Fixing a bike on a salvage title

[ruthabagah]

Anybody here ever tried that? I have friend who just "wrecked" (his term) a recent bike. What i see is "damage" and I may be able to fix it. Now the insurance is going to cover him and take the bike but they will let me buy it (long story).

The damages are:

Fork
Front wheel
The tree thing
A little bit of front fairing

It's a ducati monster, 2010, with low mileage, I count 2000$ for the parts, 1000$ for the bike.

Let me know what you think.

[sniper7]

If you are looking at reselling it, 95% of the people who see the ad be it on craigslist or ebay are going to immediately stop looking at it.

just my .02, but if you are going to keep it and enjoy the bike, then go for it

[SideShow Bob]

Not worth the time once a salvage title always a salvage title. Unless you replace the serial numbered part, I don't know if CO. Goes by frame number or engine number. Either way you are adding big bucks to the cost.
Now as a parts bike it may be worth 1K.

[clublights]

what the others have said plus make sure the frame is TRUE...

it could be outta whack .

[BUC303]

If you are looking at reselling it, 95% of the people who see the ad be it on craigslist or ebay are going to immediately stop looking at it.

just my .02, but if you are going to keep it and enjoy the bike, then go for it

+1
Sounds like he ran it into something and fairly hard if he damaged the tripple trees as well. Look at the neck real well make sure he didnt actually damage the frame. I bought an old bike once with plans of restoring it and found out the hard way most of the way through the restoration that it had a slight tweak in the frame. Not visibly noticable but extremely noticable while riding. Ended up picking up another frame on ebay and starting the process over again

[ruthabagah]

Thanks for the info! Keep it coming.

It's not an investment, just an expensive hobby for next winter for a bike I could use to go around for cheap.

[clublights]

thought of something else too ..

I'm pretty sure the motor is stress mounted in those monsters.

it makes up part of the frame and could have weakened cases if the wreak was bad enough..


and curiosity has me

What did he hit going about how fast ?

[Zundfolge]

Before you do anything, make 100% sure the bike's frame isn't stolen.

A friend of mine built a chopper out of a Harley frame he dug out of a salvage yard, when he went to tag it (after finishing it) he found out the VIN number came up as stolen. So it took him a year and a half of wrangling with the state and his attorney wrangling with the state just to keep it.

[spyder]

If it is for you and not for sale, do it, it's not hard to do and will be a very cheap way to get that bike. By all means, if you don't want to, let me know where it is.....

[Tinelement]

I'm gonna go a little bit against the grain here.

I personally have no idea what this bike is worth. IF, it is something you want and know you can fix it and be in it for a good price, do it. If you hate tinkering and wanna turn a profit, don't do it!

You say you can be in it for 3k. If you buy it and fix it for that and have a great time with it for a few yrs, and lose half of it in a sale because of the slavage title?? Is it worth it for you.

No worse than gambling your your cash in the market right now! And you don't get the wind in your hair and bugs in your teeth doing that!!

Just my $.02