Total Letdown
I got my tank today, and its not going to work. Length wise, it looks to be about right, but height wise, I think it is too big. It would look funny. Besides that, the tank was in way worse shape than I expected. Not even worth the work it would take to use. Rusted through on the bottom. Completely rusted inside, stripped out gas cap…..
This pretty much ensures that this bike wont be ready for our rally. Which is a huge bummer. The motor will be ready, so maybe I will just ride it in freespirit form, and do the body mods after the rally. Dont really want to debut it that way, but dont really want this motor to sit there and not participate in the rally. 
bummed.
In other news, my cases are taking longer than expected. The studs on the kickstart motor were fucked up. Shaw told me I could just rethread and use Tomos studs since they are a thread bigger. Turns out the jackass before me fucked them up REAL bad, and a tomos stud wont even work. Shaw is working his magic to fix it though. Hopefully they will be done soon……I should give him a call.
bleh, bummed.
Think outside the box! I know there was an awesome ped builder who wanted to make auxiliary tanks out of energy drink cans! Seek him out! There lies your answer!