Frame welding opinions, please.

I'd like those with frame repair/welding experience to chime in on whether or not this is a repairable split. To orient you, it is the bottom of a KZ1100-B2 frame at the point the side stand attaches. I have not seen the frame in person, and only have this photo...I'm considering buying the frame, but only if it can be welded. Thanks.

Michael

I'm sure it can be fixed. The way I would go about it is to progressively remove small sections of the tube on either side until I discovered solid tubing again. Then a new section of tubing will need to be welded in place. I would also weld in some strengthening slugs inside the tube at the points where the replacement tubing meets the existing frame tubes.

I hope you're getting a good deal on this frame. Are KZ1100 frames that hard to come by? If you could find a solid one it might be cheaper in the long run to get one that doesn't need to be repaired. Looks like someone with a tube bender would have to be involved.

thats rust damage,if its bad there id be willing to bet theres other bad areas.
i wouldnt fix it myself,maybe worth having for a title and steering head if its free but not an exotic collectors piece in my book anyway.

PLUMMEN wrote:

thats rust damage,if its bad there id be willing to bet theres other bad areas.
i wouldnt fix it myself,maybe worth having for a title and steering head if its free but not an exotic collectors piece in my book anyway.

really plummen.....rust damage? Nooooooooo.

i would not hesitate to repair it.
but that is kinda my thing,re-using junk :laugh: .

it is all repairable it just depends on how far you want to go.




leon

As Plummen said, if that's the result of rust it's likely that other sections of the frame may be rusted even though the rust is not visible on the outside. If it's not rust, did it happen as a result of an accident or other impact that may have bent the frame? I've never seen a frame just split like that from normal use, but I guess anything's possible. Ed

im into junk too,have ya seen my collection of model A's? :laugh:
but im at the point in life where ive learned to do a better job of picking my battles,if that was an early z1 frame or a z1r frame me and the garbage man would be rolling on the ground fighting over it! :woohoo:

My moneys on the garbage guy.Lol.bj

me and the garbage man would be rolling on the ground

me and the garbage man would be humping

me and the garbage man would be rolling on the ground

me and the garbage man would be rolling on the ground