Smashed bike conundrum

[Stenno]

Really can't work out what to do with my SV.

It's a K5 black pointy however having had a recent low side I'm faced with a bike with 33K on the clock, dented tank, radiator, damaged exhaust, rear brake lever, and the front cowling is fubar.

I want to replace the bike as I'm no longer in love with it so...

Do I sell it as is? Do people buy battered bikes?

Or should I repair it and sell it? (I fear that being more work/cost than it's worth?)

Thanks for the advice!

[454697819]

50p and a curly wurly :-)

[hindle8907]

I think it would be more economical to break it or try and get best price as it is.

[Stenno]

Yeah I might just stick it on fleabay as I don't have the space to break it down.

Nitron shock alone must be worth more than 50p and a curly wurly ;)

[Messie]

Moved to Bike Talk

[joshwalker094]

£100 and used condom that someone has left on the field hahaha

[Fallout]

I think you'll find:
(1) the best money is in breaking it, but that'll take effort, not only to break but packaging stuff up, all the fleabay auctions and trips to the PO etc.
(2) After that I think fixing it up with scrappy parts would give you the best return, but again this will take time ... lots of weeks waiting for the right parts of the right colour to turn up.
(3) Selling is as a project will be the least economical. The person who buys that sort of bike will most likely be the sort to fix it up and sell it on (see 2) so will pay accordingly. They may be the sort to buy it as a second project bike, but again, they'll want it at a silly bargain to make it worth it.

It's all about effort to expenditure ratio mate. Personally I'd consider 2 if I could source most of the parts now.

[Runako]

I think you should first decide what bike you want to replace it with and come up with a sensible budget. Then give it 6 months.

In the meantime, you can do a series of vlogs about stripping the bike down, working out how it all works and goes back together once you get the parts. I imagine quite a few of your subs will find that interesting.

Then you set yourself the challenge of getting it back on the road spending as little as possible and using all sorts of creative solutions.

6 months up? Then sell it.

[DJ123]

Its a crap time of year to sell a bike, you've got about 2/3 months until the spring/summer starts. Plenty of time to repair it and sell it. Make it a naked model, shouldn't cost a bomb (bar the naked yoke)

[Stenno]

Cheers guys.

I take a top yoke for a naked bandit won't suffice? Haven't seen any yokes for a pointy on eBay :(

I have to play the waiting game I guess.

[Pete7]

Saw some forks with mounts yesterday, but can't remember which model they were for. Try a search on forks.

Pete

[Owenski]

Top yokes for a naked are like rocking horse ****, expect to pay a fortune through ebay for one. If one pops up off the seller £75+ in order to secure it, they bid up early.

Nothing to stop you converting it into a naked but keeping the clip ons.
http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/4316/shortclear4.jpg

Makes it much much much cheaper.

All you'll need to buy would be the headlight and brackets:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-SV650-SV-650-04-Headlight-Mounting-Brackets-/181007254435?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item2a24df83a3

and

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Crystal-clear-headlight-for-Suzuki-SV650-SV1000-SV-650-1000-/350538697697?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item519dbc0be1

That would mean you get to keep all the cables and switch gear as it is on the faired version.
The only bit of "modification" you'll need to do is stripping back part of the sleeve from the headlight loom so that you can hide it all in the back of the headlight unit.

[Owenski]

Oh you'll want the black plastic and silver trim from the back of the clocks too, that's where on that spreadsheet I sent you yesterday I found it easier to buy a set of naked clocks, strip off all the stuff added to the naked model clocks and sell on the standard clock unit.

[yorkie_chris]

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/4316/shortclear4.jpg

Makes it much much much cheaper.


[pedant]
That's still a naked just with clubman bars

[Owenski]

I could see they were not clip ons, didn't know they were clubmans but it illustrated the point suitably.

How about these? Naked SV with clip ons;
http://garage208.com/fotm/oct2010/9.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3470/3355050505_2df08b62b6_o.jpg

on a gsxr front end:
http://www.nestreetriders.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=1126

http://image.sportrider.com/f/28183780+w750+st0/146_1004_22_o+2005_suzuki_sv1000s+right_side_view. jpg

[Nobbylad]

If you're prepared to wait a month or so I'll have a complete set of fairings that have been repaired and repainted. Also have a front subframe and headlights if they're any use?