It can make plastic brittle a few weeks later. You can do this by hand with some kind of hard sponge (I don't know the name in English) to prevent that. The YT channel "Fortnine" speaks about this in their video about restoring a tiny yellow 50cc
Zyriab Eventho I somewhat agree about the plastic being „briddle“, if you use something like a hairdryer you reduce the risk of this happening. However you can always Sand plastics and spray them, which is the best options if you don‘t want to buy a whole new set of plastics.
There's a video on RU-vid of this dude that restores old plastics and he literally makes them look like brand new it's amazing. He does it by heat and sanding and I'm sure a little buffing at the end.
I got sick of spending money on dirtbikes in 2003, feeling guilty for dropping $9000 on a KTM i opened a bank account and put $500 in. I bought a bike, sold for a profit, did it again, bought 2 more etc etc. Now in 2018 i have $5000 in that account, about 15 vintage enduro bikes, and three road registered trail bikes......about 35 to 40 thousand dollars worth........all from that initial $500. Not counting fuel and oil, which comes out of my everyday account, i havent spent a cent on my hobby since 2003 and i usually buy 15 to 20 bikes a year. So the answer is yes, you can Make Money Buying And Selling Motorcycles.
Hiya cool contrarian thank you for inspiring me to do something with my life as I suffer with m.s & I'm looking for something to do to fill the hours of doing nothingness and you've given me an idea in your comment on how to make some money, so wish me luck on my new adventure, once again thank you👏👏👏👏👏👏☺💪👌👍👊👋👋👋👋👋👋✌
$2000be more realistic to cover some of the time you spent working on the bike and the driving to not charge for your time is slavery to yourself if you get my drift life with no wages how you survive no profit on a couple of builds leaves you broke save some of your wages $10?00 ahour to pay your self and to the house bills for electric and possibly water bills hot water comes at a price then need kids and wife will be clawing at the banks door or worse at th bar door saloon or whatever else you get home and eat your dinner before the dog gets it
Agreed, I drive a 1988 toyota pickup with the 22R engine and I get between 30 and 34 mpg in this thing. I only paid $1300 for it. BEST TRUCK I EVER HAD!!!!!
Your videos are very good. They are fun and full of Mechanic's tips. The way your repair work is filmed doesn't get boring. It's great to see your realistic approach to tear down and assembly. Thank You!
This guy really know what we what for videos its not a usual thing to get people clicking on 17min long videos and enjoy every second of it.. good work brutha ull be at 100,000subs in no time
mountainsun You should be thankful!! Diesel here in the UK ( England ) is $5.98 per US Gallon. ( had to convert from UK gallons to Us gallon, then convert £ to $ to make sure I got that correct ) $5.98 a gallon.... Are you smiling yet?
RAW TOPSHOT haha awesome response! The guys I game with from the UK have told me your gas prices are terrible. East coast I'm paying roughly $2.80 a gallon for normal gasoline, sadly I cannot give you those numbers converted due to high levels of marijuana, but the response was extremely enlightening!
My diesel is gigantic, a 7.3 and I still can almost scrape 20 mpg (down hill with favorable winds) 😆. A gasser of similar size would get less than half I'd imagine. Diesels are pretty damn efficient, man. I think he's just very rural.
1500 is low for that in Arizona.. esp since it looks like the dual sport model which is easy to make street legal here that is round $2k would b fair on both parties
The Fallen's Assasin never give up I've found a few different machines and they were free from a few china kids quads I restored from $5-$40 & sold them for few hundred each which I used to buy a good riding bike.. I also came across a fully loaded kawasaki mule under 1k miles came with removable hard shell all glass cab & has a heater like a truck..it just had be reassembled the owner had top end rebuilt but then suffered medical probs & after a month or two in the hospital he wasn't able to finish reassembling, it even came with all the new parts like new electric fuel pump & gas lines so ther is ways also when u find them u have to jump on them immediately
The Fallen's Assasin I usually get $200-$300 per quad, I've been lucky cuz every one I've done my freinds usually buy before I even get to the reassembly the one I sold on craigslist I spent bout $80 on cuz I did new tires & plastic body but I got $500 for it cuz was like a mid size quad it went to a 14yr old
The Fallen's Assasin ya no probs it was the same for me when I started with them but I found thers 2 places in the phx area that have alot of parts instock & helpfull esp when parts from other brands are the exact & work.. I also found quite a few dealers in the usa online which usually also have a amazon & ebay stores..
