[TrialsRider]

Whatever works for you
sunshine ultimately does in any paint or plastic finish I've ever owned.

 

[ChopperCharles]

Whatever works for you
sunshine ultimately does in any paint or plastic finish I've ever owned.

I've still got an 84 magna in beautiful cosmetic shape. A garage makes a huge difference in how the paint weathers.

Charles.

 

[Classic250]

Why would it destroy the paint? 3M adhesive removes from paint cleanly (when using 3M adhesive remover) and leaves no stain. It's the stuff that's made to hold trim onto car body panels.

It probably wont, but be careful anyway. My Aprilia had a factory tank protector and the adhesive leached into the paintwork (probably because it's always hot here and the previous owner used to leave the bike in the sun). It has left a brown stain/outline of the tank protector in the paint. Can't be polished out and no other protector that I can find actually exactly matches the Aprilia one. It pisses me off every time I look at the tank.

 

[tpelle]

The guys on ADVRider came through for me on this one. This is what I'm going with:

Ooohhh.......And it's ribbed too!

Seriously, 3M makes this protective transparent film that is the stuff that people put on the front of their cars to protect from stone chips. If you go to YouTube and look for Stuart Fillingham's channel you can find a video in which he is applying to the tank of one of his motorcycles - Triumph of Royal Enfield, most likely. Looks like it would work for you and be invisible as well.

 

[Teazer]

How about a nice simple carbon fiber cover? They can be purchased for bikes like say a Ducati ST3 tank but you can also make one. Cover your tank with a plastic sheet and simply lay up a couple of layers of C/F and resin. Smooth it out when cured, trim and hit it with some Max2K and hold it on with double sided tape.

Simple, elegant, cost effective and totally custom.