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Old 11-13-2009, 04:41 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by RACER X View Post
and they are also assembled on a jig and welded for precise angle, vs a hack w/ a grinder and welding rig in a backyard.
Eggzacharry. Just a tiny bit off, and the rake/trail, and worse parallelism of the forks to the frame can be seriously 'off'. And without some precision 'jigging', it WILL be off. On top of that, good weld penetration on aluminum can be a tricky thing, even for an experienced welder, especially without a good hi-frequency DC inverter (welder). I'd guess it was likely done by an amateur, with with a 'hobby' wire-feed welder, and lined-up by eyeball - no way in HELL I would trust it.

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