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Probably saw several home built bikes similar to what Mr. D posted. Pretty much only limited by your imagination and building abilities. If my welding skills ever improve I'd like to try and fab one up.
Depends on how good you are with metal work, welding, mechincal ability and paint. If you can knock most of it out yourself you're looking at a couple of grand to get a true one off, custom bike up and running. If you have to have somebody else rebuild your motor, paint or what not, better bring a bigger piggy bank to the table.
Most of the ones I've seen are usually built off an early to mid 80's frame. I've seen Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha used. Again, it's really up to what you want to do. Often the same motor is used too that was in the frame, if it came with a motor. You can also get into a sport bike frame from the mid 90's up, expect to pay more for your parts though.
These bikes tend to lean towards the cruising around town factor and not the speed factor. 500cc motors are fairly common. Not saying you can't plant a 1000cc motor and up in there, but in my opinion these bikes are made for cruising around downtown in the 1st-3rd gear range, not tearing it up on the back roads or riding wheelies on the interstate.
aside from the fabrication...seems pretty simple...a simple cruiser would be fun. Not looking for a show bike by any means...i'm off to make google my b!itch
What type of Bike is it?
