18-03-13, 01:17 PM
(17-03-13, 10:41 PM)simonm link Wrote: It went for £1651 which, I think, is hopefully more than it'll cost to get mine sorted.
In addition. It was in Devon which is half the country away from me
And my one has a belly pan, stainless steel down pipes etc.
I dunno, you may be right, you may be wrong but you roll the dice and take your chances huh :b
It went for £1,650?? Well that is why it caught my eye at £1,350. It would have beed a good investment money wise.
On the other hand, if I bought your bike it wouldn't be a bargain or good investment IMO. I would need a front tyre asap or risk the bike getting totalled. Now i'm up to £1,050.
Next on the "asap list" is that it's obvious that I have camchain problems. Do I risk driving it and having a engine destruction, or have it checked out?? To actually physically see that all is ok, then I need to whip out the tensioner and see were the camchain is on the notches on it. That is a carbs off jobbie. If I can't do it myself, then that is another £100 for 2-3 hours labour in a garage. Outlay now is up to £1,150. If it need a camchain, that another £150 for parts and additional labour. They might even insist that you get a gasket for the cam cover like my guy did. Now the outlay is up to the £1,300. And my bike is still only worth £950 were as if that other bike was £1,350...then I would have bought that bike with a better return for my investment. I only speak from making that blunder myself and having the experience myself of having to pump dead money into what I thought was a "bargain" at the time. No offence is intended. This post might be of help to others if not to you.
That other bike has a bellypan too...dunno were you are coming with that statement. And do you think that stainless pipes is s good thing?? Not quite. Ok, it will allow you to neglect your pipes going forward without the risk of rotting. But the mere fact that they are on the bike in the first place with the original can, will tell a more shrewd buyer than me a sort of a story. And that story being that the originals rotted with NEGLECT. A look at the other dudes pipes (mint after 12 years) confirms he hasn't treated his bike with NEGLECT. So your pipes are actually a negative in a sale rather than a positive over the other guys mint originals.
If you can do all the work yourself, then you bike will be a fairly decent buy IMO. But if you are paying for engine work, then you may not have bought the bargain that you thought. That was my experience with my own bike so again no offence intended....just sharing my experiences.