First, sorry to hear about the accident and glad you're alright. Second, what are the prices we're talking about here? An 84 700S in great condition is worth around $2K. What are they wanting to charge to do the "fix". Also, what's the extent of the cosmetic damage after the spill?
-Kyle On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 11:03 AM, oceanbrzz <[email protected]> wrote: > I purchased a 1984 Nightawk 700sc, fell in love as soon as I climbed > on, and when I drove it, "like butter" is all I could think! On my > "maiden voyage" something jamed and caused by new bike and I to take a > plastic breaking, metal grinding slide across a intersection. Not > being able to figure out what/why had happned, and not being able to > get it to start again, took it to the mechanic and he finds 2 outer > clutch gears chipped/broken off (which is what had jamed the whole > system). One gear on the crankshaft is also damaged. Asking the > mechanics "what would you do if this was your son/daughter bike?" One > mechanic says to replace the clutch and he can fix the tooth/dog on > the crankshaft and it will run fine, he does it all the time. The > other guy says to replace all the parts (which will cost more than I > paid for the bike). My dad said junk it because he's worried about > other bits of the broken teeth still loose in/around the crankshaft > area. Can that area be cleaned w/o taking the motor apart? > So I want to put the question to any one out there...... > > What would you do it this was your bike? Is there another factor I am > not aware of? > > PS, I don't hold other people responsible for my decisions, so please > speek freely.... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
