Ron L
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After reading the thread on tanks available from the Indian vendor Classic Tinware, I was intrigued by Anil's responses and generous offer to supply a tank to examine and then decide if Charles wished to purchase it.
Now I have been having some problems with my new 'glass production racer tank that despite cleaning and sealing it with Caswell epoxy before a drop of fuel was used, has developed a nasty penchant for developing "bumps" all over if fuel is left in the tank for a couple weeks. I decided I wanted an alloy tank, either polished or painted. I have seen Evan Wilcox's work, lead time, and prices, and decided that was not an option. He does beautiful work, but this is no show bike and I didn't want to wait 12-18 months. I have seen some of the tanks from Bartel and others from England and quality is pretty good, but have heard horror stories about delays. So having seen the Classic Tinware tank advertised and Anil's offer I thought I would be the guinea pig. I did not want to take his offer of shipping a tank for free for evaluation, because I was interested in exactly what the normal customer would receive and not an extra special item because it would be reported to the group here. So I anted up about $745 and ordered it from the Classic Tinware website.
After two weeks passed I had not had any communication and the website didn't tell me there was any change of status or that it had been shipped, so I e-mailed them. Anil responded in about 5 hours that the tank had been shipped two days prior and I should receive it in the coming week. The very next morning FedEx dropped this at my door.
So the tank has been on the bike about a month and full of fuel. No leaks. No fitment problems. I used the original front studs and mount washers. Finish is pretty good. Not perfect, but I'm satisfied with it. It is much, much better than some of the steel roadster tanks I have seen peddled. Dealing with Anil was easy and professional. Is this a glowing review? No. Just relating my experience. This tank is alloy as I don't need a steel tank. There are more photos here that show weld quality, etc.:
http://s93.photobucket.com/user/rl900/library/Alloy PR tank
I only post this to supply more information for you to draw your conclusions.
Now I have been having some problems with my new 'glass production racer tank that despite cleaning and sealing it with Caswell epoxy before a drop of fuel was used, has developed a nasty penchant for developing "bumps" all over if fuel is left in the tank for a couple weeks. I decided I wanted an alloy tank, either polished or painted. I have seen Evan Wilcox's work, lead time, and prices, and decided that was not an option. He does beautiful work, but this is no show bike and I didn't want to wait 12-18 months. I have seen some of the tanks from Bartel and others from England and quality is pretty good, but have heard horror stories about delays. So having seen the Classic Tinware tank advertised and Anil's offer I thought I would be the guinea pig. I did not want to take his offer of shipping a tank for free for evaluation, because I was interested in exactly what the normal customer would receive and not an extra special item because it would be reported to the group here. So I anted up about $745 and ordered it from the Classic Tinware website.
After two weeks passed I had not had any communication and the website didn't tell me there was any change of status or that it had been shipped, so I e-mailed them. Anil responded in about 5 hours that the tank had been shipped two days prior and I should receive it in the coming week. The very next morning FedEx dropped this at my door.
So the tank has been on the bike about a month and full of fuel. No leaks. No fitment problems. I used the original front studs and mount washers. Finish is pretty good. Not perfect, but I'm satisfied with it. It is much, much better than some of the steel roadster tanks I have seen peddled. Dealing with Anil was easy and professional. Is this a glowing review? No. Just relating my experience. This tank is alloy as I don't need a steel tank. There are more photos here that show weld quality, etc.:
http://s93.photobucket.com/user/rl900/library/Alloy PR tank
I only post this to supply more information for you to draw your conclusions.