lol thats cause for the body work photos i only had my cell phone with me to take the photos ..and yes is was def heat cured dry.i painted it over 2 weekends at my friends auto body shop..so ya i know all about uncured paint jobs and won't even bother painting a frame unless its done right

 yeah it's about time they actually make those cam's abit better, but it's just not-done in this age to upload unfocused pic's tbh lol. i'm not talking about the paint drying but after welding it needs heat treatment otherwise it will crack again.

 ya i normaly don't bother putting fuzzy ones ..but in this case it was to document the frame as it went along....the frame was at the paint shop while i did the body work and was not till i got the first session of paint on it that i had it home to take better photos..it not that bad it was just 3 shots of the body work.thats all no biggie ...no as for heat i'm kinda not sure i follow you talking about after the crack was welded and the plates were welded on..and then that the frame needed to be heat treated afterwords before starting body and paint work correct...

 exactly, cause the heat from welding makes the metal around more brittle. heat treating will sort that.

 ok well never knew that about that..and don't think it was but i don't see any future problems cause the other bikes so far that have had prior work done is all good no issues..well so far ..i'll keep that in mind next time..i'm not the welder but will mention that to him and see what he says..thanks it makes sense to me what your saying..but not sure why its not done but will inquire more about this thanks for the tip

 ya i was kinda think about that and honestly i am not worried about it all no mater what i know its strong and i wont have any issues with it that's for sure ..I've tried it out well over the past few days..and its nice and stiff and perfect..my friends bb was rewedded completely last spring and still nothing wrong with either ..so for sure you right and i feel fine riding it ..and ya lol Aluminum i would have just thrown it in the trash..its never worth fixing

 It may not need it but just to be safe it is better to do it. But yeah with alum it is way more important, hat's off if you can repair it more than decently.