Friday 18 June 2021

SQ4 gets a new tank

A long while ago, I confessed that I had realised the tank that my SQ4 kit arrived with, and which I had painted at vast expense was not a Square Four tank at all, but one which had once belonged to a KH Hunter twin. It did look good though:


It looked even better on the bike:


I started to look for another tank and after a short interlude with a very rusty tank from Denmark I found one in original paint at Yeoman's Motorcycles. When they are on the bench together, you can see how different they are:


So now, with a new tap (actually a refurbished original) and a balance pipe, here is Amelia in her latest incarnation:


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