My crashed bike is to be crushed, what should i salvage?

Xios

Hey guys,

My bike just got picked up to be crushed, since the insurance company deemed it unroadworthy (likely untrue), but they said i could salvage parts off it, cause i have another Fazer now.

I've already told the guy I want the tyres, chain and Sprockets. What else should i be looking to get back off it?

The crashed bike was a 99 FZS600 (red), my new bike is a 01 FZS600 (gold). The front forks and fairing got smashed up in the crash, as did the fuel tank (dented), exhaust is bent and likely the front wheel is broken too.


Edit: Oh sh*t, lol, didn't realise I was still in AH, lololol

SEPT 23 1989

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Canis Lupus

Xios wrote: »

Hey guys,

My bike just got picked up to be crushed, since the insurance company deemed it unroadworthy (likely untrue), but they said i could salvage parts off it, cause i have another Fazer now.

I've already told the guy I want the tyres, chain and Sprockets. What else should i be looking to get back off it?

The crashed bike was a 99 FZS600 (red), my new bike is a 01 FZS600 (gold). The front forks and fairing got smashed up in the crash, as did the fuel tank (dented), exhaust is bent and likely the front wheel is broken too.

There's a motorbikes forum you'll get answers from although I imagine there's plenty in here who can tell you as well.

danniemcq

mod

moved from AH

MonstaMash

Salvage anything that is inter-changeable with your current set of wheels, saddle, mirrors, downpipes/exhaust, shocks, brake calipers etc.

Anything that isn't inter-changeable, salvage anyway & sell on eBay...simples

No Pants

Xios wrote: »

Hey guys,

My bike just got picked up to be crushed, since the insurance company deemed it unroadworthy (likely untrue), but they said i could salvage parts off it, cause i have another Fazer now.

I've already told the guy I want the tyres, chain and Sprockets. What else should i be looking to get back off it?

The crashed bike was a 99 FZS600 (red), my new bike is a 01 FZS600 (gold). The front forks and fairing got smashed up in the crash, as did the fuel tank (dented), exhaust is bent and likely the front wheel is broken too.

Basically anything that is (a) fit to be reused, (b) you are able to remove and (c) will fit your new bike. Depending on how unlucky you are or how prone to dropping the bike you are, that could include footrests, light stalks, seat, brake discs and pads, the battery, silencer, etc. As much of the bike as you can carry really.

MonstaMash

What's the engine/gearbox like in her?

Big C

dont bother taking any brake parts, (brake pads etc). They weren't much use the last time you rode the bike

RosieJoe

What about bellypans, huggers, brake lines if they were upgraded, tail tidy?

Xios

RosieJoe wrote: »

What about bellypans, huggers, brake lines if they were upgraded, tail tidy?

Yeah, the tail is, but everything on the new fazer is up to scratch, so don't see myself needing large body parts in the near future. Plus i think scraped fazers are very common with the engines in good nick, so won't really need those parts right now either. Or do I?

Xios

Big C wrote: »

dont bother taking any brake parts, (brake pads etc). They weren't much use the last time you rode the bike

They worked fine. But they had nothing on the braking power of a car door.

RosieJoe

Xios wrote: »

They worked fine. But they had nothing on the braking power of a car door.

I'd say the breaking power of the door did it's job :pac:

Vikings

Take the indicators and rear lights, never know when you might need to replace those. Brake calipers also, you could get them reconditioned and have them sitting spare, would be ideal to switch the calipers with the used ones on the bike so you can clean them at leisure and not be without the bike.

ifah

anything that's not totalled is worth something - why not just make an offer to buy it back off the insurance co - something small. If you part it out it's still worth a few hundred. I had to replace an axle nut and washer on my bike last week and they cost €14.

BrokenArrows

Ask if you can salvage the whole thing. lol..

Xios

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Ask if you can salvage the whole thing. lol..

They said it legally has be crushed, its not allowed back on the road.

Wossack

madness ted..! thought they just cut the frame or the like?

CJhaughey

Let them keep the frame, thats the bit that has to be crushed and is the part with the serial#
All the rest keep.
Reg/Rec/switch gear/Engine parts/Induction.
Cycle parts.
Swingarm/calipers..

blade1

CJhaughey wrote: »

Let them keep the frame, thats the bit that has to be crushed and is the part with the serial#
All the rest keep.
Reg/Rec/switch gear/Engine parts/Induction.
Cycle parts.
Swingarm/calipers..

This ^^^^^^
Keep everything else even wiring loom.

minidazzler

OHHHHHH I have a Fazer 600.... 98... so everything is workable....

Any chance you'd take off the front left hanger along with the Gear Lever assembly, The Crank case cover (the left hand one), What colour is it? Rear brake caliper too..... And if it's in good condition with no rust spots, the handle bar.

If you took them off and threw them up on Fleabay I'd buy them off you in a second! I'll probably think of more parts too...

BlackWizard

I have a 1998 Gold Fazer and a 2002 red Fazer (off the road).

Could I get the front wheel fender off you? I drove off with my chain still wrapped around my wheel last week. Destroyed my front wheel fender.

You could take a few pictures of your bike and post them up. There are still a lot of Fazers going that would love some donor parts.

I do 1000km per week so in years to come I'm sure it will be needing replacement parts.

dj jarvis

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Ask if you can salvage the whole thing. lol..

you can , if you make an offer to the insurance company at scrap value , they will sell it to you , i have done it before , and so have plenty of my mates

i thought it was widely known that you can buy the bike back off the company for little or no money

Max Headroom

dj jarvis wrote: »

you can , if you make an offer to the insurance company at scrap value , they will sell it to you , i have done it before , and so have plenty of my mates

i thought it was widely known that you can buy the bike back off the company for little or no money

Happened me when my van was totalled..i accepted a lower amount and kept the van.....then sold the parts off..made twice the amount more selling the engine than what they valued the whole van was worth...:)

positron

Do buy it off your insurance company, and I will buy the center stand off you!