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Might I suggest the use of 'T" section for your new engine to cradle mount. That is, if the 125s lower mount is inboard of the frame rails. The remnant welds on the inside of the cradle from the original mounts suggests the 4t engine cases were inboard of the rails. With a 'T' section, you could produce the same style of weld fixation along the inside of the rail, and then on the top of the rail. Then if needed, have some simple spacers made, to 'fill in' any distance from the mounts, to the cases. If I can...

I don’t think the focus here needs to be on the promoter. What needs to be reevaluated is the whole system. Why the hell are there 73 riders in a mini class at a regional that you are supposed to qualify for? Use the power ranking system as it is intended. There can be alternates, but there should be no more than a full gate signed up in any class period. Limit the amount of area qualifiers or cut back the amount of transfer spots so there isn’t this extreme amount of entries overloading and complicating the regional weekend. Riders...

Too many riders. Too many classes.

Weld Problems - sometimes you'll have them for inexplicable reasons / won't find Any reason / or, 'discover' just the one thing being 'off'. I've TIG welded since 1974 - from using the most basic of machines, through to, at a mates place, a new model , top of the range Kempi, with all the bells and whistles. And, I don't really like it. I basically turn off near every 'feature', and get on with it. I'm Old and Set In My Ways, I guess. Oh, and then I get exposed to the Machinery the 2 Unis I teach 'Baby...

Sorry for putting so much in Your Build post, but, thinking about my plate suggestion at the V notch, perhaps, if you do some hard mounts for a bash / glide plate, you could do something like this, to reinforce that V area. It's a crap picture, but, you can see that the RH mount (pictured left) goes further - that was to cross over a (much smaller) divot I put into the original SA casting / Cradle tube joint to allow clearance for a CR500 case. Though, your lower rear engine mount solution might preclude this : :

Back in my YOT days I used this phrase many times as it was necessary many times… “There’s NO I in Team” 😉

To my dedicated thumbs down follower: Let us see what you’ve built. Respond with your best build(s) log and let’s poll the vital build forum. I’ll name the new thread “Battle of the Builds”.

Contracts work both ways. Kawi had an obligation to provide Prado with a capable bike. When you consider the amount of changes we’ve seen to Sextons bike this year, compared to Prado last year, it’s easy to say that Kawi weren’t upholding their part. Going to disregard the fact that Sexton still isn’t happy and rumours of him too, ending the contract early…..

Does he still have to throw away his resumé like you wanted him to? Clown 😂

Bro, how in the hell do you have dark mode?