Repair bills; When do you give up and junk the bike?

[Matt_TG]

I hear you Steam. I went through the same thing with my CX500. It wasn't everyones cup of tea and rode like shit but I loved it. In the end I knew it inside out from pulling it apart so many times. I had visions of turning it into a cafe racer after seeing what some of the UK guys have done.

My stator died. I replaced most of the other electrical bits before accepting it was the stator. I got a secondhand stator from EconoHonda, but even then it was a fluke he had one there in OK nick. I took the old stator to a few rewinders in the BoP and no one wanted to touch it.

I regretted selling the old girl. It would be an expensive paper weight to keep but put the registration on hold and you may come across another one and use yours for parts or vice versa.

All the best mate. Go the mighty CX!

[mujambee]

Anyway, at what point do you give up and sell the old bike for parts?
This year I've spent about 75% of the bike's current resale value on keeping it running.

Find a bike you'd like to buy, and divide the purchase price by what you are paying yearly repairing your current bike. That's the number of years you'll need to recover. If you are satisfied with that, go ahead.

She's an old dog, but I love her!

I know the feeling. I plan on getting me a new bike and do a full revamp on my current one. If I'm satisfied with the result I'll rego it again and use it as my main vehicle.

[Anarkist]

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Hahaha, here I was thinking he'd mispelled 'starter' in a rather hilarious fashion.

[The Pastor]

So recently I've been having issues with the old CX500, new stator windings needed, fork-seals, new brake disc, etc etc. The Stator's the biggie, expensive. The cheapest way to fix a failed stator on a CX is to get the old one out, send it to the UK, and they sell you a rewound one.

Anyway, at what point do you give up and sell the old bike for parts?
This year I've spent about 75% of the bike's current resale value on keeping it running.

She's an old dog, but I love her!

your back? hows the living without power in a shack on a farm going?