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Thank you G-man. I will check it out.
Mike

right side cover on my cafe project is cracked, and I've had it to two of the locals. One tried and said he couldnt do it. the other one looked at it, asked if it was off a Harley, and then said it couldnt be done. Would appreciate any enlightenment on the proper way this should be done, and any sho...

back in the day it was not unusual for a bike to be registered as year sold instead of year produced. I purchased a new GT 750 Suzuki in 1975, and it was titled as a 1975, but was actually a 1974 model (might even have been a '73) Dealers were sometimes less than forthcoming about such things. Mikeyrx

Hard to tell from the picture. Is this for sure a crack ? Or possibly a casting flaw. The reason I ask is the first time I opened up one of mine I was sure it was cracked, but what I was seeing was casting flaws. (FWIW I also have discovered cracks.)
Mikeyrx

Not really a restoration- just a renovation of sorts. Did this sort of thing with an RD 400 several years ago and had a ball with it (till it seized at speed). Hope th pic comes thru ok. Miley

Yeah, welding looks like the best option at this point, but you don't know if you don't ask. Local chopper shop owner says he can weld ( and he's an ARTIST ! ). My frind with the bullet molds already had the original masters, so he didn't have to go thru that and his castings were not expensive. Tha...

Jensen and G-man: You guys rock ! I knew about the shrinkage factor since one of my friends used to make reproduction Pope bullet molds. I can see some of the problems that would be encountered. I had thought of sand casting but making a master that would produce a proper sized finished piece looked...