clivegto Posted March 16 Posted March 16 What a beautiful thing, picked it up today from Ian Davis of ETTO Motorcycles. 10 Quote
clivegto Posted March 16 Author Posted March 16 8 minutes ago, TonyGee said: nice, is it getting polished or painted ? Just going to leave it for now but might paint it in the future. 1 Quote
TonyGee Posted March 16 Posted March 16 7 minutes ago, clivegto said: Just going to leave it for now but might paint it in the future. !!!!!! your gona paint that lovely tank its a work of art. 1 Quote
kiwi Posted March 16 Posted March 16 (edited) 1 hour ago, clivegto said: Just going to leave it for now but might paint it in the future. Somebodies gotta ask but understand if rather not say but guessing No change from 1K , but it really is an absolute thing of beauty. Edited March 16 by kiwi Quote
clivegto Posted March 16 Author Posted March 16 1 hour ago, kiwi said: Somebodies gotta ask but understand if rather not say but guessing No change from 1K , but it really is an absolute thing of beauty. That's a question you have to ask ETTO Motorcycles Quote
R1guy Posted March 17 Posted March 17 On 3/16/2024 at 2:45 PM, clivegto said: What a beautiful thing, picked it up today from Ian Davis of ETTO Motorcycles. Made to order or bought as stock? ( I know he makes all of them, I guess the question is did you commission it?) Quote
clivegto Posted March 17 Author Posted March 17 4 minutes ago, R1guy said: I guess the question is did you commission it? No Quote
Markz9 Posted March 18 Posted March 18 13 hours ago, R1guy said: Made to order or bought as stock? ( I know he makes all of them, I guess the question is did you commission it?) He has a wooden former he uses for the sections of the tank i have seen something posted on faceache or youtube of him (ETTO) making a gs1000 tank Quote
clivegto Posted March 19 Author Posted March 19 Spent about 3 hours in the man's workshop he is a very talented and passionate about what he does and he enjoys his work which is quite unusual to see nowadays. Makes everything himself. Was a pleasure to meet and chat with him. Quote
kiwi Posted March 23 Posted March 23 On 3/18/2024 at 10:09 AM, Markz9 said: He has a wooden former he uses for the sections of the tank i have seen something posted on faceache or youtube of him (ETTO) making a gs1000 tank Mark your pretty close as Ian uses a wooden former to make the top outer shell then beats the bottom underside on a solid glassfibre plug/mould which is the video your referring to on youtube , he then pops over the top and works his magic to mate the two halves and ends up with said piece of Aluminium Artwork Quote
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