ha! i can imagine a screw up on that one. your trail 70 would dog track down the road. it would probably have to be off significantly for that to happen. and you could hack a little bit, by adjusting the rear wheel cockeyed (which would kill your chain and sprockets) and then turning right or left perpetually just a tad...
If the plate steel used for the welded-in coupling is heavy enough, the frame should be straight. Think about it, even if the cut was several degrees off, from the desired 90-degrees (from the frame CL)...it's a single cut and both sides match exactly, like jigsaw puzzle pieces. Would've been easy enough to make a welding jig and since these conversions went on for a number of years, the guy doing them would've been nuts to not have a jig.
Only part of the conversion that concerns me is the structural strength of the coupling, itself. That tab/slot and single bolt don't strike me as being comparable to the original, unmolested, frame...which gets its structural strength from its configuration, like unibody construction with a car. For the record, I'm not a structural engineer...won't even portray one on TV. I do, however, lean toward overkill when it comes to mechanical durability. IOW, I could be way wrong on this one.
OLD CT said:
The ad mentions original so much I want to PUKE! Ah ,the stories this bike can tell that involves the border of Mexico and a airplane. Hmm?
Border patrol/DEA is still looking for the guy last seen on that bike...
Awwww...c`mon Pat, don't sugar-coat it, tell us what you really think. FWIW, I agree with you on the annoying verbiage. Not everyone can write decent ad copy and it has consequences.
