Motorcycle gas tank fail

[Guest Boomhower]

So I'm getting my bike cranked up for this year (yes I know I'm a little behind the weather). It's been down for about 2 years now. New baby, life, and all, just haven't had the time or money to mess with it.........I go and get a new battery, drain the gas tank of the old gas, put about a gallon of new gas back in it, and by this time, it's late at night and time for a shower and bed. My wife wakes me in the middle of the night and asked if I took a shower. She is smelling gasoline inside the house. I just blow it off until this morning when I go outside and see that I now have a pin sized hole in my gas tank and all the gas that I had put in the tank the night before is now on the garage floor, along with a gummy mess of gas/paint/clear coat. Apparently it is rusting out from the inside out and the paint is all that was holding the gas in. I noticed a few air bubbles in the paint, but they turned out to be places where gas was trapped between the paint and metal.

Does/can anyone out there (reasonably local if possible), work on bikes and/or could weld my tank back up for me.......Or does anyone have a spare gas tank lying around that would fit a Honda 600 Shadow?

[strickj]

No welding needed.

They make a sealant that you can pour into the tank that works amazingly well.

Just pour it in,roll it around,and let it drip back out.Sealed!

[Motasyco]

No welding needed.

They make a sealant that you can pour into the tank that works amazingly well.

Just pour it in,roll it around,and let it drip back out.Sealed!

What Strick said. Here's one brand. There are others.

Cycle Tank Sealer - Fuel Tank Sealer - Better then Kreem - KBS Coatings

[56FordGuy]

No welding needed.

They make a sealant that you can pour into the tank that works amazingly well.

Just pour it in,roll it around,and let it drip back out.Sealed!

+1 Several guys I know have used a sealant on old truck gas tanks, they said it works great. I think it's called Red something, they found it at Oreilly's. I'll ask for sure tomorrow.

[Rightwinger]

When did you start using my wife's jello for that?

[Guest Boomhower]

Thanks. I'll have to check in to that.