I think you may be right.Originally Posted by Mike.Gayner
L-Plate Rider
I think you may be right.
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That bike might be worth $5000 in good condition. The damage could be more serious than what we can see, I think you'll need to have it properly inspected if it's been in a serious crash.
You might save some money getting non-OEM fairings, and spend it on some nice custom levers. You can go through the parts bin here http://www.revzilla.com/parts/2012-kawasaki-ninja-250r# see how it adds up and if it's worth while fixing it.
L-Plate Rider
That's what im thinking as well, everythings pretty good mechanically just cosmetically broken.
Forum whore
If you don't know your stuff, leave it alone. Cheaper in the long run...
Embracing mediocrity
Gear lever issue could possibly be due to the bent linkage allowing it to overcentre, best way to check would be to disconnect it from the shifter and see if the gearbox still operates to select all of the gears. Plastic bits are expensive even for a low budget bike. If it's been dropped you need to consider if it has spent time lying on it's side still running with possibly no oil being pumped around the engine.
If you were buying it to ride and just wanted to patch it up to legal then probably worth it, you can do a lot with a plastic glue gun and auto filler to make a bike presentable enough, but by the time you've bought the bits to make it pretty again there's not likely to be any profit in it.
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L-Plate Rider
Oh thanks, the linkage is shorter with it being bent so maybe that is the case. Gearbox works perfectly with the lever at the moment so no troubles there. Does anyone know what a 250 ninja would sell for if I parted it out?
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Yep, you'll know. HTH.
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Forum whore
The parts are worth nothing on these bikes because every dick drops theirs. If you're looking at this bike for $2,500 hoping to flip it and make a profit, think again.
Hardcore Biker
Guessing a lot of the prices and assuming you buy from eBay and not a local shop:
Aftermarket fairings: $700 or it might be cheaper to get the existing fairings plastic welded and repainted.
Gear lever and linkage: $150
Indicator:$30
So assuming there is no more damage it shouldn't cost around $1000 but you should budget at least another $500 for damaged parts you can't see.
Also when it comes to selling it people won't like that it has aftermarket fairings and is a crash repair job (even minor), so don't expect to flip it and make much of a profit.
KB's Chief Cats
plus the stanchys, triples, swingarm...
Nana
Mrcycles.com will give you an idea... local pricing will be more but with less freight. Expensive small pieces will work out cheaper, larger pieces will cost nearly the same in freight.
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Nana
Given the new cost, resale value and the damage you can see... assuming single vehicle accident with no road furniture I would top dollar at 1500 after looking at it in person and hearing the engine run.
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Fair weather rider
To bin a bike is to crash.
Given the damage listed, it's been crashed, thus binned.
Other than that, really don't have anything else to add to this thread, except perhaps a personal tale of woe.
At one stage in the not so distant past, I had an SV1000-S. Some cheeky little fuck tried and failed to pinch it one day.
Damage that I could see: Broken steering lock, bent clipons. Estimated repair, somewhere about $400 in parts, plus effort to fix it. Enough to declare it an insurance job, and let the shop take care of it all
Turns out this was one of the better ideas I've ever had.
Damage the shop found: Broken steering lock, bent clipons, gouged frame (from where the steering lock pin was), cracked top triple clamp. Total cost >$1500, nearly enough to trigger a writeoff.
If you don't know enough to have a fair idea of the cost before going in, can you be sure that you'll be able to spot and diagnose all the hidden shit.
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None so blind as will not see.
Smarty pants... since ages ago
If you are so sure of that ... why did you start this thread.
What you can't see and can't know ... is often the thing that kills a "good project" ...
If you take it to a motorcycle workshop to get appraised ... without pulling it apart and checking for all possible damage ... you would get their best guess of what could be wrong. And unlikely to be any different than the guesses already stated in this thread.
The full check will cost you money for time they spend checking. Are you willing to spend money getting a full check .. ???
How much would you be willing to spend on it ... ???
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
Forum whore
agreed 1k be more like it i brought my vfr 750 for 1k but i spent over 2k
just on second hand parts so no its not worth it
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