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insanecreations
07-31-2011, 12:07 AM
im wondering if its possible to cut the ends off my tripples and cut them off some ktm85 tripples and weld them to mine.... isnt the material used "pot metal" or will it weld nicely. i have never been able to weld pot metal but if i remember correctly someone did something similar to this eccept the made the new ends from a piece of flat stock.

Red Rider
07-31-2011, 03:07 AM
I did that to my '86 250R triple clamps, cut the ends off, and had some new ends machined & welded on to accomodate the KTM 85SX inverted forks. I don't know what KTM triple clamps are made out of, but the '86 250R triple clamps were cast aluminum and welded nicely to the 6061 aluminum that the ends were machined out of.

insanecreations
07-31-2011, 12:59 PM
thanx for the help i knew someone did that jus couldnt remember