I don't know what possessed the previous owner to chop out the battery box. Probably why this bike was only $150. Next time, I'm adding 'unchopped frame' to my list of requirements, right under 'titled'.
Anyway, I lucked into a nice piece of steel that fit the profile really nicely.
I threw this in the vice and bent it up just so a few times.
All the metal I could weld it to was bent all out, and it's impossible to get a damned pair of pliers in there to straighten it.
Looks like I didn't get a shot of the battery cage from inside and the tack welds. Oh well, it needs welded again. I had a look at my CL90 parts frame and the cage goes all the way across to the back and is welded there to give some strength to the frame. I think I'll take a piece of flat bar steel and do that. Not sure how I'm going to weld this in without melting the thin steel. Wish me luck.
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