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    #31
    can i see a pic?

    Originally posted by Ludeykrus View Post
    You really lose no crossbracing by chopping the rear. That stupid little piece that spans the rear is thin cheap stamped metal; it bends VERY easily! Hell, I came across a video of someone twisting their's around with their hands after they cut it off, it was from some guy's Suzuki and he posted the video to Youtube to prove some guys wrong on a forum....I'd assume on this very subject.

    You can crossbrace if you want to, but check out where they usually brace frames for race bikes: around the fork neck and around the engine cradle. The rear subframe is not really a highly stressed area....

    EDIT -= My 450 is chopped up to right behind the suspension point where the rear shocks join. I weigh 150ish pounds, drive it hard on a daily basis, and have had no problems yet.

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      #32
      His is cut the same place mine is...did i ever put those better pics up for you??

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        #33
        not yet :-D:-D:-D

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          #34
          My bad...gimmie a few mins..i live in a wifi lukewarm spot...and its being a cheap 2 dollar hooker tonight...might take a few to upload.

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            #35
            here goes...if ya need better than this..ill get some more tomorrow.. These are still with those old short shocks on it...which are gone now.. but you get the idea..


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              #36
              is that a front fender on the rear? how is the fender mounted? from that one bolt in the middle under the seat?

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                #37
                Yeah..thats how she came when i bought her...lol...the guy was trying some bastardization of a cafe/tracker/bobber/idunnowhat...i rescued her and am steering her in the cafe direction. He had that front fender, welded two L brackets on it...drilled a hole thru the cross brace of the frame and underneath drilled a hole into the plate on the swingarm and mounted it there...decent idea, poorly executed..but since he had the shocks set up as more or less a rigid (the only suspension in back was that of the coils themselves) it didnt matter much that the fender was attached to the swing arm...needless to say that whole mishmash of BS is gone now...

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