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[KINGpimp]

I have a guy here local that has a frame with front wheels a-arms and everyrhing to assemble them. No carrier or swing arm or rear axel. I can get it at a resonable price. But what shohld I pay attention to and what am I lloking at to make it a running shee?

[Jereme6655]

a title for starters. after that....cracks, or bends in the frame, broken welds, tweaked a-arms, bad ball-joints and tie rods and bushings. 

[Starwriter]

I have a guy here local that has a frame with front wheels a-arms and everyrhing to assemble them. No carrier or swing arm or rear axel. I can get it at a resonable price. But what shohld I pay attention to and what am I lloking at to make it a running shee?

 

About $2500

[KINGpimp]

Pretty sure he saod no title

[m671054]

X2 on the 2500. waste of time to start from just a frame. cheaper to buy a runner.

[2strokeshees]

If you can get pictures post them up, quite a few on here can pick things out.

[joshb]

Where do you live and ride? Title might not be an issue.

[KINGpimp]

Im in kentucky. Pretry sure they dont force thw issue here

[KINGpimp]

Yea but I honestly wantwd to take the time to work on this little by little and build something bad ass to be honest.. just wanted a hobby and try to learn the art of building from ground up. Cant take the money with ya. I guess every check I will be buying something maybe. I already have one that runs. But inpaid someone to build it. So now i wanna learn...if ya know what I mean.

[Starwriter]

Oh, you want a bad ass shee? That's gonna be about $4500. It'll take $2500 just to make a soso running shee. Still much cheaper to buy someone else's money pit, even if it's not set up the way you want.

[joshb]

If nothing else buy the big components used that are like new. You will be way cheaper off that way. Kind of like I did. I bought the big ticket items I wanted just at a way discounted price. Just pick out everything you want and make it the way you want it .

[robert0762]

much easier to by a whole bike that way you have all the small stuff . ie nut bolts brackets  that stuff reall adds up buying seperatley  

[joshb]

Yea but if he wants to build it up and have that satisfaction it's ok. Also if he has the time for it. To explain what I meant a little more. You could buy a complete set of wheels and tires you like. Find a good motor that was just re done ( provided they have pictures or you know for a fact it was done by someone reputable). I'm sure you could get motor,carbs, pipes, electrical for somewhere in the range of 2500-3k. Then get whatever a-arms,swinger,etc that YOU like and the colors you want.

[joshb]

You can buy complete bolt kits for a banshee so that should be no problem. I've seen several sets of motor mounts around. I for one got tired of seeing banshees with some stuff I wanted and some stuff I didn't. So I just bought good used quality stuff, did some things myself and I'm still very low $$ wise into this build .

[KINGpimp]

Yea just a small time hobby. Im not wanting results the next day. Heck I k ow im.gonna make mistakes. Like I said just wanting to learn. Jusr curious of people that have done it and how they have liked it and just pros and cons of it