Wow.. great price.. I don't care if its in 100 pieces.. putting it together can be half the fun.. like legos as a child..

 

+1 on a running bike. Here's a couple of links to how someone who used to come here did it. These prices are before to economy went to crap.

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/1848101-post4.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/3148527-post33.html

 

Ya, where's he been at....Haven't seen him on here in a while. Oh, and I been thinking about this same project too, but with a salvage bagger.

 

I keep thinking of getting a bigger bike.. but I just love my sportster too much to waste my money on anything else..

 

I'm looking at the salvage bagger option because my GF always wants to ride, so the bagger would be for the 2-up, and then I could chop & switch my sporty back to a solo ride. I don't plan on ever getting rid of the sporty.

 

craigslist, man.

some people are just giving their bikes away.

 

I'll figure out what im going to do.. thanks everyone for your input.. I'll let you know what I find..

 

I know some independants around here know of or have posted in their shops projects people have gotten started and can't finish for some reason. They are usually looking to get out from underneath them and will entertain reasonable offers.

 

I appreciate the suggestion and will keep that in mind.. I would really like to keep it a local as possible to keep down on cost of shipping.. I'm basically looking for a project that will take a year or two at the most and trying to keep it under 4-5k but the least expensive the better.. considering as of right this min.. because of Christmas.. (and my kids come first).. my budget is about $30 a piece of dental floss and some pocket lint... Thats why I thought something older that needed a little work and TLC would be a good starting point.. and the main objective is to do as much of it by myself as possible.. I would really like to find someone that has an old 70 or 80s model sportster sitting in a garage collecting dust taking up space.. or even in pieces collecting dust and taking up space.. Its one of those things that I know its out there I just have to keep looking.. and its not going to fall in my lap tonight..

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1975-...item20aea2bdef
I found this whilke shopping flebay tonight.