restoring my bros650.

[ducatilover]

well, i decided to get some work done on the bros650 today. so i had a go at the subframe which aparently could not be straightened by one mechanic, the other mechanic said itd cost $400

well screw that.

so i bolted the subframe onto the bike, and took all the other stuff off [batterey and all that plastic and the scottoiler] and looked at it for a minute.
then i had an idea, if i got a steel pole or bar and inserted it acrossways and pushed down, it would bend the frame back to its original shape.....

so i did just that!!!

and it worked, so a big brown eye to those mechanics who fucked me around with a job that i did in two friggin minutes .... sad isnt it?

so tommorow me and the old man are going to take the forks off and he'll take the to work and straighten them by using a press. what he will do is use two peices of 90* section steel ["L" shape] and put the fork tube in them and run it through the press. i think.

further updates and pics will be posted.

i get my vt250 spada on tuesday yay

[skelstar]

Good on ya DL.

[ducatilover]

heres the subframe before i rebent it.

[Sketchy_Racer]

sounds good mate!!!

[Sketchy_Racer]

heres the subframe before i rebent it.

funny looking sub frame

[ducatilover]

funny looking sub frame

whatever its called. its straight now and im painting it black.

[Sketchy_Racer]

mint!!!..........

[Bonez]

funny looking sub frame

That's because it's fucken bent...................

[Sketchy_Racer]

Lol yea i guess so :

[Gazman]

good luck with the project DL.

[thealmightytaco]

what he will do is use two peices of 90* section steel ["L" shape] and put the fork tube in them and run it through the press. i think.

It's called "angle", he'll go for equal angle probably.

"Can I get a length of 50x50x3 angle, and some sauce."

Good shizzle with the no.8 wire styles though, as long as it goes who gives a rats I say.

[thealmightytaco]

Just dawned on me that I have the word jandal 3 times around every post I do now.

It's too much for any one man to bear.

[ducatilover]

took the forks off today and both legs are bent, so i'll fix them [well my dad will]

im going to spray the subframe black some time.

i made some brackets for my custom made [rangi actually] speedo housing, so thats all fixed and working i hope.

i removed the radiator as it has a bend in it but none of the tubes seem bent or kiked so i'll use extreme caution in trying to re bend that.

im planing on stripping the forks tommorow, is there anything i need to know before i take it all apart?

and i need to get a new brake hose on the front and some valve emulators, but they can wait