Indian Tanks
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Quality could be an issue who are you getting the tank from then?
I have been wondering about the quality of their tanks also as i am looking for aT140 tank. Have not talked to anyone that has ordered one.
I don't know about the quality of Indian m/c petrol tanks but Morris Minor tinware from Sri Lanka is good - seen some wings, bonnets & sills (don't think that you can obtain NOS.) I have a couple of MZs and have bought parts in Egypt (imported from Turkey) but you have to be careful as a lot are Taiwan copies (some good, some grim and others downright dangerous,) rather than NOS from Germany or Turkey. I bought a NOS tank a while ago for £25 (in primer) and it is perfect, but I don't know where it came from. You could, probably, fly to India, watch your tank being made and have a couple of weeks holiday for not much more than the cost of a NOS painted tank, sourced from the UK. I have been to the Stafford Show and seen beautifully painted & chromed tanks priced at over £600. Perhaps the old adage - "If it's too good to be true ......" can be applied, but the enormous gap in wages may hold the key. It's a gamble, and could go either way, unless you can contact a satisfied customer for details.
keystiger
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I can't speak for tanks either. But I have purchased guitars made in Indonesia that where/are DAMN good quality compaired to the American counter part. Dare I say with my eyes closed if you handed me a Fender Jaguar.....USA made and then a Squire Jaguar (Indo made) I couldn't tell you the difference.
Manufaturing on many things globally has really come to par across the board. Even the "crappy China" stuff is getting really functional these days.
Give it a whirl and post up your findings
Manufaturing on many things globally has really come to par across the board. Even the "crappy China" stuff is getting really functional these days.
Give it a whirl and post up your findings
Two of my friends purchased gas tanks made in India (Norton and BSA) and the quality was very good.
I don't know the source in India, but both friends are very happy with what they received.
I don't know the source in India, but both friends are very happy with what they received.
R, see if you can get the Co's name they got them from.
I should be seeing both of them on Sunday and will ask about the gas tanks.
This is the web site for the made in India gas tanks.
All I know about them is that my two friends are very satisfied with the gas tanks they received - and at a fair price.
Pinnacle Enterprises - Exporter of Automobiles Parts & BSA Spares from New Delhi
FYI, this BSA A10 Golden Flash is fitted with a gas tank from the above vendor.
The chrome is first rate and the owner is well pleased with what he received.
The first bike I ever owned was this exact model and year back in the 50's.
The chrome is first rate and the owner is well pleased with what he received.
The first bike I ever owned was this exact model and year back in the 50's.
I am going to check on this.
About 7 or 8 years ago, I bought one of the early Pakistan/India sourced tanks for a Norton Commando. Rough as a cob and sides were poor match in contour. Welds were very "iffy" looking so I made a rubber stopper with a Schrader valve in it, stopped up the fuel tap holes, put about 5psi in it and put it in my little ones backyard pool. DOZENS of pinhole leaks! Just as troublesome, the mounting for the flip up Cee and Ess fuel cap was a horrible fit and wouldn't allow the cap to open properly. LOTS of filler and a TON of work to get it ready for paint, but eventually was acceptable. Around the same time, Michigan Norton Owners restored a Commando to raffle off for charity and also bought one of these tanks. Unfortunately, painter didn't test fit cap before doing a beautiful metalflake blue paint job and it was ruined in efforts to fix lousy cap mounting, so had to be painted twice. I am TOLD that aftermarket, third world sourced tanks are now of much higher quality, but I have no personal experience with these later ones. I'd advise a very close inspection for fit, finish, leaks, threads, etc, before paint.
