cbr717

Like the title says i just got it painted and everything now need to put something grippy down but i dont want something to rip my pants. Where can i get something that works good

DCP-TED

Options:

Grip Tape - any skate place
Dakine Traction Pad - surf place
Auto truck mat cut up and glued (works good, cheap) - any auto place
Rhino Liner- anywhere
etc etc etc


If your not doing tank tricks yet like me dont worry about it

post a pic of the tank

cbr717

yea im not doin any tank tricks yet. **** im not even ridin right now had a compound break in my left forearm but should be back on the bike in about 2 weeks. I havent even ridin my 636 yet i bought it while my arm was broke and just been workin on it gettin it ready

cbr717

this is the only picture i have of the whole bike so far

Gramps

Just like Talen stated; Rhino liner works great...

DCP-TED

your gonna lose about half of your gas capacity when you dent your tank so if your street riding it, dont dent it unless you wanna live at the stations re-filling it.

inolen

Rhino liner is horrible as a tank grip, it's way to slick.

Skateboard grip tape is great for learning, it keeps you bolted on and the tape itself won't ever come unstuck, but you'll **** up a pair of pants or two.

The tech-spec and stomp pads are ok at keeping you in the tank, but are really rigid and don't stay on very well with the stock 3m adhesive. I always had to use some sort of super glue or gorilla glue to stick those on decent.

Surf board grip stuff works the best I feel. Not as good as grip tape but I feel better than tech-spec and stomp grip. It's really malleable so you can get it to stick really well on your tank. The kick pad lip things on some work great, but they tear off over time so I find it best to just make sure you have a good lip and use one without the kick pad.

Towlieee

+1 on rhino lining sucking

grip tape hooks good, but like inolen said tears up pants.. I personally run grip tape, I just run a couple small pieces on my tank and not teh entire tank, doesn't tear up my pants too bad and hooks well

and like inolen said, don't use the kick pad, especially on the edge of your tank.. I see lots of people put it on with the kick pad sticking up, hooks well, for about a month then rips off and looks like ****

Towlieee

Never gonna learn tell you beat your tank with a hammer and go do it!

Hell about 2 weeks after I first started doing wheelies, I was still working on catching balance point, figured I had no reason to dent my tank.. Beat it in one night, went out to the lot, was ripping spreaders, HC's, and flamingo's for a good 2-3 blocks
If your already rocking decent wheelies, the effort it takes to learn a tank trick, is literally getting on the tank and doing it lol

cbr717

Ha well when i got the bike the tank was already dented but not finished. So i finished it so it didnt look like ****.