Now, that was a bit of a bargain...

[bandsawman]

I reckon someone got a bit of a bargain here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1997-HONDA-VTR-FI ... 2627692166

[Wicky]

apart from the bleedin' great 'ole in the side and untold other damage...

I reckon someone got a bit of a bargain here:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1997-HONDA-VTR-FI ... 2627692166

[tony.mon]

Not so sure.

To put that lot right would take it over the price of a semi-tidy one.
By the time you have plastic repairs, paint, stickers, crankcase cover, oil, cans, maybe bars and end weights, you're going to be up to £1050-1150, depending on new or secondhand parts (if you can find them).

I'd have said it was a bargain at £400, worth looking at around £500, but no more.

Swinging it would be new tyres, a year's MOT, and a years tax, then maybe £650, tops. But I'd have to be drunk on payday.

Mind you, I'm well tight.....

Chances are it was an insurance write-off (cat C, beyond economic repair); if so that drops the price by lots.
Resale value would be lower.

[bandsawman]

Not so sure.

To put that lot right would take it over the price of a semi-tidy one.
By the time you have plastic repairs, paint, stickers, crankcase cover, oil, cans, maybe bars and end weights, you're going to be up to £1050-1150, depending on new or secondhand parts (if you can find them).

I'd have said it was a bargain at £400, worth looking at around £500, but no more.

Swinging it would be new tyres, a year's MOT, and a years tax, then maybe £650, tops. But I'd have to be drunk on payday.

Mind you, I'm well tight.....

Chances are it was an insurance write-off (cat C, beyond economic repair); if so that drops the price by lots.
Resale value would be lower.

Oh yeah... Then it's a good job I wasn't drunk on payday