Hey, Newb? Thanks for getting back to me. The question was more impulse thinking; I'd repair it and paint it all up. At least you can keep riding it. The main parts like the levers, pegs, and steering parts, are more important than the body work.
Also remember, the resale value and how much you throw back in that bike is to ask yourself; is it worth it? I mean, the retro body at $350 as opposed to adding one more, "0" to complete the body back to stock is to ask yourself how much [MORE] you want to lay out; if the bike is worth the price of the OEM body parts to replace it with.
I could guess and say, you are looking at well over $4500.00 being; the special body panels in the upgraded seats I am looking at. We are not including the tank. For all I know, that was a conservative estimate. Hard times like this and the bike is more a, "throw away" bike. I'd hold up on the $4,500 worth of replacements. Think of that cash is let that sit toward the next ride; run naked and just replace what is needed.
For sure, you can glue the crashed parts back together, being they are on hangers and are not stress points as if to load a piece of plastic. You can bondo it. "Shaker Can" the paint back on. You are bucks ahead and with the new paint job, it is more the cash flows toward a new tank. I see this as your only big ticket item. You can walk away from the bike and still make out selling it, "AS IS."
Tanks, Alex.
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