Hey you guys that ride 600rr's can you post up some pictures of your tanks and how you dented them.
I need to do a 600rr and i have the tank dented and an idea of how im going to do the plastic tank cover but would like some feedback on what you guys have done.
Thanks Dan.

 

You can either cut the plastic or melt it (which looks better).

To melt the plastic:
Warm with a heat gun from the inside then quickly put it on the bike and form the plastic by push down on the plastic make sure you use towel to push the plastic down, so you don't burn your hands.

 

i dont have a rr, but i always thought heating it up, and putting it on the bike, then using a basketball to push the plastic in, would make a pretty clean setup...

 

Yeah i was going to use a heat gun and do it with a metal bowl to start it out.

 

i wouldnt do it by yourself either!!! when you do it, you need one person to hold it in place and the other person to push the plastic down. main thing is TAKE YOUR TIME!!! takes me and my boy about 2 hours to do it. do one small section at a time. ill try to post a pic tomorrow.

we started right in the middle in front of the gas tank then worked around to the edges. pretty much the same same you hammer your tank down is the same way you melt it down. i still need to touch up a couple spots on mine but for the most part it came out good. after it sat over night, it fully hardened up and changed its shape a lil bit but nothing crazy.

 

i tried using the rubber mallet to shape it but quickly found it was 100 times easier to just use a shirt and towel

 

+1 or welding gloves and a towel

 

Wear thick *** leather pants and sit on the tank after heating it...CUSTOM MOLDED FOR YOUR *** haha

 

he didnt have a heat gun so he cut a hole in the plactic for the metal tank to come through, and later glassed the back plactic so it had a better lip.

 

that looks like crap.........

 

....ewww haha

 

ICK hehehe buy another tank lol

 

hahaha it did look like *** i was just throwing a idea out there, you might be able to make look good if you know how to work with fiberglass. im just glad it wasnt my bike .

 

i used a flame and slowly heated it up from inside put cover back on tanks and took a shirt and slowly push down till cooll little by little have about 30 mins in to it

 

wow that looks like doo doo

 

propane torch works WAY better than shitty heat guns, just roast the plastic on the inside till it starts to melt/burn, blow out any flames, throw it on and press it down... only takes a few tries and the paint won't get damaged on the other side. Wear suede work gloves cuz it gets HOT!

 

OUCH! wtf was he thinkin he should have borrowed a heat gun! i gotta tank cover red/black $120 shipped

 

yep you got it, i used a big pot the few times i did it.. if you need pics i got em, they are too big to post though

 

Thanks guys getting ready to start it now.

 

let me get this straight. for an 2004 cbr 600rr, i can use a heat gun to make the tank more formable and tank a cooking pot or something similar and dent it like that?