Hello,
I got this bike on a trade and it has 150 miles on it.
Owner had a slow speed drop and don't want it any more. Bike in storage since 2005.
I would love to keep it, but a friend already bought the front end already, so I decide to part the whole thing out.
Clean Title.
Motor not even broken in yet.
I'll post picture when I can take some.
I have everything except the front end.
Grey in Color.
Everything from the neck tube back is available.
PM me on what you need.
I can take paypal or credit card.
Thanks
Gio
408-420-7161
Hey guys,
I was riding my brand new 08' model GS500F when a rather large insect splattered against my windshield. I no longer want the bike. Normally, I would just buy a new windshield and get thousands of dollars for the bike, but a friend came along and bought the windscreen. So now it's worth it for me to take the time and effort to part the entire bike.
I take credit card numbers, social security numbers, and cash envelopes.
I'm an idiot nevermind.
Quote from: jrains89 on October 27, 2008, 04:40:18 PM
so it's worth it to part out an ENTIRE bike because your friend took a $12 windscreen? WTF???
He has taken a page out of the buddha book and decided to mock the original poster.
A_steel dude ... nice going ... glad to know I am not carrying the burden all by myself ...
Hey Gio, I'd like a connecting rod nut. I will pay top dollar, near new prices. In fact I'd like all 4 of them and the bolts too. In good condition I hope.
Cool.
Buddha.
Post some pics first. Post count of 1 and is parting out an entire bike...hmm
my bad guys for not introducing my self.
I'm on so many board that it's too time consuming and part of my business is to take apart bike.
Nothing fishy going on here. I have the title to the bike and all.
If you're in San jose, come down to my shop
www.motogio.com
The bike is worth more in parts than in one whole bike. Since this bike is some what parted out, I'm going to just make it a part bike, though it's still new.
Sorry, if I jump on and try to part out a beloved GS on an GS board, but it wouldn't do me no good if I posted on a different board.
Anycase, just another source to get parts. unless you like supporting your local dealer, by all mean do so.
Gio
how did the left side fairing make it out?
Dibs on the forks!!!
AVAST ! THAR BE DRAGOOONS HERE !
engrish translation:
new member, new bike, accepting credit card numbers or whatever. sorry new member, it has to be pointed out a few more times still ;)
Quote from: ohgood on October 27, 2008, 06:16:47 PM
AVAST ! THAR BE DRAGOOONS HERE !
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :thumb:
QuoteA_steel dude ... nice going ... glad to know I am not carrying the burden all by myself ...
Thanks for not banning me! This could be legit deal, sure, but it's better to err on the side of caution. I just can't figure out why he wouldn't just buy a new "front end" and then sell the bike for $3k-4k, instead of the countless hours it will take to reply, pack, and ship parts, half of which will go unsold. Doesn't make much sense. If the tank & carbs fit on a <01 model, I'd take 'em myself.
Hey Gio, I know you said everything from the stem forward was gone, but any chance you did still have the turn signal/headlight switch? If so, I'll take a chance on you.
hey gio, if you can post a pic, along wiht your user id. in pic. not hard to do. it can be writtn on anything, but see weve had a rash of less than honest sellers ehre. MOST wiht low post counts. so it may help sales somewhat
I have a gstwinner who has been asking me for the motor out of my bike. Now I am in North carolina and he's in seattle. I am going to call dibs on the motor for him and I'll send him the link to this post. If nothing else, it will save him lots of $ on shipping.
Anyway, Sorry for all the jokes.
I'll get him the link, and I'm calling the motor on his behalf ...
Cool.
Buddha.
Put up pics and prices too man.
Parting out bikes always can invoke peoples credibility questions ... so the fact that you're a parts shop can add to a bit of credibility.
However price things out of the grasp of common sense ... and your sale will collapse faster than the financial industry ... cos well just face it, some crap you cannot give away ... like the rear shock ... I have 3 ... one of which someone dropped into the back of my truck one fine day ... in fact a famous joke around here is, you advertise a GSXR/katana shock for sale, and when someone pays for it, you send them the GS shock ... anyway ... some crap you cannot keep for even a single minute ... but much of this bike you'll have trouble giving away ...
