To break or not to break

Motorcycling
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I am seriously pissed off with my VFR now. It is very clear that the chain needs replacing, and the electrics problem still isn’t fixed properly, to the point of being seriously offputting. I reckon that given enough time, I could break the bike for about £12-1300, keeping some of the parts back for my second VFR, but if I can fix it then I might be able to get more. Problem is, it is really quite scruffy.

Gut says break it - its a VFR so parts should sell quite well. However, that will take time and space, and the money will come in in dribs and drabs. I have the time, I have the space, but I think I could do with the money as I will need to buy a replacement. Unless I rebuild my ZZR and use that for a bit, which is another serious option.

What do the masses think?

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If it was me and I wanted to get rid, one way or another, I would sell it to Big D to break. Get’s it out my way and helps a fellow LB’r out with his business.

3

+1

4

Sell me the zzr for peanuts could be an option !

5

Define peanuts…

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut

:smiley: I’ll be here all week

7

Scorch could probably sort your electrical gremlins out & change your chain, he did my vfr.

8

Might be worth splurging a bit of dough on it to get it into saleable condition. Then off-load it in a one’er which saves you the time and bother of breaking it :cool:

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I’m loathed to give it to someone to look at the electrics, as they could be there all day and there’s only so much money worth throwing at a bike. Me being there all day is one thing. Someone else being there all day at £50 per hour is quite another.

10

I have a feeling that I have a dirty earth connection somewhere as the earth on headlights, tail lights etc is common, so its a question of taking everything apart, cleaning, and reassembling bit by bit to make sure that everything is in order.

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if it was me id have a go at checking all the connections a simple circuit tester should do the trik

I had a TDM where the wiring loom was slowly rotting away so one day I stripped the bike down to make it more accessible then got about with new wires & a shouldering gun a day well worth spent & it lasted another two years until the engine went poop

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My brother had a couple of very minor electrical niggles with his Chinese Pulse. Quickly fixed, but his mechanic told him that the electrics on Chinese bikes are their weak point, but if anything serious went, then it’s easier to buy a new loom for £48 or an upgraded one for £60. Apparently only a 40 min job to fit it :smiley:

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I’ve read about earth wire problems in the block behind the left fairing, people have bypassed the connector block by hard wiring a wire across it.