Topic: Bent frame :(

[seaweb11]

I have had 2 frames straightened. Both times by someone who has a cadge that holds the frame in place while pressure is applied/  It's not cheep. Both frames were just a bit tweaked or I would never have gone through the process. $500.00 each.

I don't know if I'm just the second voice of reason here, but WTF.
Cut, chop, weld. Maybe I just like my stuff to run straight, safe and legal

From what you described in your 1st post.....the frame is #$%**d !

Just stop and take a DEEP BREATH. I get that your keen, but go get another legit frame from a scrap yard and go at it with a fresh outlook.

"Did they really have robot welders in 76?"

[b82ta]

I agree, I'm not going to straighten the '78 frame.  I have decided to just try to title the '76, if it falls through I'll find a different one to use I guess.  Straight, safe, and legal sound best to me as well... haha So now its just a waiting game   I wish the DMV wasn't so slow.....

[Alan F.]

Be sure to offer that titled but bent frame up for sale, maybe you'll get a few bucks for it.  Just be sure that the buyer knows what they're getting, maybe post it on some of the chopper boards...

[754]

Did they have robot welders in 76?.. probably, and Honda would have been one of the first to have them.

 Frames are usually straightened, either in a cage type setup, looks a bit like a bike crate with no sides but heavier construction. or on a farme table, a big ground plate with lots of tapped holes. They bolt it up on its side and level it, then pull, push and prod, till its within specs..