The frame and fork are bent

OK, so its mid April and I am trying to fit the front fender and it will not fit. I am about a month behind at this point. I spend a few nights and call a few people and talk it thru and still can not get it to fit. Someone says call Mark Szmyt and we talk about it. Dan Emerson and I also spend a lot of time measuring his bike and my bike. Finally I have to admit that something is bent and I gotta do something about it. Mark lives in Southern NH so he and I talk and he fits me in his schedule.

: when it was time to put the front fender on it would not fit. The fender was too close to the frame and the curve to the tire was wrong. Holy cow!! I am way behind and do not need this now.

: Next thing you know I take a day off of work and run down to Mark’s shop.

: I had to sandblast the frame but the fork is original paint and to nice to sandblast

: Mark Szmyt lives in in NH on the mass line. Iheard he had a frame table and called and we talked about what was possibly wrong with my frame and for

: first thing to do was put the frame on the table and begin to check it. WE found the fork was bent back 1″ and the rear of the frame was up an inch and the front left motor mount was too high

: Mark worked all day on the frame and fork. by the end of the day it was close but still not great. I decided to leave the parts with Mark. I needed to drive by the following weekend to get our daughter at school. Mark got the frame and fork to exactly where he wanted it. He repaired a few deep gashes in the frame and the final was to be sure both axles are parallel and in plane with each other.

: So here we go. Mark is a great guy to work with and really know metal and frames.

: This guy is good. I highly recommend having your frame checked before you build a bike.

: The front fork is in the jig and he cold bent it. I did not realize what he was doing and when I looked up he had probably pushed one leg up 2+ inches. when he let the pressure off it was close.