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Star frame
Star frame
I have an R 35 with a pressed-steel frame, bought as a box of bits. Now I've got a complete final drive, I find the frame is bent. There's someone here in the UK who has straightened these frames before but he tells me it is going to be expensive, up to £1000. Someone else has told me it can cost Euro 2000 in Germany.
Has anyone been through this? Any advice? I have a spare crankcase and gearbox to make sure the final drive lines up.
Many thanks, Charlie.
- Darryl.Richman
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Re: Star frame
Someone who is really equipped with a massive table and various clamps and bars can make precise bends and get it exactly right. I think you're hearing numbers that are in the ballpark for this kind of work.
In my experience, you'll be much happier with the results a pro can provide. I've had bikes straightened both ways and I was much happier with the pro work.
(As a side note, but not meaning to be pedantic, these are actually Starr frame bikes. Starr is the German word for rigid, which makes a lot more sense than star does.)
Re: Star frame
His tools are basic : a straight bed and clamps, hydraulic rams, heat and measuring devices (and experience).
As far as the name of the frame goes, the Germans call them Starrahmen, which suggests Star and Rahmen, as the Germans don't mind having three identical letters when combining nouns. But you're right, starr means rigid or unbending, which I suppose is what they were compared to the earlier tube and brazed lug unless it was marketing speak.
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