Originally Posted by
TheGanzman
Agreed! But this ain't the Space Shuttle we're talkin' about...
No - it's a simple tubular structure that you stake your life on. It has no emergency systems, no telemetry, no parachute, and if it breaks again you may find your digestive system spread all over the road because a truck disemboweled you, smashed your limbs and stood throbbing over the top of bits of your corpse while the emergency services tried to extract the rest from up around the prop shaft.
I've never heard of anyone repairing a cheap aluminium frame by welding. First it is difficult to do safely, and second, what's the point? Its just about the cheapest bike on the block. When it dies, it's dead, and it owes nobody anything, does it? Much better to buy another one.