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What should I price things at?
- Darryl.Richman
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What should I price things at?
There are a very few specialists who can take an old crank and restore it; they stay very busy. Ed Korn advertises new conrod assemblies for $180 each. Then it's a matter of paying someone to take the crank apart and put it back together again, correctly.
As far as a nonmatching numbers R60 complete and running, probably $4-6k depending on just how nice everything is. It might be worth the same thing as a matching numbers R69S that isn't running.
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Perhaps I should just price this out as a complete kit? The R69S, with the wrong engine, and the original engine that needs a rebuild. The only thing wrong with the bike is that I can not find the key to the gas cap. What should one do? Guess I could take the tank off and take it to a lock smith. Has anyone run into that problem before and found a trick way to get the cap off without damage to the tank top?
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There's also a toolbox behind the left side kneepad. The lock should take the same key as fits the steering head lock. Especially the latter can be problematic to remove and repair.
If you watch eBay and the IBMWR Marketplace, for example, you should get an idea of what things are going for. The MOA web site also has a flea market section now, if you're a member, and there are a few vintage bikes that go through there.
The battery you describe sounds like it really is the original type. There are look alikes available still today.
You might check Craig "Vech" Vechorik's Bench Mark Works web site to get an idea of where the prices are on some of your parts.
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Re: What should I price things at?
Someone who had their R60US crank rebuilt soon experienced a cracked web and needed a complete new crank. After a long search a NOS cosmolined factory crank was found in the US at the price of $1500.
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The search for the NOS R60US crank was driven by the failure of several recent crank rebuilds, and included Europe and well as the US. Yours just might be the last NOS crank in the US, maybe in the world.
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Thanks for the tip on the crank. I paid almost 1000. for it and was told at the time that it was the last R69S crank they could get........and that was 26 years ago. I am going to price the whole kit out and perhaps someone here will want it. Black bike, small two person seat, twin running lights, all new switches. ect.
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Of special interest to me is the crank because I would think these are hard to find. I have a new, still in the factory cosmoline, crank with its rods and rollers and I would like to know what I should ask for it. I paid 945. for it in 1978.........has the value gone up or down. Its for a R69S.
And the bike itself. Original, but with a fresh (in 1980) Amol reworked R60 engine in it, instead of the original R69S engine which I always intended to rebuild. How much for a bike like that, ball park figure.
I am along in years and have other interest. Thanks for the candid comments and they will help guide me in selling this stuff. I have a lot of new parts for the engine and bike. Should I sell it all as a kit or part it out to get more money? TIA