So I have a friend, Army war vet, with a 2002 Zuki Bandit 600S with 15K miles on her that has been sitting in his dry garage in SoCal for 3 yrs. Last it ran, 3 yrs ago would only run on the choke and die on the jets. And it has sat with the old gas in it since then. And even before that he did 2 combat engineer tours in Afghanistan, so the bike really has sat for like 6 yrs. He's lived near the beach for a while and the bike was not always in a garage. Amazing how much corrosion living a mile or two from the ocean produces. Chrome is pretty shot and many of the bolted joints show some rust. But over all the bike seems like it may be OK with the basic clean out the gas tank, replace fuel filter and a few lines, rebuild the carbs and hope for the best.
Tires are old/shot, battery is dead, chain is pretty stiff. I'm thinking if I'm lucky maybe $500 in parts to get is on the road as long as break aren't frozen. Plastics show 14 yrs of age and has been dropped at the light and garage a time or two but no sliding across 3 lanes of ACH damage. Oh yeah , its the blue one.
We're talking like $400-500 and he has a clean title but not current reg for a few yrs so there's that issue.
Rat rod, hooligan street whatever fighter, IDK. So for price plus parts I maybe able to get her to a used state of sale worth maybe $1200 to $1500 with $1K in cost if I go the cheap diy route.
Sage advise and opinions greatly appreciated.
I'm leaning toward the $400 cash and bring a trailer strategy and hope for the best and I winter project
* Last updated by: cruderudy on 10/13/2016 @ 9:45 PM *
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