Sell it or break it?

I have a 1999 blue curvy that im at my wits end with. Has a fuelling issue that i cant seem to sort and am considering just getting rid of it and moving on. Question is do i sell it as a complete bike or break it as it has some decent parts on it that have way more life left in them yet.

Things include
Full stainless ixil racing exhaust
Goodridge braided break lines
Hagon rear shock
Rear hugger in decent fettle
Brand new set of michelin PR3's that have just been scrubbed in on a decent pair of wheels.

If i was selling the whole bike id put it up for £500.
Anyone think that would be a reasonable price?

[maviczap]

With those extras I'd break it, I'd say you'd get more than £500

[Red Herring]

How many miles on it, engine alone would sell for a big chunk of that.

39odd thou. Fairings and tank are a bit tatty but are more than suitable for respray

[Dipper]

What they said, as a non runner it's worth £500-£600, sold as spares £1000+ however there's the work involved in breaking and posting and packing...

It may be up for sale soon then. Need to make my mind up first. Will upload pics if anyones interested

Originally Posted by Yarders91

It may be up for sale soon then. Need to make my mind up first. Will upload pics if anyones interested

It all comes down to how much time and effort you're prepared to put in to the sale, and whether you think the extra few hundred quid is worth all the time it will take to split it and sell as parts.

I was in a similar boat to you a while ago, except that something major had gone within my engine. Despite that I could have likely taken about £900 if I split it for parts, but I had somebody offer me £550 upfront for the bike as a whole.

Personally I decided that I couldn't be bothered with even more hassle from that bike and that I didn't want to have to go through all of the effort of breaking it down, listing each thing individually, haggling on prices for everything, and dealing with lots of different buyers, and so I was more than happy to take the lower price just to get it out of my garage and off my hands.

[Biker Biggles]

Originally Posted by mackemforever

It all comes down to how much time and effort you're prepared to put in to the sale, and whether you think the extra few hundred quid is worth all the time it will take to split it and sell as parts.

I was in a similar boat to you a while ago, except that something major had gone within my engine. Despite that I could have likely taken about £900 if I split it for parts, but I had somebody offer me £550 upfront for the bike as a whole.

Personally I decided that I couldn't be bothered with even more hassle from that bike and that I didn't want to have to go through all of the effort of breaking it down, listing each thing individually, haggling on prices for everything, and dealing with lots of different buyers, and so I was more than happy to take the lower price just to get it out of my garage and off my hands.

Not to mention the large lumps of bike left over that no one wants.Seems like a lot of hard work for little reward to break a bike.

[Red Herring]

I wouldn't have thought you would have may big bits of SV left. Are curvy frames not any use in MiniTwins, especially those with log books?