Quick update here, I'm the alleged neighbor with the Lil Indian. We got it back from my fabricator buddies, it's really beefy now with some additional gusseting as well. It's a little bulky, but it's definitely not going to break now.
We "rebuilt" the front forks tonight with some grease, I need to do the same for the rear springs, but it's to the point where it rides pretty nice now.
-Nick