View Full Version : what to do with my old sv?
kwak zzr
22-11-06, 02:23 PM
its just sitting in the garage doing nowt :?
my solicitor said i can sell it as salvage but theres not that much wrong with it really.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k120/kwak-zzr/svnaked.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k120/kwak-zzr/svnaked1.jpg
SoulKiss
22-11-06, 02:37 PM
Do it up over the winter from fleabay parts ?
Or break her down and fleabay the parts yourself?
Or call it "Bike Meets Van" and call it a piece of performance art, sell it for millions (I will let you use the GIMPed image of the van door for a percentage :) )
David
EDIT: oops just noticed this is a poll. :)
Breaking it would be the sensible one as whenever you would have to sell it (as is or repaired) you would need to declare it as having been written off which in turn could be problematic for insurance. This is assuming that they are writing it off.
Keep it as a standard of shineyness(sp) too which your sv1000 and everyone elses bike should maintain theirs too :lol:
kwak zzr
22-11-06, 02:47 PM
if the insurance dont payout i stand to be 3k out of pocket so i could really do with breaking it.
Sell it to TSM. It looks the same and it'll run better than his current one :lol:
fix her up over the winter :wink:
gettin2dizzy
22-11-06, 03:28 PM
keep the clip ons and turn it in to an cafe racer! it looks pretty good already :D
Alpinestarhero
22-11-06, 03:35 PM
es it have any bends in the forks and/or frame? Looks like the Right Hand Side fork (if veiwing from the front) may be a little bent?
If there's nothing serious, get it fixed i say. Maybe it can be used as a track bike?
Matt
gettin2dizzy
22-11-06, 03:36 PM
how much do you want for it? i'll give you the £500!
Fighter it with some Renthal bars and a headlight.
Or track it
fizzwheel
22-11-06, 04:19 PM
Have you got any spare cash ?
GSXR Front end conversion, race plastics, you have yourself a bitchin track bike IMHO.
Depends on the state of the frame though. I bet with some shopping around over a few months you could find what you need cheaply enough.
Sell it to TSM. It looks the same and it'll run better than his current one :lol:
Would too. :roll:
kwak zzr
22-11-06, 04:28 PM
forks are a little bent but that's about it, the rests cosmetic.
So you liked your original bike, and you can repair it fairly easily, and you have a spare in the garage. So you bought a thou? :?
I would have just repaired it and saved the cash.
What write-off category did it get? If it is a D then it is worth your while fixing it up and then selling it on. If it is one of the more serious categories then getting it back on the road is a bit more of a pain, might force you the break-up route.
kwak zzr
22-11-06, 04:46 PM
good enuf reason to buy one wasnt it :twisted: the old sv wouldnt feel the same fixed up.
As I mentioned in an earlier post and as someone else said...fix it up with race bodywork and the likes off fleabay and then use it as a track machine in the summer :wink: Otherwise, I'll give ya £500 for it and use it as a track bike :D
kwak zzr
22-11-06, 05:56 PM
the independant assessor gave it a cat C :smt102 dunno why dont look that bad to me :?
i would sell her as a whole bike but i know the engine is worth abit with only 6400 miles on.
454697819
22-11-06, 06:55 PM
the independant assessor gave it a cat C :smt102 dunno why dont look that bad to me :?
i would sell her as a whole bike but i know the engine is worth abit with only 6400 miles on.
both cat c & d can go back on the road, so no worries with going that route,,,
personally, id fix it up, less than £500 and you would have a bike worth 1500£?? possibbly more, break it and you might make £700?
weigh up the hassle too, theres a loto fixing to do, and the iccle broken bits that u need that you can only get from suzuki will soon mount up..
Break it for spares, or sell it for someone else to repair.
Coddy_SV1000Z
22-11-06, 07:00 PM
fix it up, use it as a commuter incase WVM decides to pull infront of you again mate, it will save the thou for the weekend playtimes :wink:
BUT IT NOT RECORDED.
Sorry but shirley it's not cat D or C as no ins. co is ever going to pay out on it so you MUST repair it and sell it hpi clear.
Please make a good job repairing it
Caveat Emptor
edit:My understanding may be wrong if you get your £2700 that the WVM ins. will w/o please correct me if wrong. I don't mean to suggest that you won't be paid out.
gettin2dizzy
22-11-06, 07:08 PM
Category B - Vehicle may not be returned to road. Parts may be sold.
Category C - Repairable. Possibly structural damage. Cost of damage (at dealer prices and labour rates) is more than book value of vehicle.
Category D - Repairable. Probably non-structural damage. May have been economic to repair, but insurer doesn't want to.
doesn't look that bad to me
kwak zzr
22-11-06, 07:25 PM
BUT IT NOT RECORDED.
Sorry but shirley it's not cat D or C as no ins. co is ever going to pay out on it so you MUST repair it and sell it hpi clear.
