the painter did 1 hell of a job .The whole thing looks like its a expensive paint job.

 

Looks like a exspensive custom job to .Very Nice

 

Looks great and I bet it'll make the bike go even faster.

 

Thanks for all the positive comments. Here's a picture of the dent (before the tank was painted:

 

Do you know how he got the dent out, or did he fill it?

 

Good question, I really don't know all the details and I didn't ask. Originally I had a PDR (Paintless Dent Repair) guy look at the tank and he wouldn't even give it a try. He said that the dent was located too far from the filler hole and he wouldn't be able to apply enough force to work the dent out, but he referred me to the painter who repaired and painted the tank.

I can say with certainty that some filler was used and maybe he pushed the dent out as much as he could before filling it, or maybe he just filled the dent completely, I don't know.

 

Looking forward to a photo of your tank mounted.. Great job love the flames.

 

I ask because I have a tank with a dent. I tried a PDR chap who took one look at it, hurt his knuckle against it and said 'no way'! Metal is too thick and strong for people like him used to working on auto panels. I have almost worked it out myself, using a hair drier and plumbers CO2 spray, but cannot get the last bit out. My paint is perfect, just left with that annoying little shallow mark!

 

Thanks FlyLow, I hope to have a picture sometime this week. I got the new master cylinder and brake lever installed (the cardboard trick worked, I didn't damage the brake light switch). I still have to refill and bleed the brake line. Then all that's left to do is replace my rear bullet directional. I'm hoping I'll have enough room to work under the fender by removing the lower shock bolts and putting the bike on a lift. If not I'll just have to take off the rear wheel.

 

I know, motorcycle tank metal is thicker than auto sheet metal. You could always look for a double bend 24" dent removal tool on ebay and try to remove it yourself. I've heard, don't know if it works, that you could fill the tank up with water and freeze it. The theory is that water expands when frozen and pushes out dents.

Here's a video of a PDR guy removing a dent in a FatBoy tank:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vzw7svXz_Q