I made a bracket for the front pipe mount and bent it to shape and welded it to the frame. During my last ride it broke. It turned out pretty good, will have to see how long it holds. I was proud of my work, but after the job was done I realized that I may not have done much to protect the ignition, etc on the kx500. I did take the coil off of the frame - that's all I did. Anybody think the welding could cause a problem? Yes, I know, it's after the fact and I should have asked the question prior to doing the welding. thanks, ted