Please make a good job repairing it
Caveat Emptor
edit:My understanding may be wrong if you get your £2700 that the WVM ins. will w/o please correct me if wrong. I don't mean to suggest that you won't be paid out.
dunno about the ins? wvm insurance may have to pay out on it yet but if they dont wont the assessor report it as cat c like he put in his report? friend of mine said that as soon as he files the report its register'd. does it have to be paid out on first?
it depends :? if you can do all the work yourself..do it ,but if break it if you have the time & the Patience or last choice sell it
kwak zzr
22-11-06, 07:38 PM
shouldnt be too hard to replace the fork legs and make it naked, the only real cost would be the speedo clock and a front wheel if needed.
454697819
22-11-06, 08:04 PM
if you recive a payment for it the bike is writtten off. at the catogary set ny the assessor
fizzwheel
22-11-06, 08:07 PM
shouldnt be too hard to replace the fork legs and make it naked, the only real cost would be the speedo clock and a front wheel if needed.
Thats what I'd do go for that street figher / cafe racer look.
kwak zzr
22-11-06, 08:23 PM
well if i dont get a payout which i dont think i will, i will fix it as a nekid and prob sell it on.
454697819
22-11-06, 11:27 PM
well if i dont get a payout which i dont think i will, i will fix it as a nekid and prob sell it on.
why is it no looking like your not goint to get a payout?
on yer bike
23-11-06, 12:51 AM
Its a perfect winter project for someone, if its not your thing, flog it to someone who has too much free time, lol
Dysparunia
23-11-06, 09:23 AM
If you're fully comp & they pay out, doesn't the insurance company get the bike?
shouldnt be too hard to replace the fork legs and make it naked, the only real cost would be the speedo clock and a front wheel if needed.
Speedo: £90
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUZUKI-SV650-S-K4-2005-CLOCKS-MPH-SV650-INJECTION_W0QQitemZ160049163102QQihZ006QQcategoryZ 10534QQcmdZViewItem
Front fairing frame: £55
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUZUKI-SV650-SK4-2005-FAIRING-FRAME-SV650_W0QQitemZ160052015435QQihZ006QQcategoryZ1053 4QQcmdZViewItem
Forks £150 ??
Second hand fairing £100
Front wheel £150 ??
So about £545 there to put it back on the road. Oh plus you need a headlight
My K3 had bent forks, busted headlight, busted fairing, busted rad, busted front wheel and in trying to get it back together for a track day which was previously booked cost me about £800. You also get free lessons in how your bike goes together, it is worth while just for that. I would not have even ventured taking the bike to bits prior to this accident. Out of that £800 I have left to resell a spare right rear plastics, a rear wheel and set of Dunlop(?) racing wets tyres.
If I was you keep it and repair it. Ask yourself would you take your sv1000 on the track? No, as you'd be scared to crash your new pride and joy, so take the repaired SV650 its the best fun you will ever have.
kwak zzr
23-11-06, 10:24 AM
cheers IanG. :thumbsup:
If you're fully comp & they pay out, doesn't the insurance company get the bike?
no you get the option of keeping it minus the scrapage, I got my car back for £35 in thoery. the payout was £1035, but £1000 if i kept the car!
maviczap
12-05-10, 08:10 PM
no you get the option of keeping it minus the scrapage, I got my car back for £35 in thoery. the payout was £1035, but £1000 if i kept the car!
You're about 4 yars too late :rolleyes: and the scrapage scheme wasn't even a twinkle in Gordo's eye
yorkie_chris
12-05-10, 08:16 PM
You're about 4 yars too late :rolleyes:
See, so much of a zombie-thread you've gone all somerset on us... you'll be drinking thart zyyyder and marryin yer sister next
sorry i was on a search and just started reading through, didnt even look at the dates
Woops
you'll be drinking thart zyyyder and marryin yer sister next
steady pal we're not all like that in the west country...
...theres cousins too you know! :smt045
yorkie_chris
13-05-10, 08:27 AM
...theres cousins too you know! :smt045
Be honest, they're the same person.
:rabbit: 8-[ :cyclopsani:
Defo street fighter project! Even if u sell it after u cud make profit if it was done right and u will hav preserved the life of another beloved sv650 :)
Specialone
13-05-10, 09:05 AM
You're about 4 yars too late :rolleyes: and the scrapage scheme wasn't even a twinkle in Gordo's eye
Defo street fighter project! Even if u sell it after u cud make profit if it was done right and u will hav preserved the life of another beloved sv650 :)
Look at the date of op ;)
Jayneflakes
13-05-10, 09:58 AM
See, so much of a zombie-thread you've gone all somerset on us... you'll be drinking thart zyyyder and marryin yer sister next
steady pal we're not all like that in the west country...
...theres cousins too you know! :smt045
Be honest, they're the same person.
Oi, some of us Somerset folk are a little offended by this! I was born here and I turned out perfectly normal thank you very much... :smt045
Mind you, have you ever been to Bridgwater? I suppose for that place alone, your comments stand! :smt077
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