What do you guys do with your old frames?

[ATCR250R]

haha I am curious because I have like probally 5 frames that are not really good enough for a restore job and I see frames arent really worth that much so they really wouldent be worth my time selling so what do you all do with them? Currently I am thinking of just piling them under a dirt ramp so I can jump em with my R whenever it gets running but I am not sure... lol This should make for a good topic, any ideas are welcome. :beer

[Bryan Raffa]

post them in the classifieds for free

[jason85atc250r]

haul them into a local scrap metal yard. you get $5 per 100 pounds down here.

scrong up whatever scrap metal you can find and load up your truck. i average $50 a load with my toyota

[thefox]

I have sold one for a cent on ebay and scraped another (got $2 for that one!). I have a few others that I need to clear out too.

[rugabugadouglas]

if there near iowa i would take them im always building something they would be good for pieces here and there heck i built half a go kart frame from a exersize machine

[team-red-rider]

il take any frames!!!!!!!!

[team-red-rider]

even if you just cut the head set off and ill take thhat

[200x newby]

if its an 87 200x frame ill be more than happy to take it off your hands if its not bent or welded on

[deathman53]

I give them away for free

[Louis Mielke]

Seriously, save them for guys like Jason Hall, Billy, any of us crazies who regularly cut stuff up in the persuit of building something cool. What kinda frame to you need to unload> I have plenty of storage space, I can take them off your hands and redistribute them for free.

[ATCnut]

depends if there is paperwork that goes with the frame. If there is paper, the bare frame is valuable. If there is not paperwork, then the frame is scrap for anyone that wants it.

[Huffa]

Don't ruin perfectly good frames, that's not very smart thinking to do so.

While my idea will not make sense for someone restoring one right down to 100% perfection as in having frame serial #'s match on the original "title", for most of us, it does make sense.

When your repainting a frame and like said, don't give a hoot about the serial # match, why not paint the spare up before you even start tearing your trike down, then you can start putting it somewhat back together almost immeadiatly?? Right away (well once cleaned) you can install the motor,carb,air box, brake pedal, swingarm, possibly the triple clamps, whole front end......... etc, etc.

I have a 87 125M (just got, 2 bucks) and Yamaha 225 frame and plan to do just that.

That's :crazy: crazy to scrap any ATC part unless it is total junk.

If most don't think so though, well then I'm going to keep a closer eye out for free or cheap frames, in my area that is. I would not go as far as to have one shipped but even if it's a bit of a drive, I might still take it.

I guess if you don't have the room and did make an effort to give it a way and just can't find anyone that wants one, then I understand to scrap it but to immeadiatly think SCRAP with out trying to help someone else out, naaaah, that's not my way of thinking at all.

ATCR 250R .......Are yours bent or rusted out that they are not up to snuff to repaint and use? What model frames are they?

[Meat-BoX]

I thought they all ended up at Howdys Place. Guess I was wrong.:D

[Jason Hall]

Save Em for me, I use the bent or rusted frames when modifying stuff. If you don't have any use for them, then bring them to trikfest & give Em to us crazies. I need a good 350x frame to put my Honda NX 250 engine In. It wont fit In my 200x like I wanted, the carb Is to high & It wont clear the frame.

[scooterroo]

what kind of frames are they first off? any t3 frames? i might be interested in one if yah got one and its straight and not welded anywheres. could always use another frame for one of the projects i have rolling around in my head.

[dgould]

I've got a good 200es frame that I can't seem to give away also. Hate to scrap it but for some reason the wife wants to park her car in the garage.

[Huffa]

I've got a good 200es frame that I can't seem to give away also. Hate to scrap it but for some reason the wife wants to park her car in the garage.

Now that dude was :lol: :lol: FUNNNNNY!

Try putting it (that you have a free frame) in bold in your signiture for a while, that may help you get rid of it.

[4cylinders]

hey, I've been known to haul off anything like that, too bad I'm in new mexico. go ahead make my day, ship them all to me for christmas!!

[trikes4life]

i just bought 3 200s and a 83 200 frame for like 20, the 83 had a complete front , i am going to put it on my 82 200. IF anyone wants the 200s frames and the 83 200, there here for the takeing. just hit me up...

[Howdy]

I thought they all ended up at Howdys Place. Guess I was wrong.:D

With the pile we have you could asume that. Only the good ones are saved, the others are scrapped.
Howdy

[deathman53]

I have a 350x frame, that has the left side, foot peg mounts rusted out, if anyone lives by me and wants it.

[SYKO]

well I just sold a tri-z frame on ebay for $10 that I tried to give away

[p26575r16]

I just bought an '86 350x frame off of ebay for $.99, cost $55 to ship it though. I would keep any old frame, even if it was in a pile outside. You never know when you may need one or a piece of one.

[ATCR250R]

I got like 3 or 4 200x frames and a early r frame but they arent really good enough for a full restore job, maybe one of the X ones is and thats it....

[Dirtcrasher]

Usually after trikes, bikes or quads get parted out the seller has made there money and all thats left is the frame which usually costs at least 50$ to ship. Noone seems to buy them unless they are in absolute immediate need of one.

Some frames are desired, if it's the right time. I have a legitimate 2000 Banshee frame in great shape that I haven't sold yet. It's big and long, real long and I know it will cost me at least 80$ to ship it. Those quads are so damn fast and get moshed alot, sooner or later I'll get the 200$ I'm asking for it. If I don't, I'll lower the price a bit more.

Some people will buy a nice spare frame so they can powdercoat it and then just swap the parts, or just to modify it. It's the shipping everyone hates paying for. Offer to ship it for less money (like 25$) and just ask another 20$ for the frame and for some strange reason people me be more willing to buy it...