[MEairheads] Barrington's Tumbler..

[edward]

Hopefully your tank didn't suffer as much abuse as this one.  The bike was cheap, restoring it wasn't.

 I think Duane said he was alone.  But it's worth a call.  My license has expired because I need an eye test.  All I have for bike registrations are online receipts. But thank goodness the bikes  are all registered as antiques so they don't have to be inspected.

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From: MEairheads <meairheads-bounces+eoperry=hotmail.com at casano.com> on behalf of Nik Rende via MEairheads <meairheads at casano.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 1:22 PM
To: meairheads at casano.com <meairheads at casano.com>
Cc: Nik Rende <maineam2 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MEairheads] Barrington's Tumbler..

I HOPE that my tank doesn't meet the same fate after I had it painted a
couple of years ago!!

Is Street's open for inspections and tires and such?

Nik.

On 5/7/2020 8:23 AM, edward via MEairheads wrote:
>   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
>
> ________________________________
> 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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