Bent Frame Project?
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Bent Frame Project?
Hey guys im new here and am starting a new project and found a good candidate but I dont know the odds of the frame being bent seeing as how the forks are junk... If any of you guys have any advidce I'd appreciate it.
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Kyle
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Thanks
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Kyle
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From: Plattsburgh, NY
RE: Bent Frame Project?
Pretty good chance the frame is at least a little twisted looking at those forks...Theres a lot keeping the frame from actually crushing inward but as far as twisting of that head tube area, there isnt much support. \\; What I'd do is use the bike as a donor and swap everything onto a rigid frame.
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From: fegfsg
RE: Bent Frame Project?
i would find a set of forks that fit and get it rolling, and ride it to test it, youll know if it doesnt feel right. i wouldnt go about trying to straighten a bent frame, its to vital a part to just bend back into shape. \\;
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From: Phoenix, AZ
RE: Bent Frame Project?
ORIGINAL: johnnyhumble
+1 for a swap guts into a rigid frame.
+1 for a swap guts into a rigid frame.
Add a DNA 2 under wide springer and a jockey shift and you'll have yourself one badass ride!
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From: Davie, FL
RE: Bent Frame Project?
Take the bike to someone who knows how to fix and inspect it. GMD computrack is a good place to start. They can shoot your bike and tell you. These people (franchise) do it for a living and know what they are doing or they do not have the opportunity to apply for a franchise. If you want a bike to just look good you can just take a torch and do it by eye. If you want a bike to be correct than take it to someone who knows what they are doing. As far as a Sporty with a ridged and a DNA front end ~ I will not comment. If you need help call toll free. \\;
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RE: Bent Frame Project?
ORIGINAL: 6o66er
+2
Add a DNA 2 under wide springer and a jockey shift and you'll have yourself one badass ride!
ORIGINAL: johnnyhumble
+1 for a swap guts into a rigid frame.
+1 for a swap guts into a rigid frame.
Add a DNA 2 under wide springer and a jockey shift and you'll have yourself one badass ride!
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Gut it, you'd spend almost as much figuring out if the frame is bent and then fixing it as you would buying a new frame!
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RE: Bent Frame Project?
That'll buff out.
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I'd guess that the frame was probably OK. \\; Look at it real close, then budget the purchase like you'd have to replace the frame anyway and you'll come out OK. \\; By the time you add new tin, paint, front end, lights, turn signals, labor, aluminum/chrome, you're talking some money. \\; That's why they total them out. \\; I'd say that was a $1K bike, no more. \\;
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Back in the day, those fork tubes would be straightend in a press, put back together with no front fender and the thing would be back on the road.
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I'd guess that the frame was probably OK. \\; Look at it real close, then budget the purchase like you'd have to replace the frame anyway and you'll come out OK. \\; By the time you add new tin, paint, front end, lights, turn signals, labor, aluminum/chrome, you're talking some money. \\; That's why they total them out. \\; I'd say that was a $1K bike, no more. \\;
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Back in the day, those fork tubes would be straightend in a press, put back together with no front fender and the thing would be back on the road.
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