What is a fair market price for a basket case MK 3 850 Interstate?
I looked at one last week, asking price was $2500. The bike was all there and somewhat together except the transmission cover was off with some parts removed, plus the cylinder and head were off and timing cover was removed.
On the primary side the inner and outer primary were removed as was the clutch. There were a couple of boxes of parts with the bike. It looked as though the removed parts were accounted for in the boxes.
I'm looking for a project bike to build a 920 cafe racer from so the 850 MK 111 with the stronger crankcases and other improvements is ideal.
I thought the price was a tad high for such a horrible looking bike that needs pretty much everything. I thought the wheels might be salvageable but on close inspection they had little flecks of rust everywhere, so I would plan on using alloys instead.
The owner (a dealer) said he would come down a couple hundred on the price but that was it. He suggested I sell the unwanted portions of the bike such as the seat and steel Interstate tank, on ebay for huge gain. He claimed the steel Interestate tank is worth $800 on Ebay. The tank doesn't appear to have any dents, but the paint is horrid, so I think $800 is a bit over the top.
Perhaps I should suggest he keep the tank and take $800 off the asking price, that might be a fair deal!
I looked at one last week, asking price was $2500. The bike was all there and somewhat together except the transmission cover was off with some parts removed, plus the cylinder and head were off and timing cover was removed.
On the primary side the inner and outer primary were removed as was the clutch. There were a couple of boxes of parts with the bike. It looked as though the removed parts were accounted for in the boxes.
I'm looking for a project bike to build a 920 cafe racer from so the 850 MK 111 with the stronger crankcases and other improvements is ideal.
I thought the price was a tad high for such a horrible looking bike that needs pretty much everything. I thought the wheels might be salvageable but on close inspection they had little flecks of rust everywhere, so I would plan on using alloys instead.
The owner (a dealer) said he would come down a couple hundred on the price but that was it. He suggested I sell the unwanted portions of the bike such as the seat and steel Interstate tank, on ebay for huge gain. He claimed the steel Interestate tank is worth $800 on Ebay. The tank doesn't appear to have any dents, but the paint is horrid, so I think $800 is a bit over the top.
Perhaps I should suggest he keep the tank and take $800 off the asking price, that might be a fair deal!