paint/polish scheme that might work with your silver sport if you haven't decided on your finish yet: More pics at http://www.bikeexif.com/moto-guzzi-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponti_33609 Posted December 15, 2010 Author Share Posted December 15, 2010 Nice! That had to be a really tough shape to form. Huge kudos to the builder. How are you going to finish it? Polish, paint, or both? Are you getting the aluminum fairing that's in that pic too? Edit: Here's a paint/polish scheme that might work with your silver sport if you haven't decided on your finish yet: More pics at http://www.bikeexif.com/moto-guzzi-3 Hi Tom, At least initially I will keep it bare and polished until I decide what in the future I will do with my tail section and possibly paint both at the same time. I like the unmasked look though in the knee cutouts almost like the crome plating on the old Eldo's/Ambo's. No fairing either......my carbon one still looks good and will prob do a tail before a screen but will see. FWIW John has been great to work with at the Tank Shop. I was aprehensive changing the style to something different as I did not want fit issues with my existing tail. he said he could/had made a replica so I went that route so I am hoping for a simple pull off and replace (I think I have used these words in the past ) I will post more after the holidays when I get her and install. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponti_33609 Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 Picture of it polished prior to shipping! WIll be anxious to get it installed! Will post some pics when I do! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gino Rondelli Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Looks good, out of interest how long did John take to do it? He does great work but his timescales are sometimes a bit long (thats what happens when you are sought after I suppose) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponti_33609 Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 Looks good, out of interest how long did John take to do it? He does great work but his timescales are sometimes a bit long (thats what happens when you are sought after I suppose) I was not in a rush so time was not a factor for me. I ordered it in mid September..... so it took him about 12 weeks. Still not sure if I will ultimately have it painted except for the knee cut-outs but will probably just leave it as it is for a while. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeve Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Still not sure if I will ultimately have it painted except for the knee cut-outs but will probably just leave it as it is for a while. I'd paint the top, only 'cause I dislike glare & there's lots of sunny days here in Lo-Cal So. Cal... Looks fab tho'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tikkanen Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 And guess who received a call from John Williams/the Tank Shop yesterday evening? Yup, yours truly. John will have my tank ready first week in March (give or take a couple of months.. ) so I'm looking forward to receiving my bling. Have a nice weekend everyone Søren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstallons Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I assume you can have these tanks anodized? Do you get your choice of filler caps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponti_33609 Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 I assume you can have these tanks anodized? Do you get your choice of filler caps? Yes on caps............Monza, Aero or Screw caps offered. You can anno aluminum but not sure how well theses would come out....maybe others will weigh in. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeve Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I assume you can have these tanks anodized? Do you get your choice of filler caps? Yes on caps............Monza, Aero or Screw caps offered. You can anno aluminum but not sure how well theses would come out....maybe others will weigh in. Bob AFAIK, all the wrought grades of aluminum anodize fine; it's the cast aluminums that may or may not play nice w/ cosmetic anodizing due to the variable alloy constituents. YMMV & all that; ask the builder what grade of wrought sheet he used to make it: all the common grades of aluminum sheet [3003, 5052, 6061] are reported to anodize from very well to nicely [in pretty much the same order.] PS: Flash is the scourge of the interwebs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrt Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Yeah, but WHY anodize nice, wrought aluminum? BTW, Søren, I'm jealous! You WILL post pictures, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeve Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Yeah, but WHY anodize nice, wrought aluminum? Because some folks just want it in COLOR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponti_33609 Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 I have a day off tomorrow and will be attempting to get mine installed. If successful, I will get some pictures posted! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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