New tank with cap/emblems

I bought this off ebay. Yes I payed quite a lot of money. Has anyone ever seen a new tank that came complete with emblems and a gas cap. This is a first for me. Definately all new, never had gas in it and the cap and emblems and screws and all are new. I didn't know what to expect, but I'm really pumped. The tank was the only flaw in my 77. Now it will be darn near mint, and all i have to do is swap on the petcock and I'm good to go.
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That is a lot of money, but if it makes you happy, that is all that matters.

It's still cheaper than a Kerker exhaust.

pricey yes but quite nice indeed. good score...lets see it on your bike...steve

When you consider, cost of a pro prep and re-paint of your old tank, emblem and cap refurbishing, plus time and aggravation, I think you got a great deal!

If you consider that a new tank without all the trim from Kawasaki is about $800+/- that price is a steel. Good find, I wish I could find one for my 76 900 for that price.

Waaaay out of my price range but good for you!!

my that is pretty, and i think the price was pretty good.
do you think maybe sometime back in the day a tech pulled the tank and put on the cap and emblems then stuck it back in the box unused?

Nice find Ron, congrats..

Did anyone else look at the sellers "other items" he has several NEW tanks for Kaws on there.

Rise safe

Post edited by: The Milkman, at: 2007/11/07 18:35

When you consider, cost of a pro prep and re-paint of your old tank

Oh no you didn't just say that!

mariozappa wrote:

When you consider, cost of a pro prep and re-paint of your old tank

Oh no you didn't just say that!

I'll jump in here in defense of Oldhemi...he and I are from the Greater Houston area and what they charge for repaints on a body set around here is criminal...enough so that I have refused to have either of my GPz's redone...prices locally quoted to me for a body set (sidecovers, tank, front fender, tail piece, 1/4 fairing) was between US$900 and $1800 per bike and that is if I did the prep work and supplied the decals...so the price for that 650 tank seems like a deal to me...

mariozappa wrote:

When you consider, cost of a pro prep and re-paint of your old tank

Oh no you didn't just say that!

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I gotta say that's a whizzer of a deal, Ron. It's a beaut, for sure. As mentioned in the other posts, costs to paint YOUR tank to end up as nice as that one would probably be AT LEAST as much as you paid on Ebay....and you wouldn't have the nice cap or emblems....or genuine Big K paint at that price either.