Good bike gone bad

Mr.Toad

Senior Retro Guru
Very tempted to take pity on this poor bike. It's for sale semi-locally.

Seller mentioned the Titanium frame, looks to have a ti stem as well. Could it be a Kona or Litespeed? I can't quite tell.

Anybody recognize the frame?
 

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If it is thin wall titanium I would be concerned that the motor and the mounts had damaged the frame. Geometry looks a little odd, maybe because it's a very large size?
 
Seems like a terrible idea in every way, certainly offends my sensibilities as a cyclist and bike lover.

Looking closer, it might also have a Ti seatpost?
 
It looks like a Litespeed stem, however need closeups of the dropout welds. Unfortunately also suspect damaged frame tubes from the engine mounts, and kickstand. What dumb a-- would use a nice frame for a motorbike?????
 
seatpost and stem does look ti, and maybe even the handlebar. also is the headtube oversized 1-1/4", looks much larger diameter compared the rest of the tubing.

if cheap enough, i'd say have look at possibly rescuing it, if nothing else for the parts. ;)
 
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