Buickguy

Just an idea, but would it be possible to locate the signals off the handlebar risers like the original Rebels? I see the flat spots are on the risers just not the hole that the rubber stems boted through.
This past week I looked at a 2009 and I saw what Jerry means about the changes from the original design. while i don't dislike the new sidecovers as much as Jerry does, I agrre that all the changes are just senseless. The new design signal location is just asking for tank dents. Another thing, Why on Earth did they switch sides on the front brake?
Ok, sorry for the rant

Anyway, If I had a 2nd gen Rebel I'd be looking in to mouting the front signals off the risers and while I was at it I'd add front marker/running lights tro the setup.

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cagie

dang it, wish I had known about this place before I left the area. thanks, will have to check it out!

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matt2334

use an air compressor, works great,

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regularman

First, move the signals so that dent #3 doesn't happen. In my experience, there are 3 types of people when it comes to dropped bikes. Those who have dropped one and admit it, those who have dropped one and lie and say they haven't, and those who don't ride their bikes. Way too many turn signals, hand levers, mirrors and other bits being bought by people who "never dropped a bike". I like engine guards so it goes over easy when it goes.
Too many things beyond a persons control for it never to happen if you ride much. Sometimes you get lucky and somebody helps you catch it and it goes down easy or maybe not at all. Something that happened twice, will most likely happen again. Moving your handlebars hard from lock to lock, nothing should hit the tank.

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regularman

safest way to take a big dent out of a gas tank. Fill it with water and then put it in the freezer with the fuel valve turned off and the vent cap plugged. All the other ways scare me.

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sandyco

hey just read page 2 on this subject and want to know how the air compressor would work. blow it out from the inside? The water and freezer sound good ,too. The dents are about golfball size but the paint is not chipped so doesn't seam to be any creasing. I get really nervous in gravel roads now but luckily both drops were not life threatening! I don't usually work on my bike so will have to look up how to drain tank.The weather is finally drying out here in Oregon so I am anxious to get cruising.

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Rynomx

Flitecontrol, can you explain the dry ice method and how/why it works?

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Buickguy

The compressed air method entails plugging the filler, vent, and petcock valve openings. Then you need to have a way to introduce compressed air. A friend of mine had a schrader valve on a threaded fitting to put in place of the petcock.
Inflate the tank like it is a tire, only slowly. Just like when you put air in a flat tire the "dent" in the tire pushes out, increasing the air pressure pushes out the metal.
Be careful not to over inflate the tank and bulge out the metal.

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twocoolgliders

I like your method.

The compressed air method not only sounds (and is) dangerous, it doesn't seem to me like it would even work. Probably blow out the seams before the dents go out.

When I worked at the car dealership, those "paintless" dent remover guys came over once a week to "touch up" some of the new cars in the lot. It was fascinating to watch them work!

I bet they could get those dents out, without anything but there special tools.

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