i found place in NH that i guess buys salvage bikes and then makes then sells them, how risky is it to buy something like this, this place deals with tuns of bikes. hers the web page check it out. some of the bikes say ride home so i assume that means their road worthy and inspectable?

ops here it is

http://www.argocycles.com/

Those prices seem real high to me. I seen a 99 600 with a dented frame and no plastic for $3000.

I agree..I think they are a tad high.. images/icons/rolleyes.gif

where could i find some of these other cheeper salvage bikes around boston??

I've heard the auctions are the places to go. I haven't found any local to me yet... maybe they are kept secret?

The prices at argo are WAY to high! graemlins/thumbdown.gif They seem to think they are sittin on gold. I bought a wrecked 97 gix 750 for less then what they want for a can-o-tuna. images/icons/grin.gif Look around and you can find one wrecked and fix it yourself.
I can tell you this, i will have less then $3000 into my bike after its fixed, with a fsmd undertail w/liberteks, full yosh rs3, and a yosh mjn.

argo cycles graemlins/piss.gif

[ 04-12-2002, 03:43 PM: Message edited by: Zfreak ]

where could i find some of these other cheeper salvage bikes around boston??

try (hobbsautomotive.net) better prices then argo then theres (hitbike.com) but its been a while since ive seen anything from them?
greigs list is always good, just gotta watch for the scam artist,the ones wit the 2006 gsxr1000 for $3,000 flat wit clean title cuz there being deployd
deal. but they do have alotta good deals,i saw a 98 srad 600 for $1,800
that needed t.l.c, but did run good it was blue wit white tail&front fender.
check it u never know?
oh, that bike was in essex v.t. if u intrested?

Argo has been around for years!
Many horror stories precede them!
So...draw your own conclusions!

As a general rule of thumb, any vehicle with a salvage title is worth a MAXIMUM of HALF of "good" condition book value. So if it's been rebuilt to PERFECT *which it never truly is* and book value is 6k, then salvage version is worth 3.

www.crashedtoys.com

As a general rule of thumb, any vehicle with a salvage title is worth a MAXIMUM of HALF of "good" condition book value. So if it's been rebuilt to PERFECT *which it never truly is* and book value is 6k, then salvage version is worth 3.

if that was only true.. people still think thier 20 year old sport bikes with 70,000 on them are worth 3 to 4 grand. and they still think a salvage bike is worth the book value.. if salvage stuff went for a good price i wold love to get something to take to the track. and i have heard of those auctions but where are they? ? i would love to get something thats been down and doing it the way i want. .

if that was only true.. people still think thier 20 year old sport bikes with 70,000 on them are worth 3 to 4 grand. and they still think a salvage bike is worth the book value.. if salvage stuff went for a good price i wold love to get something to take to the track. and i have heard of those auctions but where are they? ? i would love to get something thats been down and doing it the way i want. .

It's a good starting point to negotiating.

if that was only true.. people still think thier 20 year old sport bikes with 70,000 on them are worth 3 to 4 grand. and they still think a salvage bike is worth the book value.. if salvage stuff went for a good price i wold love to get something to take to the track. and i have heard of those auctions but where are they? ? i would love to get something thats been down and doing it the way i want. .

there is an insurance auction all around the country,
the place is called (ridesafely.com)