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Post by e3steve » Sat Nov 06, 2010 1:58 pm

G-Man wrote:Interesting rust marks for an aluminum tank, Jensen, old chap!

How about steel with plastic filler covering up the badge locations?


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Could be that paint-on rust, for the authentic 'aged' look, G. British Leyland used to treat all their models with it in the '70s...

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Post by G-Man » Sat Nov 06, 2010 5:35 pm

Steve

Yep I had an Austin Maestro (anagram of 'seam rot') with that brown paint. Strange stuff, eventually wears right through......


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Post by jensen » Sun Nov 07, 2010 3:58 am

Hi,

Are you sure that the holes for the badge are filled with a filler ? (look from the inside of the tank).
I asked around yesterday, and it happens that I'm wrong about the aluminum, but the tanks without the badges were the first ones in 1959, later versions had the badges.

I know a guy who has a tank like this, without badges, it belongs to a German guy. I had this tank in my hands, I was sure it was aluminum. Like I said, it is the only one I have seen, and touched, ever.

I tried to give info as asked, I was wrong about the aluminum, but that doesn't mean that I'm wrong about the rest.

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Post by e3steve » Sun Nov 07, 2010 4:43 am

Don't beat yourself up over being wrong, Jensen; I used to do that but got tired of walking around with so many bruises!

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Post by freddy66-123 » Sun Nov 07, 2010 2:40 pm

Hi Alan have you definitely to sell the tank?

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Post by G-Man » Sun Nov 07, 2010 4:02 pm

Jensen

I was just guessing about the badge locations. Just looking for a plausible possibility to be challenged on this great forum. I have never handled one of these so I will defer to your superior knowledge.

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Post by jensen » Tue Nov 09, 2010 1:55 am

Hi G,

My knowledge isn't superior (I wish it was), but I saw a tank like this, and the guy who had the tank did have two CB92's in good to perfect condition. One of the bikes was the R version. The guy is a specialist on parts of the CB92, and he was very proud having this gas tank and knowing what it was.

He also had a NOS set of decals for this tank, original Honda. I wish I knew the part number, becuase it isn't in my CB92 (race) bike parts manuals

It's more a coincidence having this info from him.

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