Thanks for the comments guys. I certainly won't be going that far Dave but I will be adding some struts from the front of the main hoop forward a bit to reinforce the area where the rear frame ties in
I will do some digging to see if I can find some info on the SI stuff. That could help get some ideas flowing.
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