Frame repair

[Fjbj40]

I have been slowly moving ahead on the GS1000 resto mod. So today I started to clean up the frame and I found a substantial dent on the frame.

It is on the down tube after the lower bend. It appears as if the bike was dropped on a sharpe object, one side only.

Has anybody any source for frame repairs? I am going to bring it to my structures AME at work and let him have a look. I have seen repairs done to tube aircraft where they cut it out, Put in a slug, rosette weld then seam weld or fish mouth and it is good to go.

Either this or a new frame is in order

Comments?

Thanks,
Daryl

[GateKeeper]

This is how my frame looked, and how I fixed it

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showpost.php?p=1574177&postcount=475

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showpost.php?p=1579989&postcount=515

and in the end it came out like this




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[tkent02]

I have been slowly moving ahead on the GS1000 resto mod. So today I started to clean up the frame and I found a substantial dent on the frame.

It is on the down tube after the lower bend. It appears as if the bike was dropped on a sharpe object, one side only.

Has anybody any source for frame repairs? I am going to bring it to my structures AME at work and let him have a look. I have seen repairs done to tube aircraft where they cut it out, Put in a slug, rosette weld then seam weld or fish mouth and it is good to go.

Either this or a new frame is in order

Comments?

Thanks,
Daryl

Airplane frames and moto frames are two entirely different things. Slap some bondo on it and paint it. It's all good.

[hampshirehog]

Don't cut it out - just fill it with weld (better than bondo and you can powdercoat) and reshape.

I've done loads of these where guys fitted aftermarket clamp-on side-stands and they have overtightened the clamps and dented the frame.