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Update on aftermarket alloy tanks
« on: January 22, 2015, 12:06:52 PM »
I just got an email from Tab Classics, their prices for a tank are 400 pounds +80 pounds for an aero filler cap (30 pounds for monza style) , shipping is 100 pounds to the US (so for what I want is 580 pounds or $900 shipped for a sweet tank).  Expected turnaround times are 6 weeks + or -  Haven't heard from the tank shop or alutank.de, but a member contacted me and gave rave reviews on the tank shop.  I checked US builder Evan Wilcox's site, and his site quotes $1300+    All three builders have awesome looking tanks, I will keep you up to date when I get info from the other builders.  PS, this is for a Tonti frame.  If anyone else has experience, please share as I value all your opinions!
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Re: Update on aftermarket alloy tanks
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2015, 06:04:19 PM »
Any idea if any of these shops do a tank for a 1100 Breva? I have considered having an alloy tank done but haven't gone so far as to start looking.
 
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Re: Update on aftermarket alloy tanks
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2015, 07:59:13 PM »
Any idea if any of these shops do a tank for a 1100 Breva? I have considered having an alloy tank done but haven't gone so far as to start looking.
 
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I'm sure any of these builders could make you a custom tank, it might be slightly more expensive.  A member here showed me his tank on his V11, it was beautiful, it was made by the tank shop

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Re: Update on aftermarket alloy tanks
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2015, 09:30:09 PM »
Any idea if any of these shops do a tank for a 1100 Breva? I have considered having an alloy tank done but haven't gone so far as to start looking.
 
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That could be very interesting! Some of the "unique" styling touches on the stock tank could be cleaned up. I'd love to see one and I think I would like to have one on my Breva but I know I'm just too cheap to make it happen.
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Re: Update on aftermarket alloy tanks
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2015, 09:30:09 PM »

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Re: Update on aftermarket alloy tanks
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2015, 11:23:16 AM »
Hi Nate....I had Evan take some dents out of my V7 Sport tank and got to hang out with him for a while.  Amazing workmanship is saying it lightly and I am lucky as I live within an hour of him.  I have no other comparision and am somewhat jaded as he is a "neighbor" and just a nice guy.

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Re: Update on aftermarket alloy tanks
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2015, 11:30:53 AM »
Hi Nate....I had Evan take some dents out of my V7 Sport tank and got to hang out with him for a while.  Amazing workmanship is saying it lightly and I am lucky as I live within an hour of him.  I have no other comparision and am somewhat jaded as he is a "neighbor" and just a nice guy.
Yeah, one of the things I got off the site was a sense of pride, plus how many different styles he builds

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Re: Update on aftermarket alloy tanks
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2015, 11:54:55 PM »
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That could be very interesting! Some of the "unique" styling touches on the stock tank could be cleaned up. I'd love to see one and I think I would like to have one on my Breva but I know I'm just too cheap to make it happen.



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