Day 8, Saturday, 10/25/08 - Continued
Mark also needed some welding done. He had broken a bag mount on his 12GS so after lunch we rode up the hill behind the hotel to find Victor. Victor's shop.
I explained to Victor what I needed done and he headed back into his shop to find some steel. I pulled the battery and disconnected the Reg/Rec just in case.
Victor scrounged around in his shop until he came up with some steel that would work.
He cut a couple pieces to length...
And bent them to fit the curve of the subframe...
I think that will work just fine....
While Victor was cutting and bending the steel, I had a look around at the shop and equipment. The welders cables were quite frayed and worn and had been spliced in several places.
When he got ready to weld the piece, he took the bare ground wire and looped it around the frame and twisted it together.
He used the lense from a welding hood and got to work. He tacked it on both sides...
And then finished it up.
He ran a bead all around the break and then burned thru on each end of the inserted steel rod and filled the cavity with weld. It looks a little rough right now but would clean up nicely a little later.
He also weld Marks bag bracket.
Victor probably spent close to an hour and a half working on our stuff and the bill came to 70 pesos . That's less than 6 bucks. You gotta love Mexico! We left him a good tip, put our bikes back together, thanked him, and took off.
Back at the zocolo, I decided to pick up some paint and hit the parts so I wouldn't have to disassemble the bike when I got home to do it. I found a wire brush and some silver paint at an auto parts store on the square. The wire brush cleaned it up quite nicely.
And the paint made it look almost new.
Welding $6
Wire brush $2
Paint $3
Total less than $12 and I was back on the road better than new. I can carry a cow on that rack now. I do love Mexico
I got the bike put back together, had few cervezas and another good meal at La Casona, and turned in fairly early. Tomorrow Scott, Jarrett, and I would head for the border.
later....
Kenny
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For me that is not a problem during the week cause I am at work but now it is the weekend and I have stuff to take care of.
Thought that segment was deleted - Scott fed us full of liquor and took black mail photos. 
Yo Chuck!! I thought that would get you to jump in here.
