Donor Engines??

[Northwind]

Ok Coop and Boobhead,

Let's resume the engine source thread. I'm all ears (or eyes in this case) What, Where, and How?

[glenn cooper]

That's all ya had to do?

Hey I've been in the bike game a long time. Prior to my current gig, I was in the biz for 20 years.
In the southeast auctions are a joke and have been for years - the yokels and noobs bid the things so high as to be comical.
I have my sources, actually a lot of them, but getting a late GSXR1000 crashed bike for the prices mentioned ($800-1000...) doesn't happen around here is all I'm sayin'.

I can't imagine it does anywhere, and if there is one out there for $500 - I'd almost pay that much not to see that level of carnage(!)

[Northwind]

I've watched some of the auctions in the midwest with the same results you have seen. I was hoping someone may have a real good connection for finding motors for our cars. Maybe others will care to chime in here on past positive or negative experiences for sourcing engines. I think we could learn from these posts and develope some fair expectations for finding F 1000 engines.

[JohnPaul]

try crazedlist.com which is a national search of every craigslist, it'll yeild results within a couple weeks or sooner

[Brands]

If you're feeling brave do what I did and buy a brand new bike and part it out. I ended up with a 0 mile motor for $1500 by the time everything was sold. A bit risky but every time I did the maths (or 'math' if you must ) it made sense. At least you know the history of the motor from day one. I was lucky enough to get a smoking deal on a bike bought out of state (no sales tax).

[Brett Lane]

I'm currently looking around. There was a 2009 gsxr(wrecked) on an online auction for $1000, by the end of the day it was up to $1850, and probably went for more.

Glenn, you wouldn't mind pm'in me a list of what you sold off the bike, and for how much would you? I'd appreciate that.

Brett

[Brands]

Glenn, you wouldn't mind pm'in me a list of what you sold off the bike, and for how much would you? I'd appreciate that.

Brett

Glen or Ben? I can e-mail you a list of the parts I sold off the bike I bought new. ben@secomposites.com

[Brett Lane]

Sorry, I meant you, Ben. Any help here is greatly appreciated.

[Daryl DeArman]

Northwind you have a PM....feel free to share it with other ApexSpeed FB racers. I just don't want to post info here where every yokel can find it through google.

[Mike Holland]

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