Fuel Tank replace or repair

[StudioLAX]

Hey Folks

Sorry if this in the wrong spot, but I had a look at some other threads and felt this was the best one despite it being a well worn subject, I felt it might be worth some new input.

Basically I dropped my 04 FZ6 (silver/grey/blueish/purpley colour) backing it out my back yard, it hit the gate post and put a nice dent in my tank.

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Anyone know anywhere in Leeds/Yorkshire/North East/Newcastle that would be able to repair this, specialistdents.co.uk in Malton say they can't.

Alternatively where is the cheapest place to get a new/replacement tank, A.J. Sutton is the only place in the UK I can find and the want over £800 which seems steep as seem to be available in the US for around £4-500.

Any help/info/advice/consolation/abuse would be greatly appreciated.

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[pookamatic]

That sucks man. No help here, just consolation.

Oh, and that is an awesome color.

 

[Tailgate]

That's a weird link, all kinds of screens pop up. Anyway, I got a glimpse of your tank before jettisoning all the new windows. Yeah, looks bad! I don't know about repair but wouldn't, if it's possible, be much cheaper?

 

[ghostdog]

You could just get a cover and call it a day. Bagster makes some really attractive ones.

 

[CowtownBiomed]

That sucks...tough call too..
i would wait until off season (if you have one) take the tank off, and remove the fuel pump.
Then take it to a body shop and see what they say..
bikes are usualy so small (in their minds) that its more of a pain to deal with for them, but you may be able to get them to do it for you on the cheap..if you willing to wait..
of course a new(er) tank would be easy, but that could be more expensive.

 

[StudioLAX]

Hey guys thanks for all the responses.

I'm going to investigate repair, so would love to hear from anyone in Yorkshire/North of England who can recommend a good body shop/bike repair place.

In the mean time I think I'm going to get a Bagster tank cover (some great offers on ebay) to hide my shame at damaging such a beautiful line, and then I can keep the cover to protect the repair or new tank.

Apologies for the pop ups on Imagaeshack, i didn't see any so, might I suggest something like noscript or adblocker not just for that but to stop pop ups in general.