70 Sportster frame..

Do with it what you want. My only advice is.... 45 flatty's use to be cheap, solo frames, servi frames, motors and trans'. Guys would give the stuff away 20 years ago. I picked up a running motor (1939 wl) about 18 months ago for $1000. I was just looking on ebay at motors and see them selling for 2-3 grand as runners. Solo frames 2-3 years ago in my area were selling for 300 all day at swap meets. The least expensive I've seen as of recent was 700. I have a hacked up 1971 sporty but I bought it already hacked. I have a hacked 1967 bsa but I kept the origional frame and front end (and odds and ends) incase I ever want to go back to origional.... At swap meets you can find old sporty frame already chopped for 2-300 pretty frequently.

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kickstarts said:

And how many 45 frames do you see for sale that aren't sporting the classic "re-bar arc weld neck rake" or every tab hacked off? The premium price for unmolested 900 frames has already started. Even in this shit economy, the prices are starting to get scary. I'm sure back in the day people had the same attitude with all those first year Knuckle frames too and that plan worked out pretty good.

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That is exactly my point. What guys use to think were "cheap parts" like the 45's are now sky rocketing, my advice to the OP is leave that frame stock and find one already chopped up. It is going to happen, even Ironhead parts are going to jump in price. The more stuff gets cut up destroyed or tossed out, the origional stuff if going to get more and more expensive....