This last weekend I went to a friends house for a BBQ. There was beer and Liquor and bikes in the Garage. I didn’t really think much of them sitting there until one of the girls asked if she could sit on it. Of course I could not say no. Why not you ask? because, I had already said yes. Hey, she was cute and my girlfriend. Any way, cut to the chase, There was a girl on the Harley and a cutie on mine and Dustin (Harley owner) starts his. She revs it up. Puppy dog eye fall upon me. Not to be out-done, I started mine. The girl on the Harley starts revving the engine and I give my girl the nod. It was awesome to see the look on there Drunk faces as they rapped both engines pretty tight. Picture tell a thousand words. Well, after a couple of minutes of that the neighbors started coming out of their houses and we decided to shut’m down. I did not even pay attention to my girl climbing off the bike. I was to involved with talking about how cool that was. The Harley won the “rap off” No doubt. Non baffled shorties.
The rest of the night I had to fight off the feeling that something bad will come of the throttle fest. I kept having the nagging feeling that my engine will be blown and not start in the morning. I drank a bit more and that feeling went numb.
The next morning I got up and could do nothing but scrape the hair off my tongue, drink some water and get to my bike and start it. I just wanted the feeling out of my head. Either it was going to start fine or I was going to hate myself indefinitely.
It started! Can’t tell you how good that felt. The whole way home though, I was listening for something, anything that would make me hate what I let happen. Nothing. The ride was great the engine purred. Thanks Honda for a great engine.
That should be it right? Nope
Later on that day I decided to go for a ride. Was spose to ride with someone from this site but, alas, It’s hard to take a father from his family on father’s day. I forgot, since mine are grown and forget to call. BTW Can’t a father do whatever he wants on father’s day? No? Maybe that’s why I’m divorced.
The ride goes famously. Nice corners, great weather, I’m getting my corners tighter. Engine was strong and harmonic. No complaints.
I get home and get off the bike and go in the house and get my gear off and begin my cool down routine. I go outside and start to prep the bike for its cleaning and there it is. Like a wart on Snow White’s nose. It can’t be… it’s the light… I get closer and.. yup, it’s for real!
A silver dollar sized dimple in the tank! Right where someone would put HER right palm to press off the bike. I wanted to die. It’s the first damage done to the bike and F^#$%$ me! I didn’t do it. It wasn’t even done on the road. I told my girl and she was sick about it. I told her that it was ok, and that no one would see it. Humph, What a liar. I can see it from a mile away. People will see it everywhere I go and laugh at me. Ha-Ha! They will say. (my dramatic side) But there is nothing I can do about it now.
Or is there?
Does anyone know if this can be taken out. Would be awesome to have nothing from that night but a memory of a good time and some great pics. Anyone? and How?
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Hey Jim,
Sorry I didnt reply to that last text of yours, when my wife got the day off and I hadnt heard from you we made some plans and headed up to Steamboat about 3.
The tank dent sucks. Hard to tell how deep it is in the picture. maybe take off the gas cap and see if you can get at it from the inside?
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If you check around at your local auto dealers they should have a guy who does paintless dent repair or maybe check for a retail location. If the repairman is good he should have a glue dent puller of some sort like that b.s. pops-a-dent product they sell on tv except his should be much larger and intended for use by a professional. I used a glue puller to nearly remove a quarter sized shallow dent from my tank a while back. Good luck.
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Pmed you, but you can try the ice trick, works on small hail dimples some times. Let it sit in the sun till its good and hot then try rubbing Ice on it. The contraction will sometimes pop out the dimple.
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Hand print... i donno... I would try those glue dent pullers. We have a co. by me called "Dent Wizard" The guy'll come to your house! Either way that sucks. IMHO I would lie to your girl and say "the dent guy said it couldn't have been you!"
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Hand print... i donno... I would try those glue dent pullers. We have a co. by me called "Dent Wizard" The guy'll come to your house! Either way that sucks. IMHO I would lie to your girl and say "the dent guy said it had to be you!"
Fixed it,you can use that for at least a year for all kinds of good things.
There is a guy around here that does paintless dent removal using a tool on a shaft. He also uses the glue and suction removal methods but often uses all three to get it perfect. He just goes from dealer to dealer fixing dents and dings in doors and roofs to bump up the resale value.
Strange... i don't see how your girl pressing her hand there could cause a dent. Something else must have happened to it... like something being dropped on it.
Strange... i don't see how your girl pressing her hand there could cause a dent. Something else must have happened to it... like something being dropped on it.
+1... maybe a pissed neighbor? Or a gaggle of "little" people with big hammers?
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I agree, either she has superhuman strength or your tank is made of tin foil if her hand caused that dent. I bet a good PDR (paintless dent repair) guy can get it out for you.
Pmed you, but you can try the ice trick, works on small hail dimples some times. Let it sit in the sun till its good and hot then try rubbing Ice on it. The contraction will sometimes pop out the dimple.
Dry ice works even better
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Well guys you sure are making her feel better about this. Maybe she didn't do it. But the alternative is that someone at the party did it. (the bikes were in a Locked garage)There were only very good friends there. aarrrgg
I put her on it again and had her put her hands on the tank as she got off and it looks like the heal of her hand might have caused it if she put enough weight on it. She doesn't remember how she got off the bike. It's my first bike and I don't know just how much they concentrate on weight savings. I was thinking they made the tank very thin. It does seem hard to believe she could do it. But the alternative is that I can't trust my friends. Too out there.
I am going toward an accident and leave it at that. Thanks for all your advice I will get to lookin for a Paint less dent place and get some estimates. I like the dry ice thing and heat. If the cost is too high, I will try that first.
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don't forget that women have a much better memory than we do, if you make her take the blame she'll probably remember it looooooooong after you've forgotten all about it, shrug it off, walk away(run screaming from the building) and try to fix it as best you can. Get hold of somebody like Dent Doctor or Dent Pros and see if they can do anything about it.
You're a better man than I. I'd probably place my palm on her forehead and use the same pressure to "dismount" her.
I tried the dry ice trick once. It works fine, still left a small dimple but 100 times better. I used it on a relatively flat quarter panel though. I'm not sure if the curve of the tank will screw it up or not.
Well guys you sure are making her feel better about this. Maybe she didn't do it. But the alternative is that someone at the party did it. (the bikes were in a Locked garage)There were only very good friends there. aarrrgg
I put her on it again and had her put her hands on the tank as she got off and it looks like the heal of her hand might have caused it if she put enough weight on it. She doesn't remember how she got off the bike. It's my first bike and I don't know just how much they concentrate on weight savings. I was thinking they made the tank very thin. It does seem hard to believe she could do it. But the alternative is that I can't trust my friends. Too out there.
I am going toward an accident and leave it at that. Thanks for all your advice I will get to lookin for a Paint less dent place and get some estimates. I like the dry ice thing and heat. If the cost is too high, I will try that first.
Not be rude ... but, need to point out the obvious from the pic.
I'm thinking it might not have been her palm? You certain that she didn't jump up and down on the bike while you were making vrooom vroooms?
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I put my hands on the tank when getting on or off the bike sometimes...no dents. I've actually sat on top of the tank once. Now if she was dry humping the tank while donkey punching it...
Somebody DEFINITELY dropped a big tool (or something) on it. A very good paintless dent removal place can take it out for under $100. They will likely use more than one technique at first, but probably take off the gas cap assembly and go in with spoons and anvils.
It sucks, but twenty plus years ago , you'd be lookin at a repaint.
Don't ask me how I know.....too long a story....;-)
I'd probably place my palm on her forehead and use the same pressure to "dismount" her.
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