uh......shouldnt there be a small square rubber pad there. If that is the rear mount I believe it should have at least a small pad there. Anyway unless in got some sort of shock system....the hit is going to be taken somewhere. Yeah the cage protects the overall bike but the impact is directed to mounts and cages. I wouldnt stunt an 07 year anything.....whats the point......I feel bad enough screwin up one of my older bikes that I have been building....Oh well...all good

oh by the way.....Iiknow what its like having to buy a new frame. My second bike I bought as a stunt bike I ended up finding a cracked frame....I bought a new one. Its not that bad but then to make it legit you got to go down to the CHP station and have them reassign a new vin or your current vin to the frame. Its crazy they inspect everything, run all the numbers, then what they call "blue tag" the frame because new frame do not come with any vin number. You get caought rollin a frame with no vin and its an automatic impound........whatever though......long process

 

I was a service tech at a motorcycle dealership.. I only saw cracked frame a problem on the gsxr's.. I would never ever own one unless it free or damn near free.

 

Yes my ghetto camera phone puts out HD pictures, just squint a little and you can tell


I never expect a cage to protect everthing, hell i know ***** going to break. But the idea that it took out the frame kinda had us scratching our heads last night why. Where the cage ends is right over the weak spot in the frame, thats easy to tell as it has a hole on one side of it. Another 1/2 a inch in either direction I doubt that would of happened. The box frames are strong, but when you put a hole in one side it gives it a place to give out and break. Thats just where powers decided to put there cage



Swapping on a new frame would be easy but i dont have 2500 and am a full time student moving in two weeks......no cash im screwed. The only thing we can think is hope the crack isnt to bad, weld it up and plate it hoping it wont happen again. anyone got a clue on how much that costs?????

 

that sucks *****

 

mine did the same **** on my 600rr but I haven't looked to see if theres a crack but I don't really care cause that's what a stunt bikes for to get fucked up!

 

better call up argoscycles n get a frame no title jsut bill of sale n take ur receipts to the dmv play boy

 

we started to get a little creative on how to fix the problem......JB WELD BIATCH!


actauly theres a few company that foam fill frames, we used them for rally racing to increase the strength of frames. pretty light weight to.

Or weld the frame and plate it, then fill the inside of it with jb weld.....what u think?

 

that sux man i am thinking about getting rid of my 06. but good luck with that. yo how did you do that?

 

I got the 2 rubber peices from powers and used em on the back, then i cut 2 more squares out of a tire and put em under the front, my bike came down hard and no probs, the rubber works

 

wasnt paying attention, launched a sitdown for a idle whoolie....hand slipped on the gas went to high up and hit the tail, hit the rear break to bring it down and it went down sideways front tire hit first then the cage


squidish i know.

everyone was like

and i was like
and then i was like do i have road rash??
and they where like
then they it was like

and it was all drunkness

 

lol, thats the best story yet.

 

best way to tell storys is with smilies:YEAH

 

powers are just frame beaters

 

if the weld is good, it will NOT brake in the same location (weld) again...it may brake near it, but not the weld itself...

 

So ... you looped it!

 

who tells people these things? I hear this junk all the time... people probably spend a sh!tton more money on new frames as a result of these rumours. I've been a professional fabricator specializing in exotic alloys for years. Someone comes in w/ a dented or cracked frame. I might cut the section out and replate it, or add plating shaped like the frame and adjoining areas.

If you're dealing w/ joe blow and his spool gun "aluminum welder" or some guy w/ out the sense to properly set up his tig, prep the work, use the proper filler rod and gas for the application.....then yea you're ****'s going to rebrake.

A little engineering w/ the plating goes a long way too. i didn't see who was talking about steel to alum... that's a good one!