I got my wife a Yamaha TTR 125 with an electric start. She’s been on my case to get her something that she can ride. The TTR 125 is low enough for her to put both feet on the floor and the electric start makes getting the motor rolling easy. It was only when I discovered some leaks in the gas tank that my bargain bike seemed a little suspect.

Both sides of the gas tank had cracks and the gas and was slowly dribbling out. I looked around on eBay for tanks and found out they were going for $150-$200, which was not very good news. It was right around then that I saw a YouTube on how to fix plastic gas tanks and watched it to see if it made sense.

Instead of using elaborate plastic repair kits, a small soldering iron is used. The iron has a pointed tip and goes for around 10 bucks at most any RadioShack. The trick is to find the crack(s) and use the soldering iron to melt the plastic and then as a backup system, apply a good plastic glue kit to the repaired area.

So follow along as we do the repair.