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75/5 restoration evaluation
Antietam Classic Cycle:
--- Quote from: Alfetta on October 09, 2023, 08:30:32 AM ---The plan as of right now, is to keep my OCD in check. clean repair and replace the top end and see if i can get the old girl running. If so then on to the niddley bits to make it rideable. This bike came without a title so this project may end quickly if i can't get past this hurdle. any advice here would be a help (PM me please).
The bike is showing 60K miles on the clock, and i think that it is accurate (just doesn't look like its been to 160K) so if i get it running. with the jugs off I didn't see anything ugly in the bottom end. rods feel tight, wrist pins are in spec. therefore i am inclined Not to crack into the cases. Due to the age and time sitting, I am worried about all the rubber seals, and im wondering if I should replace them now, or wait for evidence on need ??
my overall plan for this bike is to get it operational, every thing working, sell it, and use that money to invest in the convert.
nothing against the BMW, but the convert is what i went for, and i suspect the cost to restore it will be a bigger number than the BMW.
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I'll PM with a title service.
The front crank seal is easy to replace once the alternator is removed, so I'd do that. Definitely new pushrod tube seals. Other than those, I'd wait to see what leaks.
cliffrod:
Run the numbers. This isn’t a simple or quick clean tank & carbs, add battery & gas, get it running project.
Buy for $100 (making the Convert free- Guzzi content..) and sell quick as is for $500-$750 to make at least $400. That’s a min 400% profit, which is a great roi, and little to no time spent/wasted. Plus, you’ll probably make someone happy with a good deal on a project they want.
Time spent aside, buy for $100, spend $1k-$2k (thinking the drip-drip-drip of new & used parts prices plus the mentioned ocd) to try to make the same $500 can easily cut roi to 25%-50% if that. Just like a similar condition Guzzi, an unpretty BMW doesn’t bring top dollar.
Unless you know a specific market/model really, really well, it’s really easy to spend so much fix-up money on a bike that you end up lucky if you break even. Btdt. If it’s all about making money to spend on the Convert, I would sell it as it sits for the same amount of net income vs diminishing return by spending lots more to get the same amount. Then use the same profit to start on the Convert this winter vs next year..
Alfetta:
i smell what your stepping in Cliffrod... and perhaps it is the best answer, however in this section of the country, it's a bit of a tough sell. A non-runner that isn't a Harley, Mustang, of lifted truck ! (then throw in the lack of title.)
but if you offering 500 send me a PM and put my OCD mind at rest.... it's the least you can do.
cliffrod:
You’re funny…. Nope, not asking or offering to buy. Way too many projects here to add another one.
This is generally a good time to sell “winter project” bikes and anything classic- like that first year /5- available in the $500 price range is usually a good item to sell. Compared to years ago, there are so few good bikes out there now for a rational price. Because of the limited supply/opportunities plus new ways to resolve it, lack of title now isn’t the detriment it used to be. If you sell it as is, what you make is basically pure profit. The more you spend to make it marketable imho diminishes your margin.
I would put it up for sale as is for $600 or $750 obo and see what happens. Someone will probably offer much less, then be agreeable to $400-$500. If I had the chance to buy the same bike same condition for $100, that’s what I would do.
Alfetta:
A little (very little) progress on the Boxer.. As i am putting in a pool, I can only get to the bikes when the pool project is not demanding attention.
The piston rings were imbedded and seized in the pistons, I tried every thing that i know to loosen them up. Multiple boils in Diezel, Marvel Mystery, even 80% Vinegar. but after many days of soaking, poking and prodding I gave up and started using a punch to remove them, and it was still a tough job.
Otherwise the cylinders cleaned up well, and so far the heads are looking reasonable (perhaps one exhaust guide). I did notice that one of the push rod tubes that are pressed into the cylinder has a loose ring on it (the ring that holds the rubber boot into the block).
So a question to you Boxer peeps... I have a spare cylinder with pushrod tubes that are good, is it easy to knock them out and replace the bad one in my good cylinder, or epoxy bond the loose ring (or tack weld) back to it tube...
Sorry if in using all the wrong nouns !
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