Dented Fuel tank....

[Fritz The Cat]

Just a crazy thought but could you seal it good and hit it with a blast of compressed air? Maybe that would pop it back out.

[Ricky-D]

That is actually the worse thing to do to a motorcycle gas tank.

seal it good and hit it with a blast of compressed air? Maybe that would pop it back out.

It will open up like an oyster.

Be totally unusable.

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[MarkT]

My IS tank was badly dented in the deer incident.  I had a body shop fix it.  They did a great job, that was 13 years ago and you still can't tell it was ever damaged.  They even matched "Honda black" which has a bit of red in it.  I never would have known.  Cost me $500 but it was worth it.  IS tanks at that time were priced by Honda around $1800 and unobtainable.  I can provide the name of the body shop if you want to ship it to them.  In Denver.

[YoungPUP]

Thankfully I was able to pull the dent with an upgraded version of Daniel's Hot glue and a stick method.  I did the carriage bolt and JB Weld with a slide hammer trick.  Skim coated the dent with some glazing putty and sanded it to match.  Once its repainted you'll never find it.

[Jess from VA]

Good job.   

[crow]

My 2cnts,    Fill it with solder or lead.  a good weldor could do it.   Thats the way it was done b4 bondo was invented

[pancho]

My 2cnts,    Fill it with solder or lead.  a good weldor could do it.   Thats the way it was done b4 bondo was invented

While you could certainly do that,, it is not hard to do and it leaves a nice workable surface,,, there are about a hundred good reasons why it is not done anymore.