Buy back or not?

**texmo** · 22nd December 2005, 00:28

OK as most of you know I crashed and wrote off my cbr250rr, its was a 1990 mc22 that had just under 30,000kms on the clock and was in pretty good nick. I am considering buying it back the insurance company hasn't given me a price yet but will have one buy Friday.
The damage to my bike that I know of is; Bent forks, bend radiator, smashed ferrings (every ferring is damaged in some way front ferring and main left ferring are both shattered), Tank is a goner, air box damaged, handle bars bent, clutch lever bent, wind screen smashed, mirrors smashed, head lights smashed, and instruments all stuffed, there are a few other little things, from what I know there is no damage to the motor it self.
Now I have a whole new set of ferrings but they need plastic welding and painting I have a friend who plastic welds so that's no problem and another who paints cars so that's taken care of, I also have a tank, windscreen, forks (one needs a new seal), second hand head lights and instruments all of which I obtained for $400, So that means All I need is; Radiator, handle bars, mirrors, lever and Other things that I don't know about yet.

So is it worth buying my bike back and putting it on the road again, or should I just cut my losses and buy a new bike?

**SPORK** · 22nd December 2005, 00:44

Dude it looks fine. Harden up.

*sic · 22nd December 2005, 06:31

if you decide not to buy it back, hook the gear lever off and sell it to mee!!

please!

**Colapop** · 22nd December 2005, 07:50

Did ya end up down the hole with the bike?

As far as buying it back goes, have you got the cash to buy a new one and the messed up one? If so buy and ride, and fix up the other for a spare or flick it off. As long as you recover costs (pos. make a profit) then sweet.

**R1** · 22nd December 2005, 07:57

Mate that things fucked, let it go, and shop around for something else,

by the time you buy it back, replace or straighten the forks, replace the tank, and replace the radiator, you could have bought another bike,..

**Goblin** · 22nd December 2005, 08:04

This is ONLY my opinion...with all the spare bits you already have, you could buy the wreck back...get it back together and set it up for the track, get yourself a racing licence and do all your hard out riding on the track. Buy yourself another(if you can afford it) for the road and take it easy on the road.
Whatever you decide, good luck with it.

**Sketchy_Racer** · 22nd December 2005, 09:11

NOOOOOOOO buy it, then ill buy it back off you

how much as it is do you think?

**DMNTD:Me** · 22nd December 2005, 09:12

Since you've got most of the parts required already and IF the insurance Co. doesn't want much for the wreck...buy it back for sure.
Judging by the pic's I reckon they won't want much for it due to condition and age.
A good cheap bike in the end....if not for you someone else

**HDTboy** · 22nd December 2005, 09:27

Yes, and buy my bike too

**mattt** · 22nd December 2005, 09:31

Originally Posted by texmo

So is it worth buying my bike back and putting it on the road again, or should I just cut my losses and buy a new bike?

Nup - buy my vfr400rr

**In The Breeze** · 22nd December 2005, 10:23

Originally Posted by TL Rider

A good cheap bike in the end....if not for you someone else

A good point

There are many people trying to get into riding that would be keen as

**bugjuice** · 22nd December 2005, 10:37

have you been told the reason it's been written off? If the frame is fukt, then I wouldn't bother. If it's bent or cracked, then it won't be road worthy. But saying that, you could make a mean gokart from it.

If the frame is ok, it then boils down to how much you have to spend and how much the insurance wants for it. If it's wiithin your budget, then fixing it up is a piece of piss. An afternoon's work at the worst, if you have all the parts. The biggest expense will the the plastics. Fairings can be costly for half decent ones. You could get a mix-match, and get them sprayed in a custom job, but remember your idea of custom, might be someone else's idea of crap, so you won't get as much resell value than if the fairings were stock. But you'd pay a premium for half decent sets.

Tank, forks, rad, clipons etc, is a quick trip around a couple of wreckers. Be a few hundy, but they're easy.

So to sum up - is the frame buggered? If not, can you afford to get it back on the road? If no and yes, then go for it. Else leave it and see what pay-out you get, and then buy something that isn't from a dealer so you can't get ripped again. The price you paid for that bike is criminal alone..