Anyway, pics and prices = first step.
Cool.
Buddha.
I could use a couple of parts, but I'd like to see some pics. Hopefully this guy is legit.
I call the seat! I'll wait for a another post and a pic from this guy before I PM.
I know everyone is waiting for the pics. Going to do that as fast as I can.
Should of just wait and posted when I had the pics in hand.
The main reason I'm parting it out was because I thought I would like to ride the GS around, but I'm too in love with my other twins (going on my sixth SV650) and don't see the GS fitting in the scheme of things.
If I can sell the frame and motor, then everything else is just icing on top.
Yes, I'll have alot of leftover parts...that's where the metal recycling bin comes in handy.
Sucks to part out a perfectly good bike, but this is not my first time on the merry go around.
All the part request in this thread is still available. I'll reply to PM and whoever got dibs on the part get priority.
The part is basicially new, but I'm not letting it go for pennies on the dollar.
This is not a fire sale. my business is not doing all that great and this is another source of income to get by for another month
Anyone living in the bay area know everything goes to housing expense.
Not trying to get sympathy, just explaining my cause.
Cheers,
Gio
Gio let me know about the parts I PM'd you about.
I know you have not put pics and prices yet, but as a guideline I can tell you what has been the general prices in the last few months.
I paid $60 for the 06 frame I bought ~2 months ago. Look for posts by nightrider. Took him 4 months and like 4-5 price reductions.
I sold a FE off an 07 for 100, I sold another 89-00 FE for ~70 clams. - Look for posts by user sandman.
I also have bought swingarms for $20 and I know of atleast 2 for that price. - I have 1 and so does werase643.
Carbs routinely go for 70-100 in good shape, front plastic set if in good shape are under 300. - Carbs bobbyg1243 has one and souljeroflight did till I bought it. His had a jet job in it too. Yev has a body set, and I bought one off hgdg13 some or other few months ago for 300 or so.
Tank is 150-200, seat, side covers 25-40 each. - souljeroflight, dgyver etc had these.
Guages 100 - 150, electricals 20-30 bucks. Front brake M/c and calipers 30 bucks or so, disk may get a good $, 50 bucks or so prolly. I sold a couple of brakes recently, no discs, I gave away a few free, but well, they were on their last legs.
The rest of the bike is practically worthless.
I sold an alternator for ~25 and the reason I got that much was cos he wanted it sent out almost instantly ... he in fact paid $25 for express mail.
This is a budget bike with nearly worthless components ... no one will even pay shipping costs for some of the crap ...
The parts books list them for big $$$ that is just so insurance will total out the bike instead of repairing it and they get to sell more bikes. An exhaust costs 1100 bucks. I have 3 I got free. Same with shocks etc etc etc ...
You may be able to sell it for more to a clueless walk in ... but no one here is going to pay you too much more than these prices, we are all well aware of what is available for what price. Same with fleabay, there is so much competetion there ... katana shocks available for 20-40 bucks ... no one will buy a GS shock if it was 1/2 that. You may be best off buying a front end, fitting it back on the bike and selling it as a complete runner. Those get 2500-3500 for an 05. More in summer and when gas is $$$ ofcourse.
The general rule is ... if all bikes need it and it breaks very often and random stuff cant be tossed into it - like the dash back cover or the dash lights, it commands 60-90% retail. And we go by ronayers.com website not whatever the dealer parts book has it listed for.
If it is needed but easy upgrades are available like shocks, wheels etc ... its going to never sell ...
Everything else is in between. There is an abundance of people parting bikes ... suddenly stringent registration laws, the dropping value of old stuff vs the repair costs, and generally crashed and trashed ... I have one that was front ended ... the guy decided to part it, I am building 4 bikes, but I have all the required parts mostly ... but you can see where there is a supply/demand issue here ... too much supply and not enough demand ... Not for all parts ... just most of them.
