Agreed. But I'm so effing sick of those ridiculous mail order hard tail choppers with the 300 rear tires, a nice simple recycle job makes me smile. Saw a real nice example downtown last month, cool little 50's style bobber made out of a late 70's Yammie XS650.
Check this bad boy out...
http://xs650parts.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/xs650.jpg...not exactly a simple job, and probably cost more than a new 650, but it's definitely not cookie cutter.