Possibly buying a CG, needs mechanical (gearbox) help

[Thom]

A mate of mine is selling her 1988/89 CG.

She says it starts up and "Sounds Lush!" but it won't go into gear.

Now it's been stood a canny while but im wondering what could possibly be wrong. it could be as simple as the clutch is adjusted way too tight so the clutch is always in, or it could be a bit more complicated.

Having never had an entire gearbox or engine out of a bike im not sure but what i'd like to know is if the bikes in good nick, reckon it would be worth £150?

My plans to sell it on after doing it up, hoepfully to make a small profit but im unsure it'd be worth it.
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Current Bike: 1996 Yamaha TRX850 (The Japanese-Ducati One).
Previous Bikes: 1990 Honda NSR125 'Rothmans' (The smoking one), 1990 Suzuki GS500e 'Caf? fighter' (The loud one), 1987 Kawasaki GPX400r (The quick one), 1997 XJ600s Diversion (The reliable one), 2000 Kawasaki ER-5 (The spontaneously combustive one)

[finpos]

Unless you know what's wrong it, it should have scrap value. It never ceases to amaze me how much money people expect for stuff that is fundamentally broken.

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[Thom]

aye thats a worry of mine, and with the seller being a very good mate of mine i don't wanna rip her off.

might just go have a gander!
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Current Bike: 1996 Yamaha TRX850 (The Japanese-Ducati One).
Previous Bikes: 1990 Honda NSR125 'Rothmans' (The smoking one), 1990 Suzuki GS500e 'Caf? fighter' (The loud one), 1987 Kawasaki GPX400r (The quick one), 1997 XJ600s Diversion (The reliable one), 2000 Kawasaki ER-5 (The spontaneously combustive one)

[virus]

You can get more than that in parts for a decent cg, and to be honest even if its broken beyond repair, you can get a new engine in for £100 and get it sorted. a tax and tested CG is easily worth 300-500 pounds if not more, depending on condition.


Cheers
John
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own: 81 xs1100g...
owned: 85 rat CG (sold), 91 GS500e (stolen), 84 gsx400f (scrapped), 81 z250 (siezed, siezed, scrapped), 83 cb250rs (sold), 84 gpz750r ratfighter (killed) 84gpz400 (sold), '80 cb650 ratfighter (wrote off) 95gsx6/12f ratfighter (killed) 91 xj900 (sold)
stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.