Just came back from the motorcycle dismantler... geez these guys.... This is the second time I have laughed my way out of the place. The last time I was asking for a 28mm Mikuni carb and they wanted $150! This time I was asking how much for a used GS500 motor and they said.....
SIX-HUNDRED DOLLARS BARE!!!!!!!
I laughed at the guy and said thanks a lot and he offered that they would beat anybody else's price yadda yadda.....
whatever dude......gimme a break.
you could buy TWO parts bikes for that!
Well... they are in business to make money -not friends.
If he can sell one motor for 600$...and he paid maybe 200$ for the whole bike...he's made good money and has a whole bike to work off of now.
He doesn't need a motor... you do ( I assume you do because you asked him about one)..so he's going to try to get the best $$$ he can for an engine.
I've sold sportbike engines for $1500-$2000 with electrics... (CBR's...ZX11's.. etc.). It's whatever the buyer is willing to pay.
Anyway....
You're better off shopping for a parts bike with a good motor. They can usually be found for $500-$700 dollars. We bought a parts bike for the race team and by the time I sold all athe "extra parts" I ended up with a motor and frame for practically nothing.
A guy here in town bought a motot through ebay for $400 last Nov. Add in shipping and you're not too far off the $600.
I may be able to find you one...you want a runner or a rebuilder...Also where are you...Northern CA or south...
Cool.
Srinath.
If you can find a motor I need a runner. (that will give me a good excuse for a new project with the old motor - I heard Michael Moore got 60HP out of a GS5 rebuild).
I would really like to swap a motor in and go. I ride nearly every day as my other form of transportation (F150) gets 15mpg.
I am near Sacramento CA and can pick up within a few hundred miles or so (the F150 has two tanks...) hahaha.
Kinda sucks ya know? I was just getting ready to buy a pipe, K&N and jet kit....
WHATEVER!!!!!!!!