If my bike were human I'd be serving a long term for repeated assault and battery.
Well I took my seat off to do a little work and I found that the subframe crossmember was pretty badly cracked. The pics just don't do it justice. It was just hanging by a thread on one side and cracked half way through on the other.
I think this is about the fifth time a welder has been brought in to fix something on this frame.
I'm holding the new piece of metal that I'll be welding to the bottom of the cross member.
![welded subframe cross member 004.jpg welded subframe cross member 004.jpg](https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/content/data/attachments/1/1819-2284393d058093c29eff796a20e350d9.jpg)
The piece that I'm adding laying in front.
![welded subframe cross member 003.jpg welded subframe cross member 003.jpg](https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/content/data/attachments/1/1820-d31ce64d914884d50b176f345d45f07a.jpg)
Done. Hey not my best work, but I'm sure that it's stronger than it was before. A little wet newspaper to protect things.
![welded subframe cross member 005.jpg welded subframe cross member 005.jpg](https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/content/data/attachments/1/1821-634cfdeaea269b4c0ee584ffe1fcba95.jpg)
![welded subframe cross member 008.jpg welded subframe cross member 008.jpg](https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/content/data/attachments/1/1822-359aa2177e08f3a99e89a6240766f88e.jpg)
![welded subframe cross member 009.jpg welded subframe cross member 009.jpg](https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/content/data/attachments/1/1823-13dbcd11436755a7ac64b980c0ce5fe5.jpg)
![welded subframe cross member 010.jpg welded subframe cross member 010.jpg](https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/content/data/attachments/1/1824-d329b1e19185af333afc8a640a433349.jpg)
A little paint
![welded subframe cross member 012.jpg welded subframe cross member 012.jpg](https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/content/data/attachments/1/1825-da0d81cf82061de8af01f458c38d0fe4.jpg)
Well I took my seat off to do a little work and I found that the subframe crossmember was pretty badly cracked. The pics just don't do it justice. It was just hanging by a thread on one side and cracked half way through on the other.
I think this is about the fifth time a welder has been brought in to fix something on this frame.
I'm holding the new piece of metal that I'll be welding to the bottom of the cross member.
![welded subframe cross member 004.jpg welded subframe cross member 004.jpg](https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/content/data/attachments/1/1819-2284393d058093c29eff796a20e350d9.jpg)
The piece that I'm adding laying in front.
![welded subframe cross member 003.jpg welded subframe cross member 003.jpg](https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/content/data/attachments/1/1820-d31ce64d914884d50b176f345d45f07a.jpg)
Done. Hey not my best work, but I'm sure that it's stronger than it was before. A little wet newspaper to protect things.
![welded subframe cross member 005.jpg welded subframe cross member 005.jpg](https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/content/data/attachments/1/1821-634cfdeaea269b4c0ee584ffe1fcba95.jpg)
![welded subframe cross member 008.jpg welded subframe cross member 008.jpg](https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/content/data/attachments/1/1822-359aa2177e08f3a99e89a6240766f88e.jpg)
![welded subframe cross member 009.jpg welded subframe cross member 009.jpg](https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/content/data/attachments/1/1823-13dbcd11436755a7ac64b980c0ce5fe5.jpg)
![welded subframe cross member 010.jpg welded subframe cross member 010.jpg](https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/content/data/attachments/1/1824-d329b1e19185af333afc8a640a433349.jpg)
A little paint
![welded subframe cross member 012.jpg welded subframe cross member 012.jpg](https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/content/data/attachments/1/1825-da0d81cf82061de8af01f458c38d0fe4.jpg)