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RD250 Petrol Tank

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:59 am
by Bunsen308
I have recently pulled my bike out of storage to start restoration and it requires a new tank. If anyone has a tank to suit LC RD250 please let me know

Also I may consider selling bike if price is right

Thanks Wayne

Re: RD250 Petrol Tank

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:01 am
by JonW
could be a bit of a search there Wayne.... they are very thin on the ground now.

Re: RD250 Petrol Tank

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:53 am
by Bunsen308
Thanks John, seems that way have contacted a lot of wreckers and not having much luck

As anyone brought one of those ones from India of ebay ??

Re: RD250 Petrol Tank

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:44 am
by JonW
Wreckers wont have much LC now, and defo no tanks I would say, us guys have been scouring the small ads, ebay and calling wreckers for a while now. They do come up on ebay/gumtree but it could be a bit of a wait.

Have a bit of a google and a search on here, DuncanB had one and it was not good.

Re: RD250 Petrol Tank

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:01 am
by hybrid
How bad is your tank? Might be easier just to get it repaired.

Re: RD250 Petrol Tank

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:26 pm
by JonW
Agreed.

Re: RD250 Petrol Tank

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:39 pm
by pkay
OK I have a spare and it is very good condition but the prick I bought ot from didn't pack it well and it got a ding in the front while being shipped (his eBay feedback was not very positive lets say). So I would be happy to sell it - it owes me over $750 (yep that's what one will cost you that doesn't need $1000 spent on it) but given the ding I'd accept a little bit less (which is mid $600's). If your interested let me know and I'll post a photo. Now before you all start insulting me with how expensive that is I had to turn two tanks into one for my LC and I can tell you with the cost of the second tank, painted and decalled there wasn't any change out of $2K. But shit it looks awesome!!!

Re: RD250 Petrol Tank

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:50 pm
by JonW
Why would people give you crap about that, you have one to sell, not many can say that.

Re: RD250 Petrol Tank

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:48 pm
by pkay
Yes I know but people rationalise things in funny way you know......

RD250 Petrol Tank

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:17 pm
by Greasemeup
You can have a brand new OEM one with duck tail, side covers & front fender for around 2800 + import duty if your interested?


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Re: RD250 Petrol Tank

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:37 pm
by JonW
I reckon thats actually good value if they are painted. ship it in smaller shipments and you may not pay imports even.

Re: RD250 Petrol Tank

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:33 pm
by Bunsen308
Wow , did not think that they would be that dear, I may have reconsider restoration.. I will check my tank and see how bad it is, from memory it's rusty inside..

Thank gents

Re: RD250 Petrol Tank

Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:34 pm
by Bunsen308
Also how do I post images ??

Re: RD250 Petrol Tank

Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 5:21 am
by Greasemeup
Plenty of guys have used citric acid to clean out their tanks.

Photo bucket account links work for pictures. Be organised from the start, any photo you move or delete will break the link on this page..


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Re: RD250 Petrol Tank

Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:56 am
by JonW
Photobucket is easy and you just use the tags that say IMG in them.

Dont worry, Rust is no problem, dents neither. put up the pics, Ive restored all sorts of junk, many things are possible with tanks :)