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WisconsinJohn
04-25-2010, 10:06 PM
Really? And to think I was going to spend a hundo on a frame!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NOS-HONDA-1981-ATC185-ATC-185-FRAME-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem2ea968bd0cQQitemZ20041 0709260QQptZMotorsQ5fATVQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_ 648wt_732
hang&rattle
04-26-2010, 12:21 AM
Let me get out my checkbook! I really wonder sometimes. We all love three-wheelers, but these scum that just strip trikes for profit & try to take advantage of the availability........people still get lynched in Montana.
SeaBass8
04-26-2010, 03:25 PM
Where is it your gonna buy a NEW frame for 100$'s?
Billy Golightly
04-26-2010, 03:35 PM
Wow, an NOS frame, that is crazy.
hang&rattle
04-26-2010, 03:44 PM
I understand what you're sayin' SeaBass, but to charge someone that kind of money? What I'm sayin' is a fella who makes a livin' restoring trikes etc., and to Highball a part? I wonder if who is selling the frame enjoys 3-wheelers, or is just a profiteer preying on folks keeping a part of cycle history alive. Folks involved in three wheelers help each other out from what little I've seen, this just seems more 'taking advantage.'
oldskool83
04-26-2010, 03:57 PM
i gave away a frame for free buyer only had to pay shipping...
Billy Golightly
04-26-2010, 04:08 PM
Honestly to me the only person that part is going to appeal to is the hardcore restoration expert or a collector. Everyone else will use a pre-existing frame, strip it and powdercoat it and be done for 1/4 of the price. For the market that part is targetting, it seems a bit high, but not THAT out of bounds. We're in a world where NOS fenders and plastics go for thousands. Anything that is new old stock automatically means big money IMO.
code200k
04-26-2010, 08:37 PM
who is to say its not just a re painted frame? whats up with the new in box? lol
WisconsinJohn
04-26-2010, 09:49 PM
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Where is it your gonna buy a NEW frame for 100$'s?"

No, definately not a new $100 frame...that's just the market for used and abused frames on e gay. I was amazed yet weary of the "nos" frame. If it's truely nos, that's cool, but a little pricey I'd say. Maybe someone REALLY wants it for that.