heres hoping you all had a great new year? I see our cousins in the US are suffering badly with the cold (bloody arctic blast!!) I hope you're all safe and well?
I purchased a non running 06 r last year that was just supposed to have dropped an exhaust valve but it turns out it was probably the most unloved bike in history!!

I've split the engine and found a hell of a lot of metal debris in there (prob more than just valve shards) and a blanket of mud in the gearbox side of the motor (they must have run this thing with no air filter in a sand storm!!). Anyways enough complaining! The right side casing looks to have what appears to be cracks in it (I'm hoping they're casting marks but where they are would be consistent with a dropped valve pushing the crank down in the case) - let me know what you think from the pics.
here's a few pics of what I've been talking about.
Marks in casing (they're between the 5 to 7 o'clock position). If they're cracks whats my options? weld or replace?

sundry pics of swarf and muc



