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monaro308

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More joys of Ali frames
« on: June 25, 2010, 01:41:28 pm »
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Re: More joys of Ali frames
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2010, 01:49:38 pm »
Heres another i prepared earlier  :P

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Re: More joys of Ali frames
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2010, 02:00:34 pm »
shit, how did the rider fare?
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Re: More joys of Ali frames
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2010, 02:03:41 pm »
It looks like a Honda CRF Two-stroke conversion gone horribly wrong.

Ouch!
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Re: More joys of Ali frames
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2010, 02:13:24 pm »
Not sure hoony,it was in the same thread as the one at the start...a few pages into it.
Wouldn't be a nice feeling to have that happen.
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« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2010, 02:25:40 pm »
Not nice.
kids are so rough these days  ::)
Mum and Dad pouring money into the little arena cross champ.  :P
who said "the countries broke" 

quote;No one will buy this bike with a great big weld where there shouldn't be a weld. :o  Easy decision, replace the frame.

stick it on ebay with a real cool write up
oops perhaps he better just leave the country..
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Re: More joys of Ali frames
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2010, 02:27:51 pm »
Makes changing the spark plug a breeze now  :D
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Re: More joys of Ali frames
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2010, 03:59:02 pm »
What a clever piece of engineering  ;D  push a couple of buttons on the side of frame and hey presto- you can work on complete top end.
 
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2010, 04:06:18 pm »
i wonder if this was a "Service Honda" CR500AF or an owner built machine?

be interesting to see if the early alloy frame bikes last like our old VMX steel jobs!
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Re: More joys of Ali frames
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2010, 04:21:10 pm »
I am interested too Hoony.

Tight nuts

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Re: More joys of Ali frames
« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2010, 04:34:45 pm »
Quote from: Hoony on June 25, 2010, 04:06:18 pm
be interesting to see if the early alloy frame bikes last like our old VMX steel jobs!
nothing much on the threads here  ;D
http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=6186.msg61164#msg61164
 big engine in wrong frame.
but nothing really substantial.
http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=7800.msg75635#msg75635

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Re: More joys of Ali frames
« Reply #11 on: June 26, 2010, 01:23:32 pm »
Quote from: Hoony on June 25, 2010, 04:06:18 pm
i wonder if this was a "Service Honda" CR500AF or an owner built machine?

be interesting to see if the early alloy frame bikes last like our old VMX steel jobs!

Service Honda frames are built properly and don't break. The shade tree frames are the ones that snap. 
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Re: More joys of Ali frames
« Reply #12 on: June 26, 2010, 01:47:57 pm »
Quote from: VMX247 on June 25, 2010, 04:34:45 pm
Quote from: Hoony on June 25, 2010, 04:06:18 pm
be interesting to see if the early alloy frame bikes last like our old VMX steel jobs!
nothing much on the threads here  ;D
http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=6186.msg61164#msg61164
 big engine in wrong frame.
but nothing really substantial.
http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=7800.msg75635#msg75635


I've seen a few steel frames break like that back in the day, '80 KX420 and '79 YZ400 and also saw Darryl King snap a steel perimeter frame KX250 in half at a Brisbane supercross.
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Re: More joys of Ali frames
« Reply #13 on: June 27, 2010, 10:34:33 am »
honny the snaped 500af was a home made one in england the welds didnt penetrate deep enough on the gusset where the put the replacment cradle in the frame the below photo was taken before the snap if you look in the circle you can see where the frame is sperating
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Re: More joys of Ali frames
« Reply #14 on: June 27, 2010, 10:44:59 am »
was it a 450 frame  ???
boy child vmx247  8)
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