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Offline JohnnyO

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Anyone else collect tanks?
« on: October 13, 2012, 02:37:27 pm »
Started a tank collection a while back thinking it would be easier than collecting the bikes..
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Re: Anyone else collect tanks?
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2012, 03:00:59 pm »
I've got quite a few John....probably what you've got plus another 7 or 8. It never started as a collection, it was more a case of...."I might need that one day". My coolest tanks are a NOS AW Maico tank taken off the bike before it was ever ridden, a rare as shite Cole Brothers fibreglass Maico tank circa '71 kindly donated by 'Bazza' and a cherry BSA B44GP tank. Do you want to sell or swap that YZ tank on the top shelf mate? ::) 

     I'd take a photo of mine but I've got a new computer and when I went to load it with the download CD for my camera found that I'd lost the Canon download disc. I'll have a go my little silver camera.
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Re: Anyone else collect tanks?
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2012, 03:03:57 pm »
Yeah they're hard work when the rest of the bike is attached....... ???
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Re: Anyone else collect tanks?
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2012, 03:05:38 pm »
Thought it was about army tanks  ;D
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Re: Anyone else collect tanks?
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2012, 03:09:26 pm »
I don't really want to sell any at this stage Firko.. some of them are spares for bikes i own and some of the others i bought for projects i might do one day. Start with the tank and build a bike under it... :)
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Re: Anyone else collect tanks?
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2012, 03:10:13 pm »
Quote from: Lozza on October 13, 2012, 03:05:38 pm
Thought it was about army tanks  ;D
You got some..? ;)
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« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2012, 03:16:04 pm »
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Start with the tank and build a bike under it
That's my philosophy ;D. My Hindall obsession started with me buying a Hindall tank on eBay back in the late 90's. About four years later I bought a frame and now it's grown to the point that I've got four complete bikes ::).
 I knew you wouldn't part with any mate, especially that one but it was worth a shot ;)
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Re: Anyone else collect tanks?
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2012, 03:48:41 pm »
Quote from: JohnnyO on October 13, 2012, 03:10:13 pm
You got some..? ;)

Here's some I used to carry around with me.... :)

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Re: Anyone else collect tanks?
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2012, 04:15:21 pm »
I must confess to have a NOS tank (non military) fetish.But currently have five RM TANKS spare (one nos)....
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Re: Anyone else collect tanks?
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2012, 04:33:42 pm »
I need to collect one real soon :D



Nice collection John
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Re: Anyone else collect tanks?
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2012, 04:52:22 pm »
Some nice tanks in that lot JohnnyO iv'e only got 9 in my collection 6 yamaha 3 suzuki mostly shitters.
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Re: Anyone else collect tanks?
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2012, 05:04:25 pm »
Ah, but has anyone got a Smart Tank?
                                                               
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« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2012, 05:41:05 pm »
That is cool on so many levels..... 8)

No grunting for me Walter. I was smarter than that. Air conditioning, a bunk behind me and a cool drink in the fridge (we used to throw the empties at them as we'd go past them on the side of the road  ;))
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« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2012, 07:27:33 pm »
firko looks like a good 125a tank on ebay also rt2mx airboxes
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Re: Anyone else collect tanks?
« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2012, 07:44:25 pm »
Geoff there's some life left in the old girl yet ! Just need some more patching
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