We just create our own VIN # to register. Never done it, but can’t be that hard. I’ll look into it.
Could you imagine the amount of classes and honorariums that could be generated from a ground up build. I think I’ve seen jigs and calcs out there for free to build your own fixturing for a frame. Bike is one of the relatively easy things to build too.
Let’s say get as many members interested in a build and create teams around each piece. We could scrounge for parts and donations and then use the honorariums and donations to buy the material for the next project.
How kick ass would it be to get wheel blanks and mill out some bad ass wheel design with the HAAS?
Create a goal of getting it done in a year or less. Who knows in auction, how much we might get?
In my mind though, it would need to be an awesome machine … not a day of the dead type (though I have no problem with that).
Think we could get 10 committed builders to go for it?