Crack on steering stem

Cory_Hirschfeld
Edited Date/Time 9/18/2017 3:42pm
Help ! Wat should be done or is it still ok to ride?
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BobPA
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BobPA 9/17/2017 12:30pm
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colintrax 9/17/2017 12:41pm
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What year? If it's new take it to a dealer. If it's older, you need a new frame. I wouldn't ride with that, nor would I bother fixing it.

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imoto34 9/17/2017 12:43pm
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Your only option is to take it to a well recommend machine shop/ welder or replace frame. Sorry about your bad luck, that does indeed suck.
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seth505 9/17/2017 12:49pm
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I wouldn't personally. It could hold on but the crack has already propagated pretty far, time to retire that frame!
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Motoxdoc 9/17/2017 1:10pm
9/17/2017 1:10pm Edited Date/Time 9/17/2017 1:12pm
Hell NO that's not OK to ride!!!!...and no way in hell would I weld that either.
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TbonesPop 9/17/2017 1:18pm
9/17/2017 1:18pm Edited Date/Time 9/17/2017 1:21pm
Cory_Hirschfeld wrote:
2001 cr 250r honda
Check Ebay and Craig's list. People part out bikes and you can get decent frames for great prices. I have parted out bikes and sold the frames (with Title) for ~$200.
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TbonesPop 9/17/2017 1:23pm
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Motoxdoc wrote:
Hell NO that's not OK to ride!!!!...and no way in hell would I weld that either.
^^This^^ I wouldn't dare ride or weld that crack, send it to the recycle bin and get cash for it. It's not worth anything else. Either splurge and buy a new one or find a good used one for ~$200-$250.
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JWACK 9/17/2017 1:33pm
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I think you should just send me that engine. It's no good.
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slipdog 9/17/2017 2:10pm
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"I'd run it" -David Pingree
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Radical 9/17/2017 2:11pm
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Having been a machinist / Precision Sheet Metal mechanic in a previous life (years ago), I would state that a good weld shop can repair it good as new, but it has to be done right, and that only fixes what you're seeing. You can't simply run a bead over it and call it a day. The question is what caused that crack, and is the aluminum in a state where it's going to crack somewhere else next week? That said, I would take the advice you've heard so far, and either buy another frame, or part out the bike and buy something newer.
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slowgti 9/17/2017 3:36pm
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If someone brought that into my shop to weld, I wouldn't touch it. Too much liability when a used frame is less that $500.
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oldblood 9/17/2017 3:40pm
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It looks more like, the steering stem on Crack
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coolhand 9/17/2017 4:15pm
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Place on scrap pile, buy one..not worth the outcome of a failure man.

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imoto34 9/17/2017 5:05pm
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coolhand wrote:
Place on scrap pile, buy one..not worth the outcome of a failure man.
It's worth saving for the story.

You also will not find someone capable of fixing that for near what you can find a good frame.
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coolhand 9/17/2017 5:32pm
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Imoto34


Agreed , hang it on the wall and have a toast to not having a Ambulance ride...


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jeffro503 9/17/2017 5:42pm
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I agree with the guys saying " replace it ". Just glad you found it by tearing it apart , and not while the front end blows off from the rest of the bike while you're riding it. Uuhhg! Could of been ugly!
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Tim507 9/17/2017 5:45pm
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slipdog wrote:
"I'd run it" -David Pingree
LOL...to fkn funny, it was so dry I thought I was loosing skin!
cheapsmack 9/17/2017 5:56pm
9/17/2017 5:56pm Edited Date/Time 9/17/2017 5:58pm
Put a stainless steel band clamp around it and ride it. Looks like plenty of meat left welded to the spars . Probably been cracked for years.
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akmx17 9/17/2017 6:02pm
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cheapsmack wrote:
Put a stainless steel band clamp around it and ride it. Looks like plenty of meat left welded to the spars . Probably been cracked for...
Put a stainless steel band clamp around it and ride it. Looks like plenty of meat left welded to the spars . Probably been cracked for years.
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rmoto003 9/17/2017 6:19pm
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Yea but how do the sprocket bolts look? Tight?
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GuyB 9/18/2017 11:15am
9/18/2017 11:15am Edited Date/Time 9/18/2017 11:15am
Still okay to ride?

Is your insurance paid up?

Are you prepared to deal with a catastrophic failure?

Why is this even a question?
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KDXGarage 9/18/2017 11:20am
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Replace it. You should be able to get a used frame for a lot less than a hospital visit if it were to catastrophically fail.

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