Topic: For the purist. Frame damage

[VTCBike750]

Curious how one would go about fixing this frame damage?

Looks like someone over clamped. Some highway bars.

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[calj737]

The “purist” would drill out the spot welds, cut the tube well below the damage, then replace it and spot weld it back and TIG weld the repaired end. Use a tubing sander and sand down the welded end to completely hide the repair.

This is all only worthy of a Concours restoration. Otherwise, a simple grafted repair, welded at both ends is more than adequate.

[754]

Looks like a 72 or earlier, later frames not so worth putting as big an effort into.
 For that I have seen guys heat it up and tap around it with body hammer, helped it quite a bit.
 In expansion chamber repair they tack a welding rod on and pull it, nowadays there is stud spotter and the like. If you put a few studs on it a heat to red  it should pull easy.

[VTCBike750]

It was on an early K2, 10/71 production VIN 2002424 I went to look at today.

Thanks for the input. This was one of many issues with the bike. No title, engine sitting in frame but not bolted to frame, wire harness hacked up, some good parts, some bad, some missing, asking/wanting more than I wanted to pay. Honestly just dont have the time or money to do a proper rebuild. Had to pass.

Was excited about an early US K2 production bike. Thanks for the input on how to fix the frame. Wondered what the SOHC group thought. I just dont have the time, money, equipment, or self taught skills right now.

[Don R]

 I would tig weld it with silicon bronze rod to build it up to level, file it, sand it smooth and paint. (I have done it)
  Has anyone ever successfully drilled those welds and removed the inside tube? I gave it a valiant effort once, the inner tube goes way up inside past the bend and is in there like it was meant to stay.