kz650 chopper

531blackbanshee wrote: happy to help wish we were closer i would like to look it over in person from the pics it looks fairly well fitted and welded.all the wild radius's kinda give it a spindly look.

leon

But there doesn't appear to be much holding that steering neck onto the frame (see image below). If you compare that area to the stock KZ650 the difference is obvious. That area must handle a lot of stress, and more than one frame has failed there. Big Bear Choppers recalled their frames because of problems in that area, and theirs look like they are more robust in that area than the one in question (see store.bigbearchoppers.com/venom-chopper-frame/ for image). Of course, Suzuki recalled GSXR's for frame failures in that same area; again, there is a lot of stress there. Call me a sissy, but I wouldn't ride it. Ed