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theguyondacouch · 09-03-2003, 06:36 PM

Does anyione know of a good place to get a hold of crashed sportbikes? All I need its the engine, tranny, sprocket, and possibly brake system.

merkerguitars · 09-03-2003, 08:14 PM

Ebay is probably one of your best bets......crashed bikes aren't the easiest to find since most that are crashed bad enough to get rid of the people that owned it usually die.

nate_dawg · 09-03-2003, 08:46 PM

or
you could check a bike junkyard
there's one near me (sort of) that has thousands of junk jap bikes
pretty much anything you want

Moonduck · 09-04-2003, 03:36 PM

If you can get access to a dealer's license, you can check with companies like Sadisco, Odeassa, IAA, Copart, etc for insurance auctions from total losses.

simplecyman · 09-04-2003, 03:57 PM

I'm overly observant... LOOK AROUND when you're driving through town. I was hunting mustang converts one day for a friend & thought, I need a bike. 10 minutes later I see this 1000cc Yamaha in a little fenced yard next to a tire shop or something, no For Sale sign, it had been sitting for a couple of months (?) but I wanted it. The guys wife wanted him to get rid of it (nice bike) becuase he had almost been hit. We had to jump it. The guy practically gave it to me. I drove it away!

Ask joe-blow@rock.com JOE KNOWS...EVERYTHING.

wakelagger · 09-04-2003, 06:45 PM

Planning on making a go-kart or something along those lines? Damn, I have a sudden urge to fabricate a go-kart out of broken superbikes.

JBX · 09-05-2003, 09:26 AM

I always thought a superbike motor would make a great ultralight airplane engine.

theguyondacouch · 09-05-2003, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by wakelagger
Planning on making a go-kart or something along those lines? Damn, I have a sudden urge to fabricate a go-kart out of broken superbikes.

Maybee

Moonduck · 09-07-2003, 10:14 AM

"I always thought a superbike motor would make a great ultralight airplane engine."

Oddly enough, I found a site that has workable plans for powering a gyrocopter with a Triumph motorcycle engine. While I don't know torque and powerbands well enough on sportbikes, it would be simple to substitute any solid motorcycle engine into such a design. Trumpys were dead simple.

never · 09-07-2003, 02:46 PM

local bike yard or ebay.

breid · 09-07-2003, 04:43 PM

Ebay is god. Lots of cool stuff.

Gamefella · 09-10-2003, 07:44 AM

Look for a "salvage" yard online...

09-03-2003, 06:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
theguyondacouch salmon? Location: Outside Providence	crashed bikes Does anyione know of a good place to get a hold of crashed sportbikes? All I need its the engine, tranny, sprocket, and possibly brake system. __________________ "Lick my frozen metal ass!"

09-03-2003, 08:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
merkerguitars Buffering......... Location: Wisconsin...	Ebay is probably one of your best bets......crashed bikes aren't the easiest to find since most that are crashed bad enough to get rid of the people that owned it usually die. __________________ Donate now! Ask me How! Please use the search function it is your friend. Look at my mustang please feel free to comment! http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=26985

09-04-2003, 03:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
simplecyman Junkie Location: the back office	I'm overly observant... LOOK AROUND when you're driving through town. I was hunting mustang converts one day for a friend & thought, I need a bike. 10 minutes later I see this 1000cc Yamaha in a little fenced yard next to a tire shop or something, no For Sale sign, it had been sitting for a couple of months (?) but I wanted it. The guys wife wanted him to get rid of it (nice bike) becuase he had almost been hit. We had to jump it. The guy practically gave it to me. I drove it away! Ask joe-blow@rock.com JOE KNOWS...EVERYTHING. __________________ See and believe.

09-05-2003, 09:26 AM	#7 (permalink)
JBX Unfair and Imbalanced Location: Upstate, NY	I always thought a superbike motor would make a great ultralight airplane engine. __________________ "Youth and Strength is no match for Age and Treachery"

09-07-2003, 10:14 AM	#9 (permalink)
Moonduck Junkie Location: SE USA	"I always thought a superbike motor would make a great ultralight airplane engine." Oddly enough, I found a site that has workable plans for powering a gyrocopter with a Triumph motorcycle engine. While I don't know torque and powerbands well enough on sportbikes, it would be simple to substitute any solid motorcycle engine into such a design. Trumpys were dead simple. Last edited by Moonduck; 09-07-2003 at 10:18 AM..

09-03-2003, 08:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
nate_dawg Crazy	or you could check a bike junkyard there's one near me (sort of) that has thousands of junk jap bikes pretty much anything you want

09-04-2003, 03:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
Moonduck Junkie Location: SE USA	If you can get access to a dealer's license, you can check with companies like Sadisco, Odeassa, IAA, Copart, etc for insurance auctions from total losses.

09-04-2003, 06:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
wakelagger Insane Location: Toronto	Planning on making a go-kart or something along those lines? Damn, I have a sudden urge to fabricate a go-kart out of broken superbikes.

09-07-2003, 02:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
never Tilted	local bike yard or ebay.

09-07-2003, 04:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
breid Insane Location: NOVA sCOTIA	Ebay is god. Lots of cool stuff.

09-10-2003, 07:44 AM	#12 (permalink)
Gamefella Upright Location: TX	Look for a "salvage" yard online... __________________ Gamefella "I live by a code of Honor, once you are on her, stay on her."