[MEairheads] Barrington's Tumbler..

[edward]

 My R51 tank sat on that tumbler for a long time. I remember the sound of it tumbling marbles or what ever for hours or maybe it was days.  It did a great job but unfortunately the tank was not up to it and was not salvageable. And so the search began for another tank and thanks to Todd Rasmussen in Oklahoma we were able to find one. Now that tank regularly gets soaked with WD 40 when not in use.  Oh what we go through for our beloved airheads.
  Rode the Kpowered EML rig over to Streets to pick my latest order of engine parts for the R90/6 which sits on the lift less it's pistons. It was nice to get out but the K100 rig doesn't quite have the personality of the R90.
  Take Care Ed

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From: MEairheads <meairheads-bounces+eoperry=hotmail.com at casano.com> on behalf of art hammond via MEairheads <meairheads at casano.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 11:18 AM
To: Nik Rende via MEairheads <meairheads at casano.com>
Cc: art hammond <artaha007 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [MEairheads] Gas tank stank....

Nik...
Sounds like the inside of your tank was looking like the outside of their barn (picture on their website).  Good to get it cleaned out..
First ride was yesterday on Honda XR650L.  BMW is still in the dining room.
Art
    On Wednesday, May 6, 2020, 12:43:26 PM EDT, Nik Rende via MEairheads <meairheads at casano.com> wrote:

 I have my RS gas tank down at Barrington Motor Works where they are
doing a reline.  It was a project I knew I had to get done as the old
stuff in there was flaking off and looked really nasty. So a few weeks
ago I took a drive down to drop it off and Ande started the process.
Barrington has a tumbler that they mount the tanks on and use various
solutions and techniques.  After sitting for a week with Evaporust and
drained, Ande used various pliers and other claw-like devices to pull
some of it out.  Even he was horrified...

I looks like it was relined at least once and there is some foam-like
stuff there that he said came out of the pockets.   He was afraid of
what else he might find....

Be well and get out to ride.  I hear the middle of the month is looking
better!

And don't forget to reup with the ABC if you haven't already!

Nik
Maine A/M

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