Hey thanks for the welcome fellas, like the way you do that, makes me want to post some more info.

Straightening the sub frame was truly an effort, when I thought I had gone way to far with the block and tackle and smashed the joints with a hammer to release the bend, I'd let it off to check and it would spring back to it's original bent form. I had the rear wheel tied to a post, the left frame to another post and the subframe tied to another via the come along and then with a small porta power doing the cross brace under the seat. No wonder the XT660R is so heavy, it has one hell of a solid frame.



This is the neighbourooney giving me a hand, 35 degree heat makes one drink a lot of beer.