Topic: 78 cb750 Engine value?

[Quail "Owner of the comfortable k8"]

Now I have a delima, I have a good 750 78 engine great compression on my bike now.  I also have an engine from a scrap bike that did run and had good compression before I robbed the points and alt and starter last month.  My delima do I sell this engine complete or do I tear it down and sell it by the piece.  I se a alot of motor parts on e-bay so that must pay better.  I hate to part out a prefectly good engine.  I think I will pull the head and ck the cylinder walls and pistons no matter which way I decide to do it.  Now my question, what is a good engine worth.
Terry

[eldar]

well I think the K8 engines were about the best of the sohc, besides maybe the F. But the K engine was only a bit different from the F. I would pay probably $400 for a good engine, maybe more depending on demand and overall condition. I dont know really how much any of the sohc's go for.

[Terry in Australia]

G'Day Terry, The K8 engine is a good unit for sure, and sad to say not as fragile as my F2 engine either. Don't pull it apart though, I would rather buy an engine in one piece that I can crank over with the kickstart pedal to check the compression (and hopefully not have to rebuild) than one in pieces.

The engine in my K3 is a good K6 item I bought at a swap meet for 150 bucks. It had a badly repaired alternator cover but otherwise looked ok so I just tidied it up with some good covers etc, fitted a Dyna S ignition, rebuilt and bench synched the carbs, did the valve clearances, and just stuck it in the bike, and it runs sweeeeeet.

Pricewise, how long is a piece of string? Basically, it's what you're prepared to pay on the day. The guy at the swap meet had lugged it around to a couple of swap meets and was surprised that no-one was all that interested. He'd been writing the price on the valve cover, then crossing it off and writing a lower price as desperation took hold.

He'd started at 350 and by the time I saw it on the Sunday as he was about to pack it back into his truck it was down to 150 and I felt sorry for him and didn't bother to haggle. I often see good complete engines go for only a hundred bucks or so on ebay, which I find incredible seeing that people will pay that or more for a good pair of sidecovers! If you don't need to unload it, keep it Terry, it's full of very expensive spare parts! Cheers, Terry.