The Fallen's Assasin clutch plates are easy and cheap & when ur able replace with aftermarket plates like I use Barnett's alot ther an older company & always been reliable & still affordable plus usually the china bikes use cloned motors from older honda's so u can cross reference with like honda atc's like most 50cc-110cc china motors is the same mtr as the old z50's & atc 70's lucky for me I still have my 1st bikes a 81 honda z50r & 81 honda atc 70 I got brand new in 1981 so i was able to compare against ther plates.. utubes is always been great source to find out what other makes & models share the same parts which can save u money plus give u a more quality part
So no doubt this is one of my favorite videos! C'mon man I know your going through some tough "life" issues. Any of them can kill us and bring us back to life at any time. Choose life man. You earned this fanbase and no doubt you got the gall to jump on the oppurtunity before you! Now jump. Give us some content to drool over and you will succeed!
Watching you ride reminds me of my much younger days in the mid 70’s in South Georgia. I had a Yamaha 250 DT-1 Enduro with the GYT kit. It spent more time on me than I did on it. L.O.L.
I like how he said there was a salvage yard down the road from his house that has a box of kick starters, but it cost him $30 of diesel to get there and back lol good videos man I enjoy watching them
Ebay has some great sticker kits. I hand cut stickers / number plate backgrounds for $ 15.oo and toss a few on the fork legs, and you get a great looking bike that will sell quick. In Atlanta GA this is about a $1800 - $2000 Bike.
It’s a gamble when you try to flip stuff, but if you know what you’re getting into you really can’t lose. The way I approach the game is to buy fixer uppers, get them running and enjoy them for a time before I flip them. Once you do it a couple times you get a sense for the business side of things. Other times you just get lucky and have a great deal fall in your lap. I recently picked up a vintage Hodaka that I can flip for double what I paid, but it’s such a cool bike I may not want to sell it.
I have the same helmet for my scoots. People laugh at me so I don’t really like it but seeing you with the same helmet giving it the beans on the track makes me think it’s not so bad
You have excellent videos that are a pleasure to watch. The right balance between having an entertaining video with good production yet not full of fluff and nonsense. Thanks for making them.
i bought my cafe racer 1974 kawasaki 400, 2 years ago for $500 rode it for a year sold it for $1,000 it cost me $16 to register it, i took that $1,000 dollars and bought a 2005 Honda Shadow 750cc cost me $22 dollars to register it rode it for 11 months and just sold it today for $1,200
In high school I supported my racing by buying and selling bikes. But I was 16 and didn’t pay for food or rent! Buying and selling cars and bikes for profit is a tough way to go. Btw, I’ll share my secret to selling a dirt bike to the first guy. After the bike is clean and you’re done with everything, spray the complete Bike with No Touch tire dressing. In the white can. Let it all drip off for a few hours then hit it with the yellow towels. Everything looks fresh. Tires. Plastics. Seat. Tank. Works every time... also, lacquer thinner on the white plastics removes all the discolored stains. Works on graphics too. Love your videos.
Hey man, i had a WR450F 2006 then i realised 2 stroke was just better for off road haha, awsome videos, i live in a flat so seeing you do the work keeps my need for fixing at bay haha ...needless to say im subscribed .. I am a Mechatronic engineer , so i appreciate when i see some one just thnking logically to fix a problem and not just asking the internet for answers haha
Your videos are great, and really fun to watch. I like how you take the time to explain your thought process on everything. I just finished rebuilding my KLR 650. Nice work!
I just saw your video now Lol when you asked how much we think to sell I came out a price in my mind of $1500 that's why I commented here Lol. You put $1500. Good video thanks.
Could not tell you what it is worth but it looked like a fun project. I would start at 2000.00 and work down. You also have the rest of the parts bike to throw in too which should make the deal sweeter for the buyer. Throw in your skill set to do it right and you will get the money for the bike... Would be interested to see an update...
One thing I've learned different states prices are different. Like in Georgia a suzuki 125 4 stroke is 1k on craigslist but in Ohio u can get them for 600!
I Know, In the ATL area the prices are pretty High compared to elswhere... Just dont take your bike to some hood and let some guy test ride it... that is the forever test ride.... You will not be seeing those wheels again! = Stolen Bike!!
