just been offered a firestorm?

[Jenks]

Heya all, my friends just offered me his VTR 1000 Firestorm.

Now as you can see, he was forced off the road the other day and went down a ditch.

He got the bike trailerd home - Bike runs fine, obviously needs a few bits sorting out. comes with a good few boxes of spares, including a frame + V5 - Even though this ones fine.

£500 - do you think i should go for it??

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[Fisty]

No adam and you know exactly why
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[Jenks]

[bazza]

I smell a rat...


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[Jenks]

[Timmeh]

Nothing a bit of gaffer and some straight bars will do.

Only thing that slightly concerns me is the serious corrosion and pitting around the fork clamps.
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[Pete.]

Looks like a POS. I wouldn't give £500 for it, more like 3.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

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[Jenks]

[Rowey]

If it runs fine, and the frame and expensive bits are ok. Sounds like a bargain.

Bin the broken plastics, get some replacement cheapies from ebay. Some street fighter bits and bobs and you'll have an amazing bike for very little.
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[Jenks]

im gonna offer 300 for all, and see if i can get it.

Does that sound about right then?
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[instigator]

He would get more than £300 for the engine and frame alone so doubt he would accept...no harm in trying though.

If you want to return it to original then no, it's not worth it - fairings for the firestorm are horrendously sought after on ebay so reach top dollar. Radiators aren't cheap either. They would be the major expense in my eyes.

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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Nah, I'd leave it personally. Looks like it was already a shed before it went in the ditch.....
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[Pete.]

Sure but as a bike, it's not looking like a viable project, not for £500 anyway.

Of course, if it was worthwhile then why isn't the guy breaking it himself? You have to sell all the parts to make your money. If you can stand the hassle of doing the work, advertising, shipping and waiting for the bits to sell to make a couple of hundred then that's fine but it can quickly become tiresome.

To put it in perspective, I turned down a taxed & tested zx12-r ratbike for £1100 last weekend. I would sooner buy that for the £1100 than the Firestorm for 5.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Gazdaman]

Rat it and sell whatever you rip off.
Be on the road for £500.50.

Gaz

[Jenks]

comments much apreciated!!

So for 500 its prolly not worth it? For £300 it is?
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[Gazdaman]

£300s a bargain if it runs and the forks and frame are straight. The running engine, and 2 frames with v5s could be sold for £500.

Gaz

[Flip]

Only worth havin if the forks and frame are sound. You'll have to have it checked to know that. £500? No chance.

[neatbik]

Well i reckon you should go for it mate, then we can do a deal on the you know what....

[Jenks]

hehe sorting
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[MarJay]

Forks aren't straight, and the lockstops will have had it and need welding. £500? He's having a giraffe.

£500 for a high miler with a cracked fairing/damaged rad maybe...

But £500 for effectively a running engine/ OK swingarm /possibly OK frame and OK rear wheel is taking the piss. With that level of damage the front wheel will probably be dinged, I can see that the forks /are/ bent, the plastics are all damaged, the exhaust looks bent into the swingarm, the VERY EXPENSIVE radiators are both fcuked, the frame isn't the right shape around the main spars near the headstock (and is very very scuffed), the frame looks odd near the footpeg hangers too (like its been filled with bodyfiller almost). The subframe doesn't look straight.

Don't touch it with a bargepole. I don't claim to have an expert eye, but if I can spot that much then I can't understand how anyone would have enough shiney bike syndrome to buy that heap.

Its only fit for the scrappy or as an engine for a project IMO.

{edit} Just to give you an idea, here are the bits that seem OK to me: Tank (I can't see it all), Rear wheel, chain, rear sprocket, footrest hangers and maybe the engine. I can't see anything else undamaged on that bike... {edit}
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[Gazdaman]

VTR go-kart.

Gaz

[Jenks]