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<blockquote data-quote="69ST" data-source="post: 112892" data-attributes="member: 5"><p>I'll have to dig up some detail shots showing a frame that has the stress cracks. They can be tiny and nearly impossible to see, until the frame has been blasted back to virgin metal...if they're present, that is. The surfaces should be blasted prior to welding anyway. No biggie, either way.</p><p></p><p>So far, the worst thing I've seen is a bent/rusty lower fork leg. Those can be replaced easily & cheaply. Best offhand guess is that both of those engines are readily rebuildable. The engine guard with the square tabs, for the plug guard, is correct for a bike with a 1969 d.o.m. The inside of the frame does look pretty rusty, but it appears to be nothing more than heavy surface rust, nothing worth worrying about. If you're after cosmetic perfection, a little bit of epoxy scratch filler...plus a LOT of elbow grease (a.k.a. block sanding) will do the trick - if you wish to enter this war of attrition.</p><p></p><p>The CT70 never had the "lift handle", only the non-US-spec ST70 & ST50 Dax models, fitted with centerstands did. Of course, those models didn't have the CT70 engine guard. All CT & ST frames of this era have both the engine guard and "lift handle" bosses. That lift handle is only useful for rocking a bike backward, onto the centerstand. CT70 K0s all had kickstands. Thus, the handle is not only incorrect, it's worse than useless - a non-original part that scars the paint at the mounting points. The better solution, imho, is a new pair of the OEM rubber plugs for those unused threaded bosses. <a href="http://dratv.com/noname239.html" target="_blank">*GROMMET PLUGS HOLES_IN FRAME 12/10A (50B)</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="69ST, post: 112892, member: 5"] I'll have to dig up some detail shots showing a frame that has the stress cracks. They can be tiny and nearly impossible to see, until the frame has been blasted back to virgin metal...if they're present, that is. The surfaces should be blasted prior to welding anyway. No biggie, either way. So far, the worst thing I've seen is a bent/rusty lower fork leg. Those can be replaced easily & cheaply. Best offhand guess is that both of those engines are readily rebuildable. The engine guard with the square tabs, for the plug guard, is correct for a bike with a 1969 d.o.m. The inside of the frame does look pretty rusty, but it appears to be nothing more than heavy surface rust, nothing worth worrying about. If you're after cosmetic perfection, a little bit of epoxy scratch filler...plus a LOT of elbow grease (a.k.a. block sanding) will do the trick - if you wish to enter this war of attrition. The CT70 never had the "lift handle", only the non-US-spec ST70 & ST50 Dax models, fitted with centerstands did. Of course, those models didn't have the CT70 engine guard. All CT & ST frames of this era have both the engine guard and "lift handle" bosses. That lift handle is only useful for rocking a bike backward, onto the centerstand. CT70 K0s all had kickstands. Thus, the handle is not only incorrect, it's worse than useless - a non-original part that scars the paint at the mounting points. The better solution, imho, is a new pair of the OEM rubber plugs for those unused threaded bosses. [url=http://dratv.com/noname239.html]*GROMMET PLUGS HOLES_IN FRAME 12/10A (50B)[/url] [/QUOTE]
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