Ok, heres the deal. I have the opportunity to buy a 1994 cr 125 in very good condition for 900$ canadien. the only thing is that it needs a new piston and rings. I have hardly any experience with bikes but with the owners manual i think i should be fine. Considering my experience and the price of repairs what do you guys think?
Worth the Money$$?
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hey thanks, thats the thing i don't know exactly what replacing a piston and rings entails. I do have access to tools. I think with the owners manual i should be fine. Any suggestions? Also does anyone know how much a new piston and rings go for?
Does the bike run currently? It's one thing for the current owner to speculate that all it needs is a new top end to run properly, it's another to know that's a fact. For the piston rings and all gaskets you'll need for the job you will be able to get all the parts for less that $200 CDN if you shop around. However if the cylinder is trashed then the job suddenly becomes much more expensive. If the bike is a non runner but the chassis and all seems decent I'd consider offering the owner $400-$500. Anyone selling that bike in non running condition either does not know exactly why it doesn't run and wants to dump it, or is too lazy to do the work and needs to dump it, either way you win.
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Yeah i shouldn't have left this out. In the ad it says that the bike has a performance cylinder that is chromed, so it does not scratch. So you just have to plop in a new piston. It also has a reinforced head with a fmf pipe. So from what you guys are saying I should snatch this thing up?
If it don't run offer him 6 and tell him the bottom end probably needs to be rebuilt.Find out who and with what it got plated.Reinforced head??????Is that Canadian for something?
That is the thing,are you gonna take his word? Is the cylinder,head good? Is the bottom end good and ready for assembly.For 600,you could tear it apart and know what is in there,his price it better work!
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Almost all bikes from 1990 and on have plated cylinders and this does not mean you can not damage them. Break a piston skirt or toss a circlip and there is going to be damage that can be expensive to repair. Unless the top end is worn way beyond usage the bike should run, if it doesn't run simply because the owner claims the top end is worn out I would suspect the bike was not taken care of very well and would offer a low amount to count on it taking me $800 or so to bring the bike up to my standards.
I would tell him 600 Canadian and no questions!
save 200-300 more dollars and buy one in running condition. i seen a '93 CR125 not too long ago for $1300. sure it's a bit off of what you're going to pay for the 94 CR but you could probably knock him down a couple hundred, and you'll have a running bike. in all honesty, I wouldn't buy a non-running bike unless it was from someone who i had a good sense of trust for, or it's a bike that i can go through before i decide whether or not i should purchase it. there are just too many possible surprises.
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