Breaking a bike

[Bubbs]

Just wondering whether it's worth the hastle. I have an SV650S (curvey) and I'm going to have to sell it soon, but the bike has one or two issues that can be quite easily sorted, and it has run fine everyday since i've had it.

However I feel I wouldn't get much more than £1k for it. Only problems are scratches on the fairings, needs a new throttle cable, and the undertray is a bit dodgy but have a spare. Also the kill switch in the clutch has broken and been bypassed, which I think its actually better.

The Bike:
- Two fairly new Pilot Road 2's (tons of tread left)
- Givi Box 47ltr (less than 6months old)
- Half decent end can (Sounds lovely)
- 16,000 miles
- Starts first time every time without fail
- Stored in garage ever since i've had it.

So people of bikechat what do you think I should do? Break the bike and sell everything individually or sell the bike as it is.

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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Investigate the price you can get for various bits and see if it's worth more in spares, or as a whole.

To be fair you're quite lucky it's an SV as plenty of the bits will still be in demand for minitwin racing.

Wheels and disks must be a couple of hundred the pair.
Engine maybe three hundred.
Frame maybe three to four hundred.
Forks worth something.
Probably get fifty pounds the pair for the tyres.
Plastics are usually worth something.



You'll need to do some research and see.

I'd use forums to advertise if you can to try and avoid ebay fees as much as possible.
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[Bubbs]

[Groove]

Ill give you £800 for it.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Groove]

£802
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[Bubbs]

[The Original Muzza]

£802.50, a button and a half used tube of Savlon.
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[Bubbs]

[Groove]

£804.99, 3 non-matching buttons and 1 pack of smarties.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Bubbs]

[Groove]

[Polarbear]

a mate who had a total scrote of an 750 Virago that ran, just, and had no mot etc. I wouldn't have given 250 for it but he stripped it and got well over £800 for the bits on ebay.

Saying that, I would guess £1000 is abot the cut off point where its touch and go whether you will make more in one piece or in bits.
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[Groove]

Im breaking a J1 ZX6r and should get around the 2k figure when completed. Got 1400 ish so far and still ahve a few hundred quids worth on ebay + good engine, carbs, loom, swingarm, frame etc.

I was lucky though as this wasnt my first plan and the bike did come with a few tarty bits which sold for over £700
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

I'm tempted to get into this bike breaking lark.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Groove]

[ram_doom]

Problem is you'll always have shitty bits that nobody will ever need lying around. But then, you could possibly sell these in a joblot of vaguely described tat thats what they do on ebay anyway.
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[Bubbs]

Well as long as I can get some cash for it then I'll be happy.

If you had a bike with no service history would buyers avoid it like the plague?

Even though it runs fine?
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[Bubbs]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]