Building a Bike Through Mikes..Question just for kicks

[engine22]

I was browsing through mikesxs again, and I couldn't help but think of a hypothetical situation:

Suppose you had a frame and that was it, and you were going to get every other part through mikesxs to build a bike from scratch. Keeping things as simple as possible, about how much do you think that would cost? I have a feeling it would be one really, really expensive bike.

I haven't done any calculations, only guesstimations. I have no intent of doing this, I just want to hear some other folk's estimates at how much this project would set you back.

What do ya'll think?

 

[650Skull]

What did your last slave die of

I supose it is one way to get your post count up

 

[engine22]

don't care much about my post count, I always do a search before posting anything to make sure I'm not asking for information that is already out there. I wasn't asking people to calculate, just throw out some numbers... I thought it would be funny and interesting to hear. I'm not trying to be demanding, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who has ever thought of this...

 

[jay760]

You couldn't do it, they don't sell casings, they only sell the 5th gear that the dogs fall off of , crankshafts, and probably a lot more without too much thought

 

[Punkskalar]

Side Covers, Transmission, Clutch basket and such, cylinder heads, crank flywheels, bearings, etc... would prevent it from happening for sure...

 

[irristeve]

once did a add up of just the engine bits,big bore kit,carbs,exausts,profance cam & all the other bits etc needed for engine was over 5k,

 

[Maddog Marty]

I've heard from reliable sources that to build a new motorcycle from the parts bin costs about 25 times the price of a new motorcycle already built. This was years and years ago when someone added up all the parts prices on some simple bike, I think it was a TS185 Suzuki Trail-Sport.