BTW you have 89 clip on's ... 100 bucks easy ... even more, like some have sold for 125+ ... rare and sought after = $$$ ... Price stuff right and the demand parts will sell, the rest you toss in the dumpster or melt it or chop it ... stuff that sells in a month is all that is gonna sell, the rest well ... toss it in a corner and admire it.
Cool.
Buddha.
Hi Gio,
I would be very interested in the right front rider footpeg rubber if it is in excellent condition.
I don't need the whole left foot control with the brake pedal, but just the rubber with the metal peg it is attached to that then mounts onto the frame-mounted footpeg holder.
Would you sell that to me cheaply? I can't find one anywhere!
Also if it has stock handlebars and they are UNDAMAGED and not bent from a crash or fall, I'd like to buy those, too.
Let me know???
Thanks,
Trwhouse
P.S. I hope you understand that we are skeptical only because several members have been burned in the recent past by low-count posters on our board.
I hope you are sincere and honest, otherwise, we all know where your shop is now. :)
Thanks, Buddha.
At least now I have a ball park figure to go by.
I have three parts bike that get picked off every so often.
Sometime they just need little knick knack stuff and I'll give it to them for free.
You should see what I give for free on the SV board.
If I wanted to make a killing in $$, I'm definately won't be in the motorcycle business.
Quote from: Trwhouse on October 28, 2008, 01:30:28 PM
Hi Gio,
I would be very interested in the right front rider footpeg rubber if it is in excellent condition.
I don't need the whole left foot control with the brake pedal, but just the rubber with the metal peg it is attached to that then mounts onto the frame-mounted footpeg holder.
Would you sell that to me cheaply? I can't find one anywhere!
Also if it has stock handlebars and they are UNDAMAGED and not bent from a crash or fall, I'd like to buy those, too.
Let me know???
Thanks,
Trwhouse
P.S. I hope you understand that we are skeptical only because several members have been burned in the recent past by low-count posters on our board.
I hope you are sincere and honest, otherwise, we all know where your shop is now. :)
Yes, I have that part and bars.
What I have to do is make a price list and post it up.
But whoever PM me or posted here, will get dibs on the item first.
Just being fair.
no worry, about the skepticism. I don't have any reputation on this board. that's why I left my physical address and phone number on the post to ease any concerns.
Well Gio, your $1500 price on the motor, just gave me the idea that you may not know this stuff.
This aint no SV, I am selling a motor out of a GS for $350, only I thought I'd help the man out by pointing him to a motor that is a lot closer to him.
I guess I am parting out my bike then ... and I price them based on stuff that has sold in the last few months here ... marked to market, not marked to fantasy.
And Trw - I have bars ... now that I am parting this bike. Maybe foot pegs too, have to check ... bars for sure, I put mm75658's bars on it just 2 weeks ago and they were cherry 07's. The footpegs are the original ones ... meeeh may not be cherry.
Cool.
Buddha.
Quote from: The Buddha on October 28, 2008, 01:42:30 PM
Well Gio, your $1500 price on the motor, just gave me the idea that you may not know this stuff.
This aint no SV, I am selling a motor out of a GS for $350, only I thought I'd help the man out by pointing him to a motor that is a lot closer to him.
I guess I am parting out my bike then ... and I price them based on stuff that has sold in the last few months here ... marked to market, not marked to fantasy.
And Trw - I have bars ... now that I am parting this bike. Maybe foot pegs too, have to check ... bars for sure, I put mm75658's bars on it just 2 weeks ago and they were cherry 07's. The footpegs are the original ones ... meeeh may not be cherry.
Cool.
Buddha.
Since I'm new to the GS scene, I'll let the market/members dictate the price.
Your guys asked me to give him a number on the engine.
I just threw out what I thought it would be for a motor that's not even broken yet.
Usually, the buyer will haggle me down to a lower number or I'll tell them the price is firm, take it or leave it.
I even told your friend to get your motor, since that is a good deal.
