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Viff6N Mutated Warrior
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Texas
Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N
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How in the hell does a bike get a salvage title from having the plastics replaced?
*edit* Same person has an '08 aprilia sl750 with a salvage title because falling over. "Has a salvage title because it fell over on the right side but only has minor damage" Last edited by Rangerscott; 06-25-2009 at 11:04 PM.. |
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Serious Business
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: New York
Moto: 1993 ZX-11 2008 CBR1000rr
Posts: 9,723
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"Has a salvage title because it fell over (and over...and over and over at 75 MPH) on the right side but only has minor damage"
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Leather and Lace
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Goleta, Ca
Moto: 2005 R6
Posts: 1,810
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Ebay?
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token jewboy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man
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If the cost of repairing the bike is greater than what the insurance company is willing to pay they sell it for salvage. Then if you deem it worth it to buy the bike back from the insurance company it gets a salvage title.
The salvage title actually has nothing to do with the ability of the bike to be safely operated.
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Leather and Lace
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Goleta, Ca
Moto: 2005 R6
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token jewboy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man
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Yeh, what I wrote was the dumbed down version
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Viff6N Mutated Warrior
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Texas
Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N
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The first one was a gsx-r. Both look brand new. I just cant see how broken plastics could total out a bike.
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too much time on my hands
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: the northern district of god damn
Moto: 01 ZX6R, looking for more now.
Posts: 1,802
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insurance co's use a value system where if the damage exceeds X% of the insured value of the vehicle, they total it. on a motorcycle, fairings are pricey as OEM parts. |
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token jewboy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man
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Yeh very easily. A full set of plastics from a dealership over 1k, add in all the fasteners, a side case, gasket, clipon, mirror, windscreen, turnsignals, brake, add up all these small things and you can easily get close to the magical threshold that insurance companies determine is unworth it for a bike to be repaired.
It also depends on how it went down, if it was backed into by a car then pushed a few feet damage could be huge, a small drop could be just the plastics. I couldnt tell how hard it is to have a salvage title, but in NJ it needs to be inspected after sale at a special inspection station down near Atlantic city to see if it is road worthy.
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yellow don't corner well
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Kansas City, KS
Moto: 06 ZX10R
Posts: 1,243
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mine was kicked over when it was still a year old, little over 2K retail damage parts and labor. that was just one complete side, upper and screen.
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