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CVO Social => Other Topics => Topic started by: Mr. Warlock on April 17, 2020, 08:28:04 AM
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Anyone know of a good place to buy wrecked bikes in North Carolina?
Thanks, Rick
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Anyone know of a good place to buy wrecked bikes in North Carolina?
Thanks, Rick
I'd like to know this too, especially a wrecked bike with a WHIM module :)
From my dealings in the insurance industry, I can tell you this: There are almost no independent insurance adjusting companies that deal with motorcycles, most insurance just rely on the HD dealers to come up with a price to repair or total depending on valve Vs damage.
If the Carrier sends and adjuster, they normally have no or little experience in adjusting motorcycle damages.
I'd have to guess getting friendly with some local dealers might be your best avenue to find who picks up the wrecked bikes. You would then have to buy them at salvage if the owner does not want to.
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Copart.com sells salvage bikes. I have tracked a few on their site but never bid on one.
Here's some CVO Links:
2019 CVO Road Glide
https://www.copart.com/lot/31444250
2019 CVO Road Glide
https://www.copart.com/lot/31018050
2019 CVO Street Glide
https://www.copart.com/lot/30902080
2017 CVO Street Glide
https://www.copart.com/lot/29243160
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Following.
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This outfit is in Jackson GA, not too far:
http://m.maximummotors.net/
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The two biggest sources of salvage sales are Copart.Com and Insurance Auto Auction, mostly known as I.A.A. Most Insurance companies have a contract with either one or both of these companies. Value paid to owner is mostly determined by CCC market research or similar and the salvage value, or min bid is usually generated by the Auction company based on averages. You can buy from any salvage sale they will help get it delivered to you.
You can get some good buys on older obscure stuff but not so much on newer High End models. I had a office at Tampa (Riverview) auction for a few years, not many bargins from there for sure. Florida sales of stuff with a good title are VERY high and even the salvage title stuff, which is most of the bikes being sold, is astronomical as well.
Good luck and DO NOT TAKE what you see in the photos as gospel. Although you can only bid online, you can inspect, if your a registered buyer and you should NEVER buy a bike without a inspection.
Comment above about Ins Damage Appraisers not being motorcycle knowledgeable, sorry to say, is true and a lot of damage is overlooked and misrepresented on the auction site. The adjustor will request a value once he thinks visually the bike is a total, then he will write big ticket items like tank, exhaust, fairings etc that have easily obtainable prices upto the total loss threshold then stop his appraisal and settle with owner and send bike to auction, Auction will then take adjustor supplied info and represent damage as that. Which most times is maybe half the real damage.
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CVODON is 100% correct!!!! Once the adjuster gets to a totaled value per his repair list he stops adjusting... His job is basically complete, but definitely not completed for the next potential bidder at the auctions... Great deals can be had if one knows exactly what they are looking for...My cousin used to buy bikes at auction and repair and resell, trust me he lost his ass more than once....
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Thanks for all the replies guys!! Looking for a project for myself.
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Following.
Damn! Scary to see some these bikes! Hope everyone involved made it out! Sheesh!