Frame straightening

[satariel666]

Well, some of you remember my crash last year...from that time I was having some traction problems and of course I exactly knew why.


Just picked up my frame today and left 357$ in the shop.
Frame was bend, not badly but bend - 4 degree makes dramatic diffrence.

First pic show mesurments before service, next 3 shows straightening steps with final mesurments at the end - almost perfect.
Whole process tooked about a week - unbent and then leave frame in the warm room for a day, then messure again and unbent again and as many times as required.

Direct links:
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/9862/frame1u.jpg
http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/6614/frame2z.jpg
http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/883/frame3p.jpg
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/9371/frame4u.jpg

 

[satariel666]

BTW, I know where the weakest point of v-max frame is LOL

 

[SpecOps13]

Prez: Wow, that is great documentation. 4 degrees there would be terrible for handling... What you paid to have it fixed seems reasonable...

 

[Redbone]

Cool Prez! I see the last numbers are in green, does that mean they are within Yamaha factory specs or within the frame straightening companies tolerances?

 

[satariel666]

No one knows what exactly Yamaha tolerances are :confused2:
Every straightening deveice use its own.
To be honest the guy who done my frame said that mostly factory specs are within 0,5 degree. Hardleys comes with even more...

The green value means "on +" mesurment and the red means "on -".

Kat - angle
boczny - side
przedni - frontal
nomin. - nominal
mierz. - messured
roz. - diffrence

 

[Redbone]

No one knows what exactly Yamaha tolerances are :confused2:
Every straightening deveice use its own.
To be honest the guy who done my frame said that mostly factory specs are within 0,5 degree. Hardleys comes with even more...

The green value means "on +" mesurment and the red means "on -".

Kat - angle
boczny - side
przedni - frontal
nomin. - nominal
mierz. - messured
roz. - diffrence

Thanks Prez, thanks for sharing this information and translation. I was trying to guess what they meant but only had a couple that were close.

 

[dannymax]

Nice documentation Prez, those guys did a great job for you! :clapping:

The price sounds very reasonable...man, she's gonna be a whole new ride when you get it back together! unk:

 

[satariel666]

Of course I have got a year of warranty :clapping:

Time to finaly put my v-max on the wheels but first you must help me a little :biglaugh:

 

[dannymax]

Of course I have got a year of warranty :clapping:

Time to finaly put my v-max on the wheels but first you must help me a little :biglaugh:

LOL! Not a problem! unk:

 

[spursmech]

BTW, I know where the weakest point of v-max frame is LOL

unk: Hey Prez, Many of these bikes are like that from the factory. Your wreck may have fixed some of the problem. Glad you got it fixed. Did they do the rear section also? Good Luck, Spurs

 

[satariel666]

unk: Hey Prez, Many of these bikes are like that from the factory. Your wreck may have fixed some of the problem. Glad you got it fixed. Did they do the rear section also? Good Luck, Spurs

Thx.

As my rear section is not stock it was dificult to messure anything but, the guy said frame was ok at pivots mounts.