Hello gentelmen:This question is not tractor related, but I think you can help me. After buying a 1983, 900cc Yamaha Seca motorcycle cheap ( as in $500 cheap) I have been dismayed at how many little things I have had to fix that have turned this bike, shall we say, not so cheap. The carburetors were gummed terribly, and taking them off a second time to clean the pilot jets I had neglected the first time they were off was not fun at all. The front calipers had to be stripped cleaned and un-seized. The headlight had to be replaced. The dash had a broken mounting bolt. The battery had frozen and split. The switchgear was missing on the right handle bar and the fork seals need replacing. Bike parts are unconscionably expensive and take forever to arrive. But the kicker is that the gas tank has pinholes in the lowest point where the moisture had sat for 13 years. I am gobsmacked, as the price of a new one is $800. I thought I was just a switch and an inspection away from having a few rides before the snow fell. I cannot justify the cost of a new tank. I was wondering if a product like JB Weld would be a workable fix, or would the gas undermine it? Is this product sandable? Do any of you have any experience using Kreem or an equivalent product for sealing the inside of a gas tank? This bike only has 11,000 miles on it and looks otherwise new. It is a nice replacement for the 1100 Suzuki I had to sell last year (sniff sniff...I still miss it). I don't want to have to part the bike out to recoup my expenditure, as it is solid, rare (relatively speaking, it was only sold one year in Canada) and has a lot of miles left in it yet. Thanks for any help you can give. Sorry that this is not a tractor related question, but I respect the depth of mechanical expertise on this site.
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