Damaged bikes good or not

[2much]

The K3 isn't worth it. Don't touch it

[Animal]

what do you guys think about buying damaged bikes. I have seen alot of gsxr1000 for sale going cheap. do you think its worth it or just buy undamaged
here are two i was thinking about if fianace comes http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...328&key=299982
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...102&key=300677

Not a good idea, unless you're prepared to spend a bucket of money on something that ultimately handles like... um, a salvaged wreck? I've been down this track a number of times, most often with a very disappointing result. As my experience grew I got to know what to look out for and where to look for obscured damage but given that it's impossible to do anything slowly on a GSXR, it's highly likely that the damage would've happened at high speed. Therefore high energy and high risk and expense for you. Hang onto your money, mate.

[SuperDave]

Not really. The effects may only show under certain extremes like front wheel hitting the radiator under hard braking or a wobble which only shows when hard on the gas exiting a corner leant over hitting a certain bump or maybe a violent tankslapper when you exceed 240kph.

You might just get away with that on a steel frame but an aluminium frame that's been in a bump could have internal (therefore invisible) fractures and may not even need another bump to fail - could fail under acceleration or on a corner.....shudder.....

personally I wouldn't even trust a steel frame that's been bumped.

Never realised all that.