Would you buy a bike with a salvage title?
2009 road glide.
Would you buy a bike with a salvage title?
2009 road glide.
Depends on the bike.
Usually salvage titles are for totaled vehicles. There is so much out there for bikes, including better aftermarket frames, it could be better than a new one, or it could be junk. If it's a good buy, get it.
Sure -- if --it rides/runs OK. Cosmetic damage can be fixed easily.
And a lot of them are totaled for only cosmetics.Originally Posted by wwc3
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That's what he SAID was the issue. Busted up fairing so it had to be a drop or a hit... Nice looking bike with a 103 kit and cams, Power tuner an Rhinehart exhaust...
inside of fairing is painted to match....
Just can't get past the title though...
What are used Road Glides or street glides going for in your area??
A "totaled" bike may be different from one Ins company to another. Progressive is the worse to up to a 70% salvage value on a wrecked bike, meaning that when the repairs are greater than 30% of the bike's value it is declared "totaled". They pay off the claim (usually at a lower value than the customer expects) then sells the bike to make a profit. Personally, I think this is BS and have argued with the adjusters about their raping the customer but it falls on deaf ears. It happened to me in '06 on my '03 H-D FLHT but I beat them at their own game...I worked at the dealership and was able to lower the labor costs to keep my bike and rebuild it.
As for a salvage title, sometimes they are harder to insure and some companies won't insure them at all. Registering them can be a hassle as they have to be inspected and verified to be road worthy (at least that is what I've seen in a couple of cases a few years ago). The resale value is dramatically lower as well.
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