I guess the only edge i have is that everything is great condition and been under cover for three years.
Even if I just sold a blinker out of the whole deal, I'm pretty happy to make some new friends on this board.
I did ride the GS for a one day, but it's just seems heavier than I would like (compare to my stripped down SV)
My initial reason to get the GS was it woud be a good commuter with the riding position and great MPG.
I know you're new to GS scene ... a whole GS can be had for 1/2 that ...
Cover ... broken in etc etc ... yes good ... however so many many of us have rat bikes around here, we put a shiny part on it and its going to look out of place.
Sure all 4 blinkers will sell ... 20-30 shipped. In fact I bought several a few months ago in exhange for part carb work or jet packs. $22 is a jet pack. I got some very nice ones ... I slapped a set on a savage last year, and another set on a nighthawk ... so I was all out.
And ... usually we never dictate anything ... your price is too high, you will not ever hear a word back ... no one says too high $$ ... ever. I thought I'd post that as a range for you to price them to. Anyway ... its your parts and you're free to list it pics, prices ... whatever.
Cool.
Buddha.
Hi Buddha,
Thanks for looking out for me.
If the bars are perfect, then yes I'd like them.
And if the right peg isn't cherry, I'll keep looking. :)
Gio, I'm still tentatively interested in that right rider's footpeg. :)
Best wishes,
Trwhouse
Engine on ebay now for $200 and $200 shipping.
With that low miles tho I would say like $500 + shipping
but then I don't need one.
Good luck
I dunno where shipping it will cost 200 ... end to end in US shipping was 129. That motor is in Iowa ... cannot be over 100 to ship anywhere. Now what he's done by quoting high $ for shipping is ... he's killed his own sale price. Price the shipping right and you would get 2-3X the bites and invariably make a higher price ... well higher than the profit you make on shipping. Just experience.
I am selling a 6K miler for $350 and shipping and mine has been sitting for 2+ months ... atleast partially cos I wanted a semi local sale. Like come over ride and buy ... so you know its good.
Between 150 miles and 6K or even 10K in a bike that will last 50K atleast ... and will more than likely get wrecked long before that ... essentially irrelevant. Between 150 and 25K maybe ...
Anyway, as soon as he puts up prices I'll shut up ... after that it becomes thread dumping, and on gstwin, its not entirely banned, its just very discouraged AFAIK.
Cool.
Buddha.
Last year I bought a 06 GS500 motor with 900 miles on it for 500 plus 100 shipping, for my 05. I wish I would have known about this forum then. I wanted to get a bit aquainted here before I ranted about how lousey Suzuki can be backing their warrenty.
pm'd you
Quote from: lilwoody on October 28, 2008, 07:49:04 PM
Last year I bought a 06 GS500 motor with 900 miles on it for 500 plus 100 shipping, for my 05. I wish I would have known about this forum then. I wanted to get a bit aquainted here before I ranted about how lousey Suzuki can be backing their warrenty.
That price is not too bad. The thing is, ebay typically if there is a pattern, like a few sales that have occoured around a price ... tends to be pretty fair.
Ebay weeds out over priced crap almost as well as we do here.
Cool.
Buddha.
Hey, PMed you. Would you take my offer, will pick engine up this weekend. ;)
Quote from: The Buddha on October 28, 2008, 05:10:40 PM
I dunno where shipping it will cost 200 ... end to end in US shipping was 129. That motor is in Iowa ... cannot be over 100 to ship anywhere. Now what he's done by quoting high $ for shipping is ... he's killed his own sale price. Price the shipping right and you would get 2-3X the bites and invariably make a higher price ... well higher than the profit you make on shipping. Just experience.
I am selling a 6K miler for $350 and shipping and mine has been sitting for 2+ months ... atleast partially cos I wanted a semi local sale. Like come over ride and buy ... so you know its good.
Between 150 miles and 6K or even 10K in a bike that will last 50K atleast ... and will more than likely get wrecked long before that ... essentially irrelevant. Between 150 and 25K maybe ...
