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Irish John
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I'm posting this here because fuel tanks concern all kits. I don't know if anyone has noticed but the tear drop fuel tanks seem to have deteriorated in the last year. I've had 3 tanks plus one other I made for someone else spring leaks from the rear threaded posts. Two of these tanks had special paint jobs which makes their leaking more of a blow regarding replacement.
I wonder if anyone knows a way to mend a leak where the rear post is soldered/ welded to the tank. Is there a way I could solder from the outside cos the rear post is inaccessible from inside?
The old tanks I have seem indestructable.
Another annoying trend, pertaining to 4-stroke frame mount kits is the amount of kits only offering a 3 piece crank with no option of a one piece. It used to be that the 1 piece came as standard and included cups and bearing races etc but the 3 piece has nothing except a long Euro bottom bracket with 2 ridiculously short crank arms and no bearings. The crank arms are too short to give enough pedal leverage to propel the bike and to get the axle with its longer Euro bb to fit on a Schwinn cruiser I have to buy a $60 converter. It galls me to spend $60 on something that is not the right piece of equipment to begin with and is worth almost nothing.
Given that the 4-strokes are best suited to a cruiser frame and that nearly all cruiser frames have a 1 piece crankset I presume the sudden change to 3 piece was to appeal to the kids who only have a hardtail MTB to fit the 4-stroke motor into. It's going the same way as computers and mobile phones with the whole industry aiming at the schoolchildren market.
Anyone know who sells 1 piece cranks on the web cos none of my local bike shops can't get them in Australia?
I wonder if anyone knows a way to mend a leak where the rear post is soldered/ welded to the tank. Is there a way I could solder from the outside cos the rear post is inaccessible from inside?
The old tanks I have seem indestructable.
Another annoying trend, pertaining to 4-stroke frame mount kits is the amount of kits only offering a 3 piece crank with no option of a one piece. It used to be that the 1 piece came as standard and included cups and bearing races etc but the 3 piece has nothing except a long Euro bottom bracket with 2 ridiculously short crank arms and no bearings. The crank arms are too short to give enough pedal leverage to propel the bike and to get the axle with its longer Euro bb to fit on a Schwinn cruiser I have to buy a $60 converter. It galls me to spend $60 on something that is not the right piece of equipment to begin with and is worth almost nothing.
Given that the 4-strokes are best suited to a cruiser frame and that nearly all cruiser frames have a 1 piece crankset I presume the sudden change to 3 piece was to appeal to the kids who only have a hardtail MTB to fit the 4-stroke motor into. It's going the same way as computers and mobile phones with the whole industry aiming at the schoolchildren market.
Anyone know who sells 1 piece cranks on the web cos none of my local bike shops can't get them in Australia?
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