To sell or not to sell

[Aagent]

Hi guys, I have a bit of a problem, i have an old RGV250, and, as im sure you all know its a nice bike, but apparently alot of others have thought so too and quite a few amatuer mechanics have had a go fixing/improving it over the years and now its breaking down every other week, ive been told to sell it but i know im not going to find anything near as good around, so what do you guys think, should I or shouldnt I?

[Ragingrob]

Well if you sell it in its current state, then surely you're gonna get shit all for it! Lol "quite a few amateur mechanics", maybe that's the problem?

[Aagent]

yeah that is the problem, i had the local mechanic look at the chain, he came back the next day telling me that all the padding in the rear hub had worn out, and had been replaced with tape! :P and thats just the beggining so yeah........

[Nordy]

if you like the bike why not get a real mechanic to quote to get it working properly. get all the problem fixed and you will have a nice bike again.

[Aagent]

Thats a good idea but for a bike like mine where would i find spare parts? is there a guaranteed place or would it be from a wreckers?

[avgas]

I'll give ya $500 if you can deliver to Kati

[Nordy]

from what little I have seen of KB so far, I am sure if you posted what you needed for the bike (mentioning year and other important think) people would help you out in finding them.

Sounds like a cool project

[jim.cox]

I usually figure it works our better to fix what you already have

Then you end up with something of known quality

Rather than just buying in a whole new different set of troubles

[Aagent]

sorry avgas, its not that far gone yet, i just spent $500 on a new set of tyres :P, I think you guys are right, i would much rather spend the money on keeping her going, cheers for the help, and btw do you know how many posts you need to make before you can pm someone?

[Ragingrob]

You should be able to pm someone anytime I though?

Why don't you make this into a thread for diagnosing your bike's problems? What's wrong with it? Symptoms? Problems? Etc etc, and we can try to help nurse it back to health

[Nordy]

its somewhere between five and ten i think (from memory)

and the off topic forums dont count towards your post count either

[avgas]

sorry avgas, its not that far gone yet, i just spent $500 on a new set of tyres :P, I think you guys are right, i would much rather spend the money on keeping her going, cheers for the help, and btw do you know how many posts you need to make before you can pm someone?

Should be able to PM now? Yeah its fun pouring money into bikes.........damn cowboy home mechanics have cost me nearly $3K on mine.......

[Nordy]

You should be able to pm someone anytime I though?

Why don't you make this into a thread for diagnosing your bike's problems? What's wrong with it? Symptoms? Problems? Etc etc, and we can try to help nurse it back to health

I like this idea

always lots of opinions on a site this size (but lots of people who actually know stuff too)

[Aagent]

well atm its not going, last night i was ....cruising around......and it suddenly started to lose acceleration and power and would backfire like mad if i got it anywhere 7k revs or over, I managed to limp it home and am too scared to touch it, im taking it into the mechanics 2moro and he'll have a look at it

[nodrog:Me]

i'll give you $600 without the tyres