wild foamy Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Hi everyone, i've been thinking a lot recently about the values of broken/neglected motorcycles, the cost of repairing them, and then the cost of selling them on as fixed/tlc'd motorcycles, and from what i can see unless its an RD or ultra-rare race rep collectable there isn't a lot in it. my XJ turbo for example, i have probably spent about the same amount of money buying parts from overseas, sundries e.t.c than it would have cost me to buy a restored example over here, so i then began thinking is it likely to be more cost effective to break certain bikes? if so what bikes would be best to break? for example, i have been offered £500 for my XJ600 in its current state, but if i was to take it to pieces and sell off the engine, forks, fairings e.t.c i may just be able to make £500 out of it, Fireblades on the other hand are very popular with a high demand for spares, engines selling for a couple of hundred quid, wheels up the ying-yang, what sort of profit margins would i be looking for and what sort of bikes are most popular? just a'ponderin'... Foameh x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Yeh foamy " its all about demand, certain bikes [ Z900, Rd400"s, LC350 ] parts price are ridiculous, it depends on the models following,[ saught after] .. Watch ebay, save the search, and see what prices are being paid , for you said model , then decide ,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild foamy Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 a lot of the trouble is finding a donor bike of said model (RD400 e.t.c) without paying through the ass that still has the valueable stuff left on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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