Outstanding suggestions! Thanks! --- wghalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom > Several suggestions: Check with the welding > instructor at your local > vo-tech school. Check with the local hot rod club - > the folks that > restore 56 Chevys and 64 Mustangs (or 1917 > Franklins) will almost > cetainly know a couple of top notch > fabricator/welders. Check with the > local flying club - they're sure to know an FAA > certified welder. Or > just call Colorado School of Mines, ask for the > welding deepartment, ask > the secretary to let you talk to the technician who > teaches welding > lab.... > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: GTS-1000 Owners List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf > Of Tom Sheraden > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 2:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Metal fabricators > > > Can anyone on the list recommend an experienced, > custom metal fabricator? > > One tie-down rail around my seat is broken (I have > no > idea how, it was that way when I bought the bike), > and > I'm think that instead of paying some exhorbitant > sum > to replace it (I think they're about $300 USD), I > might prefer to have something custom done. That > desire is increased by my understanding that the > metal > Yamaha used in these parts was such crap that you > really can't repair it or refinish it, and I'm > loathe > to spend my money on crap - even Yamaha crap. > > So, I was thinking of investigating something in > powdercoat aluminum (that's aluminium for many > outside > the colonies) or perhaps stainless as a second > choice. > > > I've never undertaken any such thing, so I have no > reasonable expectation of feasibility, no preferred > vendor, and no expectation of the what it might > cost. > It's just a wild guess, but I'm guessing one of you > manic mechanics might. > Thanks, > Tom > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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