34 year old Honda CR250R Plastic Fuel Tank Restoration

[@zx10danny1]

That looks absolutely superb! Honda didn’t produce bikes that nice. You have killed it. So over the top! Now let’s hear it bark! 😊. -Dan

[@bigironjakesd619]

You made life so simple with the steps, 400 600 800 1000 heat then dry polish. Thank you

[@TheTojocat]

This is what sets you apart from other vintage mx builders i watch on youtube, you restore everything, u just dont throw new plastics on, or send your suspension out for rebuild, u do it all. amazing work!!

[@TNTMOTO]

Thankyou

[@hectordelgado9238]

You can found a vintage Cross Bike Yamaha YZ 80, 1981 or 1982 ,1983?

[@ozzy2133]

Absolutely stunning work!!! You have done an amazing job resurrecting two classic's .can't wait to hear them sing.💪✌

[@gajmtaj]

Great job brother ! Doing HONDA proud .Keeping old dreams alive . Thanks man .

[@joncountegan5782]

Awesome work, love that vintage stuff!

[@scottfairbrother]

You did excellent work. Love it.

[@majorlee1]

Very nice! Thank you for sharing. Looks great 😎

[@kasticmillett3247]

Awesome job once again 😊

[@mark34535]

The work you do is amazing/inspiring!

[@TNTMOTO]

Thankyou

[@zardportugal]

Great job. Congrats.

[@freeridemoto7133]

Very nice work as always

[@jamesr6277]

Great video as always... I've heard others say that heating the plastics make them brittle.. in your experience is this true as it looked like you used a light touch with a heat gun? Thank you sir!

[@TNTMOTO]

i have never had an issue using heat. But recently i had 2 tanks spiderweb crack over the whole surface once they were out in the sun. I think this was actually an issue with them not being stored properly prior to restoration or i used the buffing pad too long hardened the outside of the tank. I have never had any other plastic crack. Heat with a gun if anything makes the outer surface softer.

[@f4safety]

What type of polishing wheel and polisher did you use? That tank is Bristol clean!!

[@TNTMOTO]

Just a drill with sheepswool. Don't let it get too hot or it will crystallize the outside of the plastic

[@someoneyouknow96]

Where did you pick up that sheepswool wheel? ​@TNTMOTO

[@dpforth]

As usual amazing, inspiring work. Are you using the lambswool pad dry? How would you deal with fairly large areas that need leveling? I'm working on a Beta trials bike that had serious sun damage. It also had quite a few stickers. The area protected by the stickers is at least 1mm higher than the oxidized area around it.

[@TNTMOTO]

When it comes to sticker damage I really have not found a way to fix it. You can scrape the plastic with a knife but you are going to reduce the thickness overall. The lambswool is dry

[@dpforth]

Thanks

[@bobss3704]

Sorry but how did you get the deep gouges out and repair the broken edges of the fork protectors?

[@TNTMOTO]

Gouges were sanded and scraped out. The one you saw me remove from the fork was the only footage I had before I started. That particular one i was not able to save because of the broken areas around the bolts. I may have been able to melt the plastic back together with a soldering iron but I had 4 sets to work with. This was a long process I have about 10 hours of sanding, scraping and buffing video for the 2 sets. Closer video and you could see they are not perfect, but they look good.

[@Stratos1988]

Did u use any compound/liquid on wool pad or was it dry cut ?

[@TNTMOTO]

Dry wool pad and no compound

[@hectordelgado9238]

Hi Mr. I hope you can understand. I only speack spanish. So i born in Venezuela. Now my home Is in chile. Was i young have Yamaha 80cc YZ. 1981, cross. Like this cross Bike.