How bad does this look?

Good. As long as it's an oily/waxy coating, you're good. Stay away from the rubberized products.
It really doesn't look too bad from the photos available. Keep it treated and you'll be fine.

 

My hats off to you for taking care of your ride... good job!

 

I think you need to REALLY look next to the cats and tap with a hammer. It doesnt LOOK bad, but you need to do the tap test to be sure

 

I fixed my frame a few months ago by an authorized SafeTCap installer and they did a great job. When they looked at the frame there was a little more that needing fixing than we thought. Super happy with the work and they even treated the frame as part of the work. Here are a few pics of the work:

 

Yeh that's a hole there in the frame... The guys at brick city pointed it out to me after they finished the job. My heart sank dude and I didn't sleep well for a few nights. But it's all good, just gonna get it repaired and live with this expensive lesson

 

Looks like they did a solid job

 

Yes, they did. Glad I went with the authorized dealer. I also reached out to SafeTCap and and asked how a shape becomes an authorized installer. They said their authorize dealers have to send them samples of their welds every year. The one I took it to said the same thing to me and let me know it's their fabricators that work on the SafeTCap.

 

Man, sorry....good luck with the repair!

 

That's really good to know. I feel more confident now to go forward with the safe t cap installer I found. Thank you for the heads up

 

Good luck