Yeah i have people come to me anyways when i am selling bikes i dont bring them to the buyer I have one right now that has coolant just getting every where its not supposed to be.. hopping its just a gasket
OfficialSouthSoul, I just bought a yz250f out of Boone NC for just under 500. Traded the guy an AR I had gotten for under around 400 and it cost me another 25 bucks on ebay to put a new valve in it and it runs like a new one now and I would laugh at someone if they offered anything under 2000 for it. I'm more than happy about the trade.
Thanks! Yeah there are always deals to be found, but one thing that always gets tricky is the dmv. if you jump through all the hoops to get title it costs $$ but if you just float it and never register in your name you might not be able to sell for as much because it makes people (sometimes justifiably) suspicious.
Every time I watch one of your vids I learn at least one new trick to make life easier on top of being entertained...great vids,great channel.glad it popped up in my "recommended"
Remember how to get the bits back together is important I use the lay it all out as you strip it lay it out on a white or light coloured sheet to keep parts clean and small pieces are visible just work backwards from the parts layout take photos whenever possible and from different angles
I "made" money flipping bikes for a while. If you include your labor, tools, work space, ECT in expenses your really losing money no matter what. But it is a good way to gain experience if you want to become a moto tech. I also went to school and got certified at the same time, but ultimately I think flipping bikes is what got me a job at a dealer. My job at the dealer was...evaluating trade in's, and fixing them at a cost which made the dealer money. Basically the same thing I did on my own, but I also got to pdi brand new bikes/quads/sidexsides and ride them... including kawi's h2, yamaha's newest R1, GSXR1000, STREET TRIPLE 765, CanAm X3 XRC ECT ECT ECT all before anyone had a chance to buy them. In the long run I'd say it paid off.
you already bought all of that tools and space and etc, you are only investing your free time what you would spend in front of the tv lets say, in some more useful way. if this is your primary income, then we can talk about amortization and cost of labor.
This video was likeable to watch. Thanks for posting. In the country i live in its very hard to find a dir tbike for 450 euro. All the time they cost 1500 with an engine that is grenaded so thats really expensive and almost impossible to make money on. I live in europe btw.
I owned and managed a bike shop in Georgia, as well as raced, rode, repaired and resold bikes on the side most of my life. On the east coast, that's a $1500 bike, real money, right now. On the west coast, same thing. Advertise it at $2200 and let people see that number change to 1500 and you'll make someone's day. Hell, maybe even gain a friend. Any lower than 50%, and your margin isn't sustainable. Any higher than 50% should be either a pretty rare, special circumstance or you're inviting trouble to ride shotgun down the trail somewhere. Just an opinion. I love your channel. See you around, bro.
Hello from Canada,We have ice here,I ride winter ice riding 250 dt yahama. Your price is right on,fair and just.50% is fair for buyer and seller.Good man.
From what I've seen you seem hard on yourself about certain things but don't be you have a lot more patients than most and should be thankful the way things come out when your done is amazing :) me and my wife love watching all your video she binge watched the shasta lastnight haha
G'DAY Jacob,well done with the WR 250F,I've been doing the same game as you with machinery, for over 40 years,including over 50 motorcycles, 35 Cars,27 full tractor restorations, several trucks,a gaggle of boats,over 25 ride on mowers,and scores of small engine machines,my advice would be sell all your bikes and purchase a Honda XR 400,90's model for yourself ,and a XR 200,for Jennie,or stick to suitable size,weight CRF Hondas for the whole family,or option B,would be keep the WRF250,for yourself,finish the Kawasaki KX 100,for Jennie,and forget 2strokes in the future,I've could Honda & Yamaha 4strokes similar in repair costs,saleability, demand,though I've a Penchant for Kawasaki Road bikes/Tourers,but this is in Queensland, Australia, you will need to assess your own market,and how much shelving/bins parts room,you have,desire to maintain,,on a personal level,I must add,my Tinkering.and building my dream workshop,before my wife's dream home,eventually cost me my marriage of 28 years,and approximately $380,000,So weigh up ultimate goals you have,yours with kindest Regards,Dave McLaughlin, Queensland, Australia
I just bought an 03 marauder for $600 and a 94 Vulcan 500 for $700. Marauder needs some work but the Vulcan is good to go. They aren't dirt bikes but I'm hoping to make around $500 on each of these bikes this week. I could totally see being able to make money from it!
