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Old 10-13-2010 | 03:18 PM
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any ideas on were to start?
 
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Old 10-13-2010 | 05:47 PM
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You have to have an overall picture of your completed bike to start with. What style of bike do you want? New school long front end fat tire chopper, old school bobber, old school bar hopper, traditional chopper, 70's style Ness show bike, etc?

Look through magazines and web sites, go to shows & meets, look around and figure out what you want, then start collecting parts. Swap meet or 1-800-build-a-bike, you can frames everywhere now.
 
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Old 10-14-2010 | 12:22 PM
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Old 10-14-2010 | 04:50 PM
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it all depends on what you want to build... what kind of bike are you doing? hell you can take a stock frame and modify it to some pretty wild stuff...
 
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Old 10-14-2010 | 08:56 PM
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There was a chopper frame on craigs list right next to me for 250. I don't plan on a build but almost bought it "just in case" since it was so cheap.
 
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Old 10-22-2010 | 05:37 PM
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I built 4 bikes and used paco for all check it out http://www.paughco.com/2008-catalog/...20Paughco.html
 
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Old 10-26-2010 | 11:54 AM
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Old 10-27-2010 | 04:55 PM
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I really miss my old 500 single enduro. and I'm thinking of V-twin power on a dirt bike.
 
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