Today I took the front fork tubes off the Sportster to have the oil seals replaced. I left the bike on my jack lift. A number of years ago I had a Yamaha V-Star fall off this lift while I had the wheels off for new tires and some motorcycle maintenance. Enough gas spilled in that case to ruin a paint job.
Well, my father-in-law was working in our backyard this afternoon and came back into the garage and found the Sportster partially on it's side. He uprighted it and tied it in place. Should I have tied it down? Probably, but the bike wasn't moving around after I pulled the fork tubes. I had covered the gas tank to keep from chipping my brand new rattle can paint job although the two minor blemishes in the paint were already bugging me too. When I took that off, I noticed a small area had been exposed to gasoline while the bike was on it's side and that paint was already bubbling up. Too late to do much about it.
Guess that area and the small blemish from a pet hair are going to make me pull the tank back off, re-sand it and apply more paint. I've got some leftover cans, so the only issue is having a day free when it is warm enough for the paint to set up.
Update: Still deciding how and when to fix this. While it's noticeable, it's also sort of in keeping with the theme of the bike. So I'll just keep riding both the bikes and decide later. Gonna be busy for the next few weeks with work anyway.
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