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RatBlack
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PostPosted: 10:23 - 31 Jan 2010    Post subject: VFR Headstock cracked Reply with quote
I was stripping the bike down yesterday to give it a good clean and have noticed that the headstock is cracked. Is this something that can be repaired or is the bike pretty much only good for spares?
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PostPosted: 11:37 - 31 Jan 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Ariel Badger
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PostPosted: 11:48 - 31 Jan 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
What bike? Aluminium or steel crack? Pictures would help.
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stinkwheel
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PostPosted: 16:47 - 31 Jan 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Even if it's fucked, there isn't actually that much to the frames. You ought to be able to pick up a second hand frame for somewhere around ?50.

Breakers get left with piles of frames after they've stripped all the other parts off them.
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Kickstart
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PostPosted: 22:46 - 31 Jan 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi

Might be repairable, but I would make sure the person who repairs it really knows what they are doing with alloy welding.

Would be illegal to have a repaired frame on the road in Germany I think (ie, German registered).

All the best

Keith
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