Finally starting my 1983 bobber build

[1996shadow]

Am I looking at it wrong? The first photo looks like the frame is broken and is badly rusted? I would throw that thing in the trash.

[nanewt02]

if i can find a frame cheap enough il just use it. its just so frusterating because the rest of the frame is in pretty good shape.

[nanewt02]

ive decided to make a jig and cut out that portion and then some. considering the rest of the frame looks ok, il just fabricate a new peice and run some inspections on the rest of it. at the same time il keep my eyes open for a cheap frame. worst case scenario is i find a new frame, and gain more experience with the old one. il send some pics tomorow.

[rickou812]

Finding a "Cheap" frame is tuff due to the title being tied to the frame. The cheap frames you can find usually do not have a title, which will lead to problems trying to register the bike down the road..

[kenny83]

You can use your title, just stamp the vin on the new frame and discard the old one

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[rickou812]

Originally Posted by kenny83

You can use your title, just stamp the vin on the new frame and discard the old one

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Good advice, nothing is illegal unless you get caught..good luck with that

[nanewt02]

Originally Posted by kenny83

You can use your title, just stamp the vin on the new frame and discard the old one

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lol i thought of doing that actually, or using a chunk of the frame, but i do think itd be fine, i doubt the motorcycle police would catch me, i have an awful idea for switching plates without any evidence.

in the mean time, i couldt cut the frame up yet because i need to hunt down some scrap steel at work for the jig, should get it cut this week though

[nanewt02]

UPDATE, upon further inspection it turns out the frame is not bent, the rusted part of the tubing sort of caved in where the kickstand pushes up on it, seperating the metal on that side onl, the opposite side of the tubing or any of the mounting pieces have not moved. the mount dimensions of the engine stilll match up perfectly. so, il make a jig to hold all the plates on the rusted portion in place, cut off the damaged tube and fabricate a new one

[kenny83]

I had to replace some of my frame too, got some pics posted on my posts

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