Doesn't that one belong to Rusnak_322?
In reply to EvanB:
You may be right about that. I thought it looked familiar, but I didn't know he was local to me.
You couldn't build that bike for anything less than $3,000. Does that mean its worth that? I'm not sure. I do know that its not really a highway cruiser.
Worth it.
In reply to Appleseed:
Worth what?
I think I remember him saying it was around $3k to build. I'm not sure what the resale value is.
EvanB wrote: Doesn't that one belong to Rusnak_322?
Sure looks like it.
http://m.grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/sprockets/what-should-i-do-with-this/54180/page1/
PHeller wrote: You couldn't build that bike for anything less than $3,000. Does that mean its worth that? I'm not sure. I do know that its not really a highway cruiser.
EvanB wrote: I think I remember him saying it was around $3k to build. I'm not sure what the resale value is.
Wow and my estimate was just a guess.
So that means my XS650 must be worth exactly what I'm asking for it!
In reply to PHeller:
A bike is only worth what someone wants to pay for it... haha
It's probably worth what you're willing to pay for it, but when you see
Thinking of putting my baby up for sale
An extremely long or detailed ad, and
I do not need to sell it
That means that he knows he either doesn't really want to sell it, or wants way too much for it to compensate for the loss.
At least that's been my experience.
A lot depends on the person. He describes himself as one who gets joy from the building, not the owning or the riding. If you're the type who gets the joy from the owning, it's worth a lot more to you than to a person who wants to make their own.
Be realistic about the machine itself. Don't get too lost in shiny paint and sparkly chrome. The bones themselves are an old CB360. So it's got a spagetti noodle frame that flexes horribly, a rather weak engine, poor brakes, forks that flex and dive, etc. Any modern bike will outrun it in virtually any category you chose. And if all that is a "so what" issue to you, make an offer to him.
You're going to make me buy back my old bike. The one that I gave away ten years ago..
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