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Q: First of all I’d like to say I love your new site and thanks for the free advice in advance.

I have a 2003 Honda CR250 two stroke MX bike. Recently though, when I came to a small river, I was thrown over the handlebars and the bike smashed onto the rocks surrounding me. This bad fall did surprisingly little damage to the bike besides bending the ‘bars and breaking the front mudguard in half. But after I cleaned the bike at home I noticed a big crack around the steering head and hopefully it can be repaired? The forks and triple clamps seem to be OK.

So obviously my question is, can it be repaired or will I need a new frame?

Hans     

A: Having not seen the frame it’s hard to pass judgment of whether to repair or throw it away. If the crack isn’t too bad it may be possible to realign the frame using a jig and then welding it back into its correct position. There is a place in the south of Jo’burg called DOTT engineering that specializes in frame repairs.

But to be honest a MX bike of that age isn’t really worth anything so perhaps try to find another similar bike in a rough shape and make a good one out of both?