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Wow Bob I didn't mean to piss u off :) I have seen some of his work on alloy hand rails. Miles of bead and they looked great. When I went in with the do more I had never really spent any time with the tool so I had a pretty good notch. When he filled it all in some spots needed two passes and it jus...

Got the frame welded up by local shop. The welds are def. strong looking but not pretty. At least he give me enough material to blend. I left some of the welds and did not take down to flush. I guess still a little gun shy still. Anyway a few long rides in and no problems yet. Here is the Do-More I ...

My father was a machinist for 35 years and he got me this industrial dremel. He calls it a Do-More. Cool lil shit. It's got a ton of heads for it. Take pics of it tonight.

Just got done digging out the welds and none of them had full penetration. When I got deep enough saw where pieces plugged together. Should appear to be all one piece correct. I did leave a gap the first time to fill but looks like slugs didn't get hot enough. Beveled all joints and taking it to wel...

I know it's off topic but anybody interested in the 01 500 roller? The steely pictured in the start of this post. After riding the alloy I'm not going back so prob gonna just sell it. Whats it worth anyway if nobody wants it gonna ebay it and don't know what it's worth....

Yeah I shaved the ends of the inserts and just got them close then used a hand file for the corners. They were all different but I spent the time to fit each end and marked them for side and orientation. Spread frame a bit to get the Y and slugs in and all fit snug. Had to spread rails side to side ...

thanks buddy. I was gonna take it to a welding shop but he talked the talk and I had faith. created a bunch more work for myself as a result. So take all the insert welds back down to a fresh start ur sayin? Not a big deal. Time to go talk to a pro welder I guess. At least I got to enjoy it for a wh...

Deep breath..... Ok does anybody know where to get the tube so I can bend them. I have a spare frame so I guess I can retry. I cut my inserts from solid 1.5 x 1.5. gregrobo what is the pain trying to get the tubes to twist right into the Y section? any advise is great. I want a reliable bike. Though...

So pretty much what your saying is chop it all out? Anybody sell bent sections? Gregbo my Y section is all wrong? I'm willing to chop I guess, winter is almost here. Hunting season is at least.

Just upsets me all that work coming apart. Such a fun bike. Better to catch now than to blow into pieces right? Bob you were saying bad design. What should I have done? Not being smart just curious to alternative routes. Full cradle replacement, wider mounts (spread the load), ?????

Its just dirt! I did ride it! Bob what r u saying cut it off or what? All the other welds are holding great. He used a tig and for prep work IDK. Just left him alone.... The mount extends below the weld and it zapped on the other side toward the motor the whole way.

pipe is still on and camera is not great sorry. https://bannedcr500riders.com/images/auto/94e763d1e2647976f0abe481233353e5.jpg welder prob did get it hot IDK. My buddy welded it and is a fabricator for a large local company and I thought he did ok. We both knew he is no pro but couldn't beat the pri...

So probably ten tanks in of sort of hard riding zero crash's and no jumps to awful big I noticed two small cracks at the welds of the inserts. outside of lower ignition side and inside of upper pipe side. Zero tension on mounts when inserting motor. It fits snug but needs no prying or convincing to ...

Your a patient man! I built my AFC and didn't even get new plastic... Just not enough money to do it all. Was either finish ugly or not ride this season. Up here in NY the snow is right around the corner. Gonna do all the motor suspension and pretty stuff then. Had the itch and just needed to ride i...

Bought an 01 500 a while ago and instantly fell in love with the power but hated the handling. Found this site and did a bunch of reading and this is the result. An 04 450 I picked up for 700$ with the intent of building an AFC. Quickly grabbed some 6061 stock from a local metal shop and got started...