08-11-20, 03:28 PM
Finally spent some more time on it today...
Dye penetrant testing of the welds around the headstock hasn't revealed any obvious cracking.
I took the crash bars off, and they don't line up with the holes in the frame, but I don't think they fitted *perfectly* when they were new over 2 years ago, and I can still get them into position by hand using the bolts as guide pins. The upper hole on both bars is too high and the bottom front hole on the left hand side is too far forward, possibly suggesting the bars have been flattened out slightly by the crash... or they were always that wonky.
If anyone else has an FZS600 with Heed crash bars they don't mind taking off and doing a few measurements for me to compare against I'd be very grateful...
Dye penetrant testing of the welds around the headstock hasn't revealed any obvious cracking.
I took the crash bars off, and they don't line up with the holes in the frame, but I don't think they fitted *perfectly* when they were new over 2 years ago, and I can still get them into position by hand using the bolts as guide pins. The upper hole on both bars is too high and the bottom front hole on the left hand side is too far forward, possibly suggesting the bars have been flattened out slightly by the crash... or they were always that wonky.
If anyone else has an FZS600 with Heed crash bars they don't mind taking off and doing a few measurements for me to compare against I'd be very grateful...