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Tierbirdy Spanner Monkey
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Posted: 23:11 - 12 Mar 2018 Post subject: Is breaking for parts actually worth it? |
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So my Bandit has been off the road for coming up to 6 months now, I've well and truly lost my rag with it, and its neverending myriad of electrical gremlins due to previous owners being fuckwits and doing shit jobs of adding and removing bits of wiring, chopping alarms in and out etc. The alternator & reg/rec is fucked, there's a mysterious problem in the aux circuit somewhere, it keeps blowing fuses, I don't even know if I've fixed the original problem of it dying in the rain, the battery is fucked after being flat for months and I just cant be fucked with it anymore.
So fuck that, I'm gonna buy a brand new shiny MT09 instead.
Which leads me to my next point, what do I do with the Bandit?
It starts (as long as you jump start it) and runs ok, it just keeps blowing fuses, wont charge the battery and (might) die in the rain. So as far as I can see my choices are:
-Fix it, flog it. Far too much effort, if Im gonna fix it I may as well keep it.
-Flog it as-is "spares/repairs" - will probably get about £3.80 and a pack of polos for it.
-Break it into parts and flog them.
On the basis Id probably get significantly more money for breaking it, Im tempted. But I'm also concerned I'll sell about 4 bits on eBay and then be left with a garage full of various bandit bits that take the next 3 years to eventually sell off and still end up with a few random parts that never sell.
So what's peoples' experience of breaking vehicles, is it actually worth doing? Do people snap up parts for common bikes like this? Or should I just fuck it all off and put the whole bike on eBay for 99p no reserve?
Also considering torching it and claiming insurance. Just for the satisfaction of seeing it burn after it left me stranded at the side of the M3 for hours in a monsoon. |
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Breaking is a funny game. I broke a Virago for a mate. Other than the engine and frame the thing that made the most was the original chrome horn.
You should make more. It will be a pain in the arse. You WILL end up with a pile of parts you can't shift.
IMO it's do you really need that money. If you do, break it. If you don't, spares or repair. 99p start. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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I'd rather dangle my sporran in a dogfighting pit than deal with multiple eBay buyers. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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I think effort spent in breaking a bike depends on the value of the parts. Something as common as a Bandit won't fetch mega money, something rare and in demand, such as old strokers or 90's sportsbikes, can be worth many, many times more than the whole bike if broken.
As an example, I've been looking for a fuel pump assembly for YZF750. The only unit available was from a breakers and £130 plus postage.
TDR250 second hand indicators will be sell for £25-30 each. They're actually the same square style indicators used on loads of other Yams from the late 80's. The same DT125R indicator will fetch £5-10 each second hand. Some of the bits for LC's are extortionate. ____________________ TZR250 2MA road, TZR250 1KT road, TZR250 2MA race, TDR250, YZF-750R Boost colours.
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Quote: | Is breaking for parts actually worth it? |
Yes, if you have the time and space.
Time? Unless you want to be ''losing'' money, you will have to wait for the right buyer.
Space? Well, no need for an explanation there.
I sold various machinery and even computers for parts. Sometimes it takes a long time to sell all the bits, but in the end it always earns significantly more money than selling it as a whole thing.
Bandit? Without doing any research (can't be bothered), the wheels and brakes fit all sorts of Suzuki and Kawasaki motorcycles. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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Remove the mudguards and airbox, fit a cheap set of fork gaiters and pod filters and drop the forks about 3" through the yokes so they bottom out at full compression. Put it on ebay as "bobber project, 95% complete, just needs a little work for MOT". Start the bidding at £1500. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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Posted: 12:41 - 13 Mar 2018 Post subject: |
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That'll never sell. Not without binning the seat and cable-tying on a piece of thin black vinyl stapled to two layers of camping mat foam. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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TheMadRatter Scooby Slapper
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Posted: 13:09 - 13 Mar 2018 Post subject: |
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I've a LOT of bike parts left over from bikes that I've broken for parts before.
Y'end up with a lot of bits that no-one wants. If you've got the time, and don't need the mony, or it gone quick, then break it. Otherwise - if it's all together I'd sell or keep it as a project.
What people are saying about space is right - I've two workshops and a shed. I get to use half of one of my workshops ____________________ TheMadRatter | Lurch .:. Afghan Heroes ✓, RTWR ?,Rainpal ?
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Ste Not Work Safe
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Posted: 13:18 - 13 Mar 2018 Post subject: |
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Breaking it for parts could be worth it if you knew which electrical parts are working and which are fubar.
As such, I'd say your Bandit is probably best sold as a whole bike.
Be brutally honest in the for sale ad / eBay description. The first paragraph in your post is quite good.
"my Bandit has been off the road for coming up to 6 months now, I've well and truly lost my rag with it, and its neverending myriad of electrical gremlins due to previous owners being fuckwits and doing shit jobs of adding and removing bits of wiring, chopping alarms in and out etc. The alternator & reg/rec is fucked, there's a mysterious problem in the aux circuit somewhere, it keeps blowing fuses, I don't even know if I've fixed the original problem of it dying in the rain, the battery is fucked after being flat for months and I just cant be fucked with it anymore. "
Everything else is up to the buyer to work out, if you could answer all their questions then you wouldn't be selling it as a project bike.
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Posted: 14:25 - 13 Mar 2018 Post subject: |
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Ste wrote: | probably best sold as a whole bike | Just to add, I had a very similar situation with my mark 1 Bandit. It wouldn't run right, it had been chopped about but was otherwise in average nick. I put it on Gumtree for £450. The same day, a chap came to look at it and bought it, even though when we tried to start it, it wouldn't start but he bought it anyway. At the end of the day, it's what your time and effort is worth ____________________ Current: 2009 SV650 S, 1990 Kawasaki GT550
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Old Thread Alert!
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