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american opel

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With all of the support from bdtm and the member's from .net i couldn't build my son's R without painting it.I would hate to put the beautifull wurk's 5 pipe and 330pv motor in a dull scratched frame.i decided to use my spare frame instead of pulling either of our R's apart.I had alittle welding to do but not much.Radiator shroud mount's and rear rezzy mount.i had just enought paint and clear leftover from this winter's build to spray it.

I have to wait atleast a day to let it dry.then i will start pulling his apart and building this one.

THANK'S BDTM AND TRX250R.NET FOR THE SUPPORT!!!!
 

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You really need to gusset your frames if your going to be using stock ones for MX. But it does look great. Cant wait to see the final product.
 
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your son must be thrilled,
seeing this and the way it came about makes us all on the .net feel good about this site and its members and sponsors...
I know im glad to see the way the forum rallied behind you ..

this isn't just a gift for you, it really gave us all something to be thrilled about
a feeling of being a small part of something nice, after what this site has been through, to see this unfold
gave me a feeling of being proud to be a member here and to know all of you!!
 
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Looks good Opel, I bet your son is excited!

While tig is probably the best, nothing wrong with mig. All the gusset kits I have ever had installed (1 oem 250R frame, 3 oem 450R frames.) have been mig welded, never an issue. One of those 450R frames has a very comprehensive kit on it and it has thousands of race miles on it, only had one additional crack in that time, and I would bet that had more to do with me cart wheeling the quad at 5th gear pinned. If you do mig, just make after you weld one gusset in, weld the next in at the opposite end of the frame and let the frame cool some between welds. I wouldn't hesitate to have another gusset kit mig welded.

Doug
 
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Your right d berg. Still for control and overall bite i like it best. I say this because ive done alot of both and tig always gets the upper hand. But a seasoned mig operater and you can never go wrong. Preference for me.

Lookin tight oppie.
 
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I was planning on having mine welded where I work, we only have mig welders. I work on machine shop side but a friend in the weld shop is gonna do it. I would think to tack all the gussets in place first and then weld them in with cooling time in between.
 
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Like usuall,everything take's more time than you think.We got just about everything off,cleaned,painted,polished,and put on the new frame.hopefully i will get the arm's set-up and the control's on tomorrow.If he didn't have a football game friday night,i bet we could of had it ready for saturday.Look's pretty good for a two day build"LOL".
 

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well i decided to take the day off and get as much as i can done.MAN IS IT HOT OUTSIDE!!!there really isn't much more i can do till i put the BDT Wurk's pipe,and motor in.

oh yeah.i guess i could put mine back together,clean it,put the tool's away,clean the trailer,and garage.....Well maybe after a beer,i'll get that done"YEAH RIGHT!!"LOL"
 

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the part i shouldn't tell anyone is i messed up with the paint..i didn't have enough activator for the base coat.it's not drying!!!!the clear is but that doesn't help.i should have stopped and drove the 8o mile's to get some but i didn't.i worked on it all day in the sun to try and cure it."yeah it sucked"hopefully it will,but i'm not sure.

What i do know is the suspencion and motor should make up for the look's.if i have too,i will do another thrash and get it right for next week.....i don't need sleep"lol"!!
 
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i thought about that too.i was just in a hurry to try and get it done before saturday.i didn't want to take the extra 2 hour's to get them off,clean,and prep them.i will deff. do alot of different thing's this winter.
 
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