Well, the 74 MT250 I bought has had a couple welds done to the frame. I'm not happy about that. My intent was to do some mild trail riding and also right around the country side from time to time. That fact is I've no idea of the quality of the welds or the skill of the person that did them. The front sprocket wobbled a lot an I just figured it was shot and needed replaced. But now I wondering if it was by necessity since maybe the frames not true and the chain was binding up on it a bit and damaged it. Also, the thing appears to have thrown a chain at one point and busted the left side case lip near the sprocket. There's also some lateral slop in the rear sprocket. This leads me to wonder:
Could it all be related to a tweaked frame?
Should I feel comfortable riding this thing not knowing if some yahoo welded in his barn?
Getting everything checked out properly is probably just not worth it for the value of this bike...