• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

  • Hi everyone,

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1983 aluminum tank restoration

are they junk because they dont hold up, or is it because they are decals? if they hold up why not run em? they dont look too bad.
 
It a sticker made from Avery Conform Chrome. I saw a demo of this stuff and the guy wrapped a piece of chrome around a convex mirror housing with no wrinkles. The nice thing is that when you are placing it, if its not right you can remove it and stick it back on without the sticker taking the paint with it. The old stuff was a real pain. You can get it on Ebay here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Husqvarna-7...Parts_Accessories&hash=item3ccb1a194a&vxp=mtr
If you have spent any time trying to remove dents, you will know its next to impossible. Like I said; its not show room quality, but it's respectable.
 
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les froogies pour des brèles !
 
fredd said:
maybe you can donate one to him.ahh in perfect condition.
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And maybe I will fredd! The stickers are cool if, and that is a big "if" you can get them to form to the tank. They are like putting tin foil on. I have done quite a few "stickers" in my life and these are by far a waste of money. "If" they were about two times thicker they would probably work, but they are not. Why don't you put them on your Harley Bobber?
 
And BTW, I knew going into this by the ad they were for a race application and not concourse or show room decals. I would not even go to the extent that they are even race tank quality. When I got them the white stripe already had creases in them from trying to form them around the radiuses. You could rattle can the chrome on and clear it and be better off, IMO. I'm with Visiteur on this one. LMAO
 
All here settle down. Some are for show and some are for go. It is that simple. I do think the radius of the top of the chrome sticker is off though even from eyeball standard. Maybe a conformity issue and cannot replicate the bend on the tank so it is a compromise. When welding back up, grind away all the old weld offf the backbone tunnel as there is so much (30 plus years) of petroleum goop and such that works into the old seam weld as it is done from outside and fuel was on inside. reduces ammount of smoke when welding and a cleaner weld too. Shimm with wood (2x4) in backbone bottom to help prevent it "squeezing in"

Good luck and have fun and all be nice. Am working on some 83 water cooler prototype tanks (front scalloped out to clear radiators)
 
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