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Sell as a project or part out

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Scrap it. Too much bother to part out for the return on the effort required.
 
If you have title to the bike, I'd try to sell it. You won't get more money by parting it, especially after factoring in the work to salvage the various parts, price them, ship them, etc.
 
I'd sell it as a project or just scrap it. Old bikes have a hand full of parts that are worth something and a whole lot of large heavy parts that aren't.
Lots of work to (maybe) make a few hundred dollars.
 
Sell or restore

Sell or restore

Okay,

I am a noobie here and thought this thread might be the place for the following question. Here is my situation: I recently bought a GS750L 1981. It runs pretty good and I am in the process of doing all the necessary maintenance to bring it to a dependable daily rider. I am changing all the "ghetto fixes" the PO did to this little gem.

I am at a cross roads. After the maintenance and some minor aesthetics she will be very road worthy. She will never be the modern day sport bike nor will she be a perfectly restored GS750L, because I do not care for the handlebars and seat configuration. I got her for a decent price but with all the maintenance and parts thus far I am about to go beyond her retail value if I sold her on CL.

Here is my question: Should i sell it now while there is still some profit to be made? Or should I keep it and use it as my daily rider? I love the classic standard 80's looking bikes but really prefer Hondas - No offense to the GS's which are great looking too. The Hondas have more sentimental value since I grew up on one.

Also, could someone give me a ball park figure on an 8/10 rebuild cost? In other words, how much have you guys invested in restoring your GSs? I know these costs will be highly variable and subject to individual circumstances, but a rough estimate might help with my decision. I am on a pretty tight budget if I decide to completely restore her - If?

Markus
 
markusarealuis said:
Okay,

I am a noobie here and thought this thread might be the place for the following question. Here is my situation: I recently bought a GS750L 1981. It runs pretty good and I am in the process of doing all the necessary maintenance to bring it to a dependable daily rider. I am changing all the "ghetto fixes" the PO did to this little gem.

I am at a cross roads. After the maintenance and some minor aesthetics she will be very road worthy. She will never be the modern day sport bike nor will she be a perfectly restored GS750L, because I do not care for the handlebars and seat configuration. I got her for a decent price but with all the maintenance and parts thus far I am about to go beyond her retail value if I sold her on CL.

Here is my question: Should i sell it now while there is still some profit to be made? Or should I keep it and use it as my daily rider? I love the classic standard 80's looking bikes but really prefer Hondas - No offense to the GS's which are great looking too. The Hondas have more sentimental value since I grew up on one.

Also, could someone give me a ball park figure on an 8/10 rebuild cost? In other words, how much have you guys invested in restoring your GSs? I know these costs will be highly variable and subject to individual circumstances, but a rough estimate might help with my decision. I am on a pretty tight budget if I decide to completely restore her - If?

Markus
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Start a new thread with your questions. Just copy and paste you questions in the 'body' of the thread.

To answer one of your questions, I'll have somewhere north of $3,000 in my little $125 motorcycle when it's finished. Sometimes it's not about the money involved. :)
 
regardless you wont get much money. If you just want to get rid of it since you don't want to fix it, I would say sell it as a project. Let them know it was a running driving bike before and someone out there probably wont mind throwing in a motor to get it running. At least thats all it needs. Most projects need everything replaced haha
 
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