Its good news really. The cage seems to have taken such a thrashing in that crash that its ground the slidders, bend all the bolds and snapped one of the bolt hole, but left the bits it can protect undammaged :YEAH

But now it doesn't look like its strong enough to take another crash, so who recons it can be fixed?

My other theory is to chop it just bellow the bolt hole and redrill it

 

drill a few holes either side of the crack and put some cable ties through
if i was you i would take it to a welder prob only take 5 mins to sort out prob get done for a tenner

 

^^^ you and cable ties

 

Cable ties on the cage, thats worse than my wooden 12 bar

OK then I will find a welder and get it sorted.

My subframe needs some alloy welding to it to make it stronger (as seen in the GSXR artical here).

 

cable tie's all the way..... bwahahahaha

 

i can weld that

 

...yep..cable tie...

 

I would rather have a stunter do it but your all the way down in London, postage would cost a load on that

 

cable ties for life, that and wedgin things in so they dont fall out

 

cable ties and gaffa tape are all you ever need!!

unless you rip a hole in the sump of your bike being a dumb ****!!!

luckily i will soon have a one off MMD (my mate dave) fabrications sump

 

I don't think id have much of a bike today if my cage were Cable Tied on before that last crash.

 

MMD :YEAH

Birdie being a dick

 

+1
+1


MMD sump will be delivered tomorrow :YEAH :YEAH :YEAH

 

Ant,

Any decent welder will make a good job of it, just remember that the weld will be the strongest part of the cage, so you're more likely to kill it next to the weld next time.

if you chop some off and re-drill you'll lose a bit of your cage each time.

don't throw your money away, find someone local, and maybe you can offer one of the lads a few quid to do it in his dinner hour

i always find a few = new best friend :YEAH

that's why i'm always skint, Birdie costs so much to keep around

 

**** you i earn my own moneys

 

I did find a welder, going there before work tomorrow.
Luckilly, the welder is mad into sports bikes too, so he should look after me.