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Title: Motorcycle wrecking yards in SoCal
Post by: racasey on December 04, 2015, 09:07:32 AM
I'm starting a new project, a street scrambler based on a V65SP.  I'm currently in Palm Springs and want to visit some m/c wrecking yards, with a primary interest in front forks, brake calipers, masters, and possibly gas tanks.

Google maps tells me there are several around here, with 3 in the San Bernardino area, but using Street View, they look so so. 

Might some of our SoCal friends recommend a place or two?

Ciao,
Dick
Title: Re: Motorcycle wrecking yards in SoCal
Post by: Johncolleary on December 04, 2015, 09:12:23 AM
There is one in Stanton not too big but I have found some useful parts in the past.

10731 Chestnut Ave, Stanton, CA 90680

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Title: Re: Motorcycle wrecking yards in SoCal
Post by: Trinorman on December 05, 2015, 12:41:30 AM
Tri-County Motorcycle Salvage in Ventura.  Lots of parts.  Won't look impressive in Google Street View, but has lots of stuff.

http://ventura.cylex-usa.com/company/tri-county-motorcycle-salvage-11656367.html
Title: Re: Motorcycle wrecking yards in SoCal
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on December 05, 2015, 06:28:58 AM
We used to have one in Indy down in the hood  :wink: that wouldn't have looked impressive in Street view at all. You name it, they had it if it was Japanese.
Title: Re: Motorcycle wrecking yards in SoCal
Post by: kirkemon on December 05, 2015, 03:27:02 PM
I use Johnson and Wood on Lankershim in No. Hollywood. I wouldn't describe them as a wrecking yard, but they have many old bikes and a heap of parts.
Title: Re: Motorcycle wrecking yards in SoCal
Post by: racasey on December 05, 2015, 10:46:55 PM
Thank you to those who took the time to respond. 

The few yards I'm familiar with in the Seattle / Tacoma area have disassembled the bikes and sorted the parts by type,  forks in one room, fenders in another. 

The two yards I viewed in street view in the San Bernadino area appeared as if they had about 20 bikes in a cyclone fenced area, partially disassembled, and rotting in the sun.

I'm looking for a yard that has taken the parts in out of the weather,.  I'd have thought SoCal would be a m/c wreckers paradise.

Might I be mistaken? 

Ciao,
DC
Title: Re: Motorcycle wrecking yards in SoCal
Post by: Trinorman on December 06, 2015, 12:17:05 AM
Tri-County Motorcycle Salvage in Ventura is all inside and bikes are parted out.