Anyway, as soon as he puts up prices I'll shut up ... after that it becomes thread dumping, and on gstwin, its not entirely banned, its just very discouraged AFAIK.
Cool.
Buddha.
hey buddha. any rideable bikes for sale. pm me if so
Hi
ive been reading the posts on motor prices and just thought i would throw in my 2c. Bought a 2006 motor with zero miles as the bike was damaged in the delivery crate motor came with carbs, air box, air filter, complete harness including coils ,ecu and regulator rectifier for $500 and $130 shipping
:cheers:
I may have that beat ...
I bought a 98 seca motor with 6K miles off fleabay 2 years ago - 150 bucks, better yet, a 2 hour drive and brought it back.
I bought a savage motor with 13K that had head and cylinder done (very easy cos it 1 cyl) @removal, 150and $60 shipping. Its also light, lighter than a GS.
Ebay sets a good price range. If you buy it around the $ the sales are, you're invariably not getting ripped off.
Of course there is crap on ebay that sits for years ... like my favorite ...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270166238782&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&viewitem=
Its more $$ than new (was $50 from dennis krook 3 years ago) it wont work on a GS, (need flange which this genius sold off with the pipe, making for another unhappy customer presumably) and I have repeatedly told the moron that this wont work, and send her links of GS500's from our site etc etc and its sat for 2 years on fleabay. So presumably everyone knows it wont work on a GS except the seller.
Essentially a shiny dime aint worth a dirty dollar, and this one - not shiny ...
Cool.
Buddha.
hey buddha, if you decide to NOT sell teh gs lmk. via pm i dont wanna crap this guys fs thread
is this bike actually going to get parted out? Too good to be true?
Before you think its too good to be true ... or not ... wait for his pics and/or prices.
Cool.
Buddha.
Buddha weve had a few newbs come in, tryin to act cool, and such. as this guy/gal who knows, sounded like. BUT maybe im being a bit naive. but im willing to adopt a wait and see, as it seems you are doing. but hell you go back a ways as do i. youve seen em, and so have i., the bad ones disappear, the good ones tend to hang around a while. and sometimes never leave :icon_twisted:
++ ...
Cool.
Buddha.
I do not know who this person is, but for what its worth MotoGio has a pretty good reputation in the Bay Area. Not affiliated in any way.
Good to know ... and reputation for what ? good parts at fat prices ... ?
In a way, that may be a characterstic of the SF bay area, like fixer upper 600 sqft houses for 750K ...
His 1500 bucks for a motor seemed to indicate that he was really wanting to help someone ... yea ... himself.
But then Gstwinners are long serving card carrying members of the cheapskate club ...
You put stuff up free pay for shipping, and we say ... meeeh ... you pay for shipping it to me ...
Cool.
Buddha.
has anyone received parts yet ?
Hi there,
Has anyone even received an answer from Gio yet?
I still haven't. :) I'm asking about the handlebars and rider footpegs. Still no word and prices.
Thanks,
Trwhouse
Bars ... yea dude, I was gonna send you ... wasn't I ... anyway, the pitch blackness and ridiculous unseanonal cold has limited my working hours to like 11-2pm sunday's. So like way behind on everythign.
How's $20 shipped. PM ? Its new looking 06 bar liberated from mm75658's 06.
Cool.
Buddha.
Quote from: Trwhouse on November 07, 2008, 09:36:42 AM
Hi there,
Has anyone even received an answer from Gio yet?
I still haven't. :) I'm asking about the handlebars and rider footpegs. Still no word and prices.
Thanks,
Trwhouse
Oh ... you didn't pay him and he's not responded - OK that is a smaller problem.
Any one pay the guy and not get parts - please post up. That is serious. The whole rest of it is not that serious, its his call what he wants to do with his stuff.
Cool.
Buddha.
Last active 10/31 :dunno_white:
OK I repeat my Q - did he stiff anyone ?
Cool.
Buddha.
He PMed me on 10/31 and said my offer for the motor was not enough. I will be PMing again with another offer. O0
He was asking 1500 to someone who contacted him.
