Ducati Sporting Club UK > Users Introductions > New User Introductions > Hi guys from Sleaford.

[antonye]

Why not just get the old ones welded back on?
Much easier and less hassle with paperwork?

[adamski]

Hi mate. Welding them back on is a possibility.
Trouble is im the guy all my biker mates take the mickey out of because im so anal about the thing. I wont make excuses i just wouldnt be happy knowing the frame had been "repaired"

[chris.p]

I Agree with Ant, there are some very good welders about, have a word with Italia in Lincoln, they will recommend a welder. When my wife dropped her monster, they had a painter re do the frame, you could not tell it had been down the road, there was also a small amount of welding done, again you would not know it had been done.
Also if you changed the frame, the insurers would want to know what had happened
I wll pop a couple of pics up when I get onto my computer later to show before and after pics.

Chris

[chris.p]

Now found the thread I posted a few years agon on Cathy's monster, link below.

http://www.ducatisportingclub.com/sh...t=Chris+pullen


Chris

[antonye]

You'd be surprised how well a competent welder could finish the job, and with a decent painter you'd never know it had been done.

If it was a Japanese frame with robotic welding I would think different, but Ducatis are hand made so there's no reason why it can't be hand made again!