Buell

[hacksaw]

  Black is the ugliest Buell but as prices plummet for these ,
They make  great donors for chopping.
Somebody used to make a “chopper style” frame for these .
As Buell went belly up I guess the demand died for chop Buells. But I bet I top craftsmen could use the stock Buell neck and motor carriage to turn out a chopper frame .
Imagine the Buell motor , front end and wheels wiukd be pretty slick . Slice a softail on it! Lol!
Stuff like this and slender blondes makes me wish I was younger. Lol,

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[Fatfatboy]

There is still several custom shops making the frames. Led Sled, Bitter End, L and L choppers as well as Voodoo Vintage who makes a frame less head stock so you can weld the Buell head on and retain the VIN. No messing around with Da Man there.

I don't know of a softail version but there are softail frames for sportster motors that I'm sure could be made to except the Buell plant i ones back or backside would require some spring in the back.
Personally a rigid would be first choice. Just a much cleaner look and more true to the breed.

[oldironnow]

That's a good idea!

It gets you into your desired Sportster date range, at least regarding the engine.
And it's not a hard-mount frame, but at least the isolastic mounts come with a lighter frame - which you're going to chop anyway.

I say go for it.

[motogrady]

Man I had a guy offer me a buell rolling frame for free awhile back.
Told me it had everything but the motor.
Was so busy I forgot all about it.

[hacksaw]

Free w/ title ?

[motogrady]

Title I don’t know.
It never got that far.

[hacksaw]

As to led sled . The guy whom chopped  our bsa frame was given a ledsled rigid sporty frame to fix for a customer. He told me the frame was so far out that building a new frame would have been easier .
These other shops , idk . But I do suspect they are made for sportster donor bikes and would require  some mods for Buell.
A frame made specific for Buell should have Buell motor mounts and would fit stock  Buell stuff such as front end and wheels .