Streetfighter Motorcycle News

OK, so here’s the deal…I am planning on potentially building a new subframe for my SV…for an upcoming tail swap.

BUT, the snag is that although I’d like to build it out of aluminum…I have no one local that can weld it. If I make it outta steel, i have a guy here at work, that is a poet with the welder for steel.

Now we all know for the same thickness, steel is stronger than aluminum….but also heavier. So, what do you gents think of using a slightly thinner wall steel product, versus whatever the wall thickness of the stock aluminum subframe is, to make a new subframe, with about the same strength, but not too much more weight??

Any input appreciated. DZ