Originally Posted by Booger1

1978 Custom made Shogun touring bike.....Triple butted splined 531 frame,combo of 600 and SR parts....$500 1978 dollars......cost more than a Schwinn Paramount....and about 10 times what a Varsity was back then.

Best money I ever spent on bicycle anything.....Pro-rated over 35 years and a few 100,000 miles....CHEAP!

It would cost more to make the frame today,than a complete LHT cost to buy.