Topic: Sandcast for sale in Nebraska US

[Skunkmiester]

Don't know if any of you have seen this yet but if I was in the States I would definatly be keeping an eye on this one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300281841670&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting

Looking around ebay it seems as if the seller has broken a Sandcast up for sale as quite a few parts all lead back to Lincoln Nebraska.

A shame that such an iconic bike will be scattered to the wind.

[Skunkmiester]

Hmm, went for $2136.00 about right I guess.

[markjenn]

Wow, that seems high to me for an bare engine and a frame where the engine needs rebuilding, has bent and chipped fins and where the frame has had the tubing butchered and has no title.  $2,136 can generally get you a non-sandcast in complete and running condition.   This sandcast lust seems ridiculous.

- Mark

[Skunkmiester]

I think it is more the possibility to make a fast buck by restoring it and selling it on after.

Didn't notice the broken fins though.

[markjenn]

Yes, the obvious thing to do here is find a reasonably complete non-sandcast K0 and swap parts across to inherent the sandcast's engine ID and frame ID.  The butchered frame really hurts though - you either have to forge the frame ID across to the non-sandcast or repair the frame on the sandcast which in addition to needing new tubing welded in, is probably bent completely out of whack and likely has an overstressed and possibly cracked backbone.  And unless they have some tricks to play at the DMV, they'll have a salvage title .  But assuming all this is solvable, the buyer is sinking an extra $2K into a 750 project just to say that it's a sandcast when they're done.  That may be the going premium.

- Mark