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Originally Posted by speeder
Yep. Those bikes can be had in showroom condition for less than the charge for a few parts. Bike parts are shockingly pricey, always makes more sense to just buy the whole bike in mint cond.
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If that's the case, wouldn't there be a decent market for the used parts? Might be worth explaining to the owner that the bike would be unjustifiably expensive to repair, but that there could be some $$ in parts. That way you could still get the experience of tearing it down, and maybe splitting whatever parts you sell.
Only worth the effort if the parts are worth $$, but I learn a lot tearing stuff apart. I bought a 911T 2.0 longblock for $200 a couple years ago, bought some tools and had a blast tearing it apart and seeing what's what. Also made about $800 off of it. I still have the crank to make a lamp with.