All 2st Crack in bracket for rear brake res/exhaust

Well,

After riding my 1st ever Enduro, and getting the ever loving snot kicked outta me, I noticed a crack in the small bracket that holds the rear brake res. (same one that the exhaust bolts too); likely from a log crossing gone wrong.

Has anyone else had this happen? If so, did you weld it back together or fab a new bracket?

Thanks in advance!

Yes, I've had to weld the bracket before.

Yes. it is from smashing the exhaust!

Thanks.

I think there were 1 billion log crossings on the course. I wasn't so good at crossing them when I started.... I got better!

A friend just called me yesterday asking for the number of a local welder to fix just that problem - for the second time on his bike. Unfortunately, the exhaust mounts are a well known weak spot on the bikes. I've had mine rewelded once and it's held for more than a year and many races.

Ya, just spent 4 days riding. Went down once on the right side of the bike and dented the pipe some more and noticed a cracked bracket at the end of the day. Time to get the welder out.

I just noticed the same bracket is broken on my 08 WR250 from a couple recent crashes. Do I need to remove anything from the bike before welding this bracket back together, like the CDI box? I have a buddy that's a good welder and he's going to fix it for me, but I don't want to fry anything when he grounds the bike and starts welding. TIA, Brad.

The guy that welds my ktm exhaust brackets back on just grounds the frame near the weld. leaves the cdi, gas tank, and everything else on the bike.

Hey kzoo, I just heli arced mine after a meeting with a with a log. I did remove the tank for better access but I have a 3.4 gallon tank and of course the brake fluid reservoir and laid a piece of leather over the carb just as a precaution. Can't even tell it was welded.

Mine broke last year also.

mines broke now too. Other bracket broke last year. Just too many crashes.

My buddy agrees with you guys, I called him last might and he said he'd just ground it close to the weld and mig it for me no problem. It's a pretty thin piece of metal so hopefully I quit crashing so much so we don't have to fab up a whole new bracket. Thanks, Brad.