coyoteboy
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| posted on 21/2/11 at 04:28 PM |
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zzr1100 engine...
What's it worth in bits? I've almost impulse-bought one that needs the crank bearings replacing but at £200 in completely stripped form
with no ecu/carbs/etc it seems a bit steep for an old engine with more yet to fix. And I've no idea about bearing prices on these - tried to
google but couldn't find any hits oddly (it was late).
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tony-devon
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| posted on 21/2/11 at 05:22 PM |
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not worth anything like that.
maybe £50-£75 as spares for gearbox etc
heavy is good, heavy is reliable, and if it breaks, hit them with it
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Guinness
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| posted on 21/2/11 at 06:15 PM |
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Have to agree with Tony here.
I've bought complete working engines for £250.
I've got a pair of broken ones out the back, that I'll be stripping down shortly and I'll be lucky to get £75 back from each of
them.
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daviep
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| posted on 21/2/11 at 07:33 PM |
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If it needs crank bearings then it is scrap, bet it has run #3 big end, the zzr1100's achillies heel.
Davie
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 21/2/11 at 10:07 PM |
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Yep, it has spun number 3 but has new parts to rebuild (new crank, pistons etc). Where are you guys looking to find engines so cheaply? Fleabay seems
to be fairly high end of the price range here, I've seen a few zzr1100's going for 500+ without gubbins.
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 24/2/11 at 02:22 PM |
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No-one? I've spotted Yorkshire engines (and thats where we got our FS engine) but I don't have that sort of budget or a need for a sub 10K
mile engine either, I've been looking back to '91 Fazers.
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tony-devon
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| posted on 24/2/11 at 02:56 PM |
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you buy a complete bike
a ZZR1100 or something similar, ie CBR1000 etc etc
pick a tatty one up, for maybe 500-600, ideally one with iffy tyres etc, thats another £250 to spend that most bikers wont want to spend on an old
snotter
this way you get a complete running bike, you can try out the gears, you deffo got all the right black boxes for ignition etc
then sell on the bits you dont want, decent pair of forks, clean up the wheels, brakes etc, probably get at least half your money back on the
spares
not to mention that a lot of bikes of that sort of age will have had the exhausts changed by now, so probably likely to get money back on that, or
even be able to modify that to run in the car?
just found a cbr1000 its fugly but running and solid, £500 perfect example.
if you go buying an engine, then trying to find the right CDI for ti, then the carbs and all the associated bits, it will cost a fortune and never
guaranteed that it will work
I bought a brand spankin new cdi from kawasaki, as I spent a year and over £400 on 2nd hand ones that were either the wrong one, or duff
guess what, yup the brand new one didnt work, and kawasaki refused to do anything about it as they said it wasnt covered by any guarantee as it was
electrical item
£386 + vat.
lesson learnt the hard way
[Edited on 24/2/11 by tony-devon]
heavy is good, heavy is reliable, and if it breaks, hit them with it
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 24/2/11 at 06:11 PM |
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Fair enough, makes sense I suppose, though I can't drive it home which poses a few issues, maybe I could pay the owner to drive it back for me
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tony-devon
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| posted on 24/2/11 at 07:19 PM |
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hire or borrow a van, old mattress, drain fuel tank and throw the bike in
I once bought a bike, took a tool kit, stripped it on the side of the road outside the blokes house, then put it into my car and drove home LOL
with bikes, its the small bits that can make easy money, minimum of £20 each for the brake and clutch masters, brake calipers make similar, good seat
and other bits soon adds up the return
then the crap thats left, usually frame, swingarm etc, put it on ebay £1 start no reserve, saves you taking it to the dump
[Edited on 24/2/11 by tony-devon]
heavy is good, heavy is reliable, and if it breaks, hit them with it
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