I have a chance to buy a 2001 CBR929RR track bike. I'm not interested in it for me, but I think I can detail it and have something to work on in my moratorium, if I never plant to ride it and maybe make a few bucks on the side.

It's the one I was looking at last year for $2950. Now he wants to sell it to me for $1950. He has a new baby and the wife wants it gone. He's not real connected with such things and wants an easy sale.

the bike has 6350 miles showing, no obvious severe crash damage (it was a race bike and has been down).

The title has been lost. The previous owner bought it in an estate sale (not related to a motorcycle crash). But I believe it was a clean title. I can find out. I know who the previous owner was.

It has a full Moriwaki exhaust system, rearsets and exhaust cam. Stock rear shock, reworked forks, sharkskinz bodywork. Bodywork is lightly scuffed. No major damage. It also has brand new Michelin Pilot Powers, that still have the mold nubbins.

I have a 929 head that I am working on. I bought it for $40 on ebay last year. It is in really good shape. I'm porting it, detailing the combustion chambers and cutting valve seats. I could put that on. Strange timing, because i had just started working on the head when he called me.

I'm thinking it would be worth $2800 in the spring. what do y'all think?

 

If you have the cash, go for it. I think you could get more than you paid for it if you want to sell.
Also, remember that money will buy many nice things for your new project.

 

I'm just running out of patience. I can't put my bike in the garage for another year, per my "agreement". I would only do it if I thought I could make a few $$ for my efforts.

I found this dyno info on the Thorsten Durbahn airbox for the RC51:

This is a RC51 with a full Yosh exhaust, PC3 and Wiseco high-comp pistons. (running on VP Ultimate 4) The red line is with the standard airbox, the blue line is after the addition of a Thorsten Durbahn airbox but without any remapping, and the green line is the Thorsten airbox with remapping. A worthwhile modification in my book.

Dyno tuning was done by Hord at www.hordpower.com.

So I bought one of these:



I need to just keep acumulating parts. Basically, bodywork and clipons. And a bike.