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Looks like an overheated joint that finally developed a crack after many miles. Many Asian frames of this era were made with automatic brazing stations. Ironically Mangalloy was brought out to better handle the production brazing at a lower cost than the top level tube sets did. The two color paint job will be expensive to duplicate or touch up (which i don't suggest as tints are very hard top match well). The only good aspect I see is little dislocation of the cracked tube ends. Andy
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