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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 9097" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>I do not know about 'A's chaps but lines on fuel tanks are tricky things. Years ago after the Eddie Stevens articles in MPH about where lines should go on tanks etc. I decided to make a fibreglass moulding to cover the top of 'B', 'C' tanks using Eddies measurements. This was so that I had a jig around which to lay the gold tape; my artistic skills not running to painting the lines. Having done all this I then checked it against a tank for which the history from new was known. That was on a Shadow which belonged to the late Bob Peacham who was Kent and Sussex section organiser for many years. This tank had never been repainted from new. It transpired that the lines were differently positioned from side to side and the rear left was 3/4" different from the right rear. No one had ever noticed. And for a final kick in the pants it turned out that the line thickness on this particular tank was 5 mm. Yes gentlemen, millimetres. I think that the lines were all hand painted and ended up where they were with no great effort made to ensure that they were all in the same place from bike to bike. Good luck. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 9097, member: 456"] I do not know about 'A's chaps but lines on fuel tanks are tricky things. Years ago after the Eddie Stevens articles in MPH about where lines should go on tanks etc. I decided to make a fibreglass moulding to cover the top of 'B', 'C' tanks using Eddies measurements. This was so that I had a jig around which to lay the gold tape; my artistic skills not running to painting the lines. Having done all this I then checked it against a tank for which the history from new was known. That was on a Shadow which belonged to the late Bob Peacham who was Kent and Sussex section organiser for many years. This tank had never been repainted from new. It transpired that the lines were differently positioned from side to side and the rear left was 3/4" different from the right rear. No one had ever noticed. And for a final kick in the pants it turned out that the line thickness on this particular tank was 5 mm. Yes gentlemen, millimetres. I think that the lines were all hand painted and ended up where they were with no great effort made to ensure that they were all in the same place from bike to bike. Good luck. :) [/QUOTE]
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