Just a heads up.
There were 2 on fleabay for 200 and under with 150 or so shipping over the last 2-3 weeks.
Cool.
Buddha.
Just went to Fleabay, two motors going for >$800.00 + >$200.00 shipping? What are they smoking? O0
Sorry Guys,
I was out of town at a track meet.
I haven't sent out any parts and I'm sure I've replied to everyone PM.
Just be patient.
Looks like I've opened a can of worms with parting out a new bike.
Stay tuned...it is Winter coming soon. so we'll have alot of time to play with our dormant bike.
This site is great but its still just a gs500 not a sv650 or a gxsr, try getting any of these parts at a dealer, try haggling with them see how that goes, who cares that you got a good deal some where else, if you dont like the price dont buy it, suck it up dont be cheap, If this bike was oringanlly $5000 Id have to say an almost new complete engine is worth $1500 with the carbs because that has to be the most expensive part of the bike. And if you think its a scam then so be it, dont beat the horse to death.
As for Budda, seems very knowledgeable, highspeed and all that jazz, glad your keeping these bikes alive and not buying up all of them, maybe its jealousy, Id like to be large and in charge, buying, selling, and posting as I please but Im 22 and stuck in Iraq not gonna happen. Are bikes how you make ur living or just a hobby? Everyone has a passion or addiction, I love bikes, sleds, cars (Japan 4 bangers, srt4 and cobalt ss) and trucks(Japan lifted or lowered), with bikes being totally new to me.
Seanathin -
I do bikes as a hobby. And no such thing as large or in charge for me, I just post a lot ... no one is in charge ...
And yes, this thread turned into what it did because there were no parts and prices ... that is it. Post parts and prices (pics not required but advised) and literally all the thread dumping will stop. Till then the thread is just a discussion ... not a for sale.
And yes the bike may have sold for 5K ... and you're welcome to buy your motor for $1500 ... in fact I'll gladly sell you the one I have for that. 14K miles and great shape.
But of late a lot of states have made huge changes and rigourous licensing requirements ... bikes with marginal paperwork now become un registerable ... what happens to those ... I recently snagged not 1 but 2 hawk rear ends for under 175 (the whole back end, wheel, brakes, shock, wheel ... whole kit and kaboodle ) ... there is a few on ebay for a little bit more than that ... I attribute that whole thing to licensing requirements getting stricter ... so there is a lot of them without a way to get on the road, and motors on GS'es dont blow that easy ... so you have a lot of supply and little demand.
There are several reasons the GS parts are near worthless ... the supply - demand picture is really skewed to the excess on the supply side ... BTW the dash assembly ... in fact that rear plastic cup cover ... worth what it would be new ... or nearly so ... non rusty non dented original paint tanks ... same thing ... rear shock - worthless. Exhaust ... same ... supply/demand baby ...
Cool.
Buddha.
I made a trip over to my friends garage to pick up the bike to bring back to the shop.
But didn't think it thru that I can't pick up the bike by myself with the front end missing.
So I just snap some camera phone of the bike in it's naked mode.
Here's some picture.
All the parts are present or in the box. I guess it's may be parted out to far to make it a runner again.
The thought did cross my mind to find another front end and rebuild it.
Once I get it back to my shop, I'll get some prices up.
Everyone that got dibs on it (either by PM, email, or posting here) will get priority on the items.
Thanks
Gio (that's me in the second pics with odometer reflection)
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I still want the seat (I don't see it in the picture, do you haz?). Also the right side lower fairing piece if it is in good condition and the price is right.
Quote from: Bluesmudge on November 12, 2008, 03:54:22 PM
I still want the seat (I don't see it in the picture, do you haz?). Also the right side lower fairing piece if it is in good condition and the price is right.
Yes, still have the seat. it's in new condition. Also the lowers too.
The front fairing is intact but damaged.
Sent you a PM. Let me know a price on the parts I asked about in the PM.
PM sent again. Where did you go Gio?