Finally got some time to tinker with her again, had no luck popping the dent in the pipe because i couldnt get the tube to shove up in there far enough so it looks like ill be having my brothers weld some rods onto it and with a little muscle and trusty vice grips +heat im hoping i can pull her back. Looks great under the clutch cover, nothing a little brake cleaner+compressed air wont clean up.
Sadly the clutch adjuster bolt is bent, you cant see it from the pic but it is. Was able to get that out only to find the threads are all farted up so ill need to run a tap in there and see how they clean up. Crack goes all the way up into where the clutch arm goes which i figured it did. Most likely end up popping the bearing out and having my brothers tig weld it up if they can get into that tiny hole, if not then ill probably use a little JB weld.
 
 
 
 

Been making some progress on the old girl. Had fun getting the swing arm and rear axle bolts out but i succeeded in getting them out, cleaned up, greased and ready to rock and role, same goes for the front. New brakes, just put the final coat of paint on the head and cylinder so ill have to send that out soon to have honed. I dont have any spare reeds laying around so im gonna need the whole cage and all. I was wondering if anyone knows of any performance reeds that will give me some more "giddy up" on this thing?  Its a 74 DT250 cylinder and ill be putting a 73/74 MX250 carb on once i finish cleaning it here in a sec.

Regarding your exhaust. The other option is quite simply fabricate a fresh piece and cut the dent out. Weld it up on the seams where you have more metal. i'm not saying it's a better idea but it would help removing the possibility of blow through on corroded metal.

Definitely an option for sure however i did pick up a pipe at the Gilmore swap meet a few weekends ago that im going to toss on. Its in much better shape ill have to get some pics. Right now ive run into the problem regarding the throttle cable. I have a perfectly good working top piece but i dont have the 2nd piece that goes from the top half down to the slide in the carb. Im going to try and use my lower RT3 360 cable but first i need to fab something up to hold the cable in place on top of the carburetor cap. I grow tired of fighting junk throttle cables and not being able to buy these new. Maybe one of you knows of a cable that will work on a 73 MX250 carb?