How much should I offer for this bike?

[The Buddha]

What garbage is this:

Needs new cylinder head. Can find on ebay for 130.00. Have two sets of carburetors.

One of cylinders seized in cylinder head reason for it being out of commission.

The cylinder mind you, not the piston, has seized in the cylinder head ... yea its seized in the cylilnder head, as opposed to everyone else's bike where it is instead bolted together ...

OK Maybe he means piston seized in the cylinder - which is about the only thing that can "seize" ... and you cant get a cylinder head off ebay ... cos the head isn't the issue at all. In fact I have pulled the head off a seized motor and put it on a bike with a snookered valve a few years ago and has run a few 10000 miles already. As long as the piston didn't hit the valve - rather uncommon on a low stress engine like a GS, the head comes out being essentially un touched.

What is toast is the cylinder - both of em, the piston, and get this, the crank. The rod bearing is most likely bad cos a seized cyl happens in a motor that is running @ a  pretty good clip, that will bang the living daylights out of the rod bearing.

Yea I'm with ohgood, I'd say that bike needs a motor. And no your motor + that one aint going complete the thing either ... unless you only have a bad head.

Cool.
Buddha.

[Raydr]

Here I go again. Still searching for a good deal on an engine local to me.

This guy wants $700 for a bike with a "bent exhaust valve". Thoughts?

[Tombstones81]

WAYYYYY too much.

Honestly if you need an engine, I wouldnt take a chance on his word.

and exhaust valve swap Not being an easy task? HAHAHAHAA says who?!
Gimmie a blind fold and point me in the direction! hahaha

if it wasnt the engine you needed, i'd offer no more then like $400.

[jestercinti]

Pass.  If they skipped valve maintenance, what else did they skip?

[Raydr]

Here's another one!

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/mcy/3202806918.html

$800 for a 95 model. A few minutes of research tells me that it shouldn't be a big deal to put this engine on my bike. Any thoughts on this?

[Formori]

I have no idea about the condition of the engine, but the bike looks clean and decently maintained from those pictures. But does the PO know that he's missing the entire rear fender?!?

I would talk to the seller and see how the motor runs, if it's good it might be a good fit for you and you'll have some spare parts and some parts to sell, which can recoup some of your cost on the bike. Might be a good deal depending on the engine.

[Raydr]

I shot him an e-mail asking about the number of miles on it.

[Raydr]

Well, the guy hasn't replied but I did find another interesting one:

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/mcy/3224839752.html

2005 with 6K miles, but no title. He'll take $1,500 for it. Assuming it runs well, this could be my engine + misc parts + part-out candidate. The title thing worries me a little, but I figure if I run the VIN by the local PD I can make sure it's not stolen.

Any thoughts?

[The Buddha]

Near impossible to get title-less POS'es registered in TX if I recall from my 6 months there.
Cool.
Srinath.

[cbrfxr67]

Buddha said it about right.  I haven't had any luck in dealing with no titles here in Houston.  I'd pass or offer a ridiculous low price.  I'm sure seller is hoping to sell to someone who just doesn't know any better.
If you just want parts, and vin is clear,......I'd still offer a ridiculous low price. 

[ggg]

The going rate for a GS engine in working order is $600-700 on eBay. Getting one seems a better option to me, both in terms of time and money spent, than getting another GS for its engine and parting out the rest.

[Raydr]

Alright, so my bike has been sitting for waaayy too long, and I've missed a few events by now. It's making me very sad.

Just found this: http://dallas.craigslist.org/sdf/mcy/3362610004.html

What do you guys think is a reasonable price for this? Looks like the owner will take $850 for it.

From the owner:
"The fairings and the front sub frame that supports the headlights took most of the damage. Also instrument panel was damaged.

Frame, engine, tranny, forks, brake lever, clutch lever, brake disks, rims and rear sub frame all seemed fine (I got the bike running after I wrecked it, stripped it down and test rode it) shift lever was replaced. Tank was dented"

[cbrfxr67]

You really just want the engine right?  You could probably try talking him down lower too,....Looks ok for what you want and if you can get it for what you can afford.