CAT C Advice please....

[btdk5]

I have read a couple of threads on the subject and I know there are a few reactionary responses as soon as someone mentions a CAT (whatever) bike, but a couple of questions.

Bike recorded as Cat C - current owner comments that this was due to the computer/dash getting damaged.
Normal price for the bike would be 5500 this is going for around 3500
Bike has been MOT'd since the incident - would this uncover any structural damage? Frame etc - or does MOT just check superficial aspects of the bike?
Is this cheap enough to warrant the record? I doubt I will sell it in the future.

[btdk5]

Its a street triple R - its got a couple of superficial scratches on two of the panels as well. A replacement dash is around £1500 and the panels and the labour may add up to a write off.

Write off occurred in 2016 and the bike has been MOT'd since - Would the MOT uncover any serious defects with the bike? Or is this not worth the risk?

[Jazoli]

Sounds about right to me, I had a cat C Street Triple, they seem to get thrown down the road regularly, the only thing to bear in mind is that you will have a limited audience should you want to sell it, and it will have to be cheap.

[Lee540]

My 2008 Gen.2 Hayabusa was Cat. C after being knocked over by a taxi, cracked top fairing and broke an indicator.

Bought it back off the insurance company and then sold it on eBay for about half it's pre-accident value, unrepaired.

Edited by Lee540 on Tuesday 19th June 11:54

[Krikkit]

The clocks for a Triple R look to be <£1k, so I'd be interested to know what the rest of the damage was.

Maybe someone tried to nick it and broke the steering lock, clocks, bars etc trying to grind it up? Bet that'd be a chunk if the yoke was cut up etc.

[Andy XRV]

Assuming that you’re aware of the full extent of the damage and the quality of the repair then at the right price there is no reason to shy away from a CAT C bike. Before I put a CAT C Fazer back on the road I photographed the damage so that any future buyer could judge for themselves whether it was a good deal or not. It might be worth asking if there is any documented proof that the damage was limited to a few panels and the dash as this will not only put your mind at rest it will also make it easier to sell on later.

But as said above, that does sound like enough damage to write it off.

On the plus side you will get to own and ride a 5.5K bike for 3.5K. When you come to sell it although you won’t get top money you will still probably lose less than if you bought a 5.5K and sold that on.

Your money, your call

[btdk5]

Thanks for the advice.

Think there is enough info there to make me stump up for a clean version.

[BuzzBravado]

Krikkit said:

The clocks for a Triple R look to be <£1k, so I'd be interested to know what the rest of the damage was.

Maybe someone tried to nick it and broke the steering lock, clocks, bars etc trying to grind it up? Bet that'd be a chunk if the yoke was cut up etc.

I'd go with this. They are easy to steal and thieves know it. He is probably being loose with the truth. Could actually be ignition and wiring which so happen to affect the clocks.

[neelyp]

If you do go to see it check the lockstops, they break quite easily, meaning new frame required and therefore a write off.

[Rubin215]

Doesn't take a lot for a bike to be written off these days unfortunately.
Parts are so ridiculously expensive, plastics especially, that it only takes a minor slide to make a bike "uneconomical" to repair without any major damage being done.

If you know what you're doing, a written off bike can be an outstanding bargain.

[BuzzBravado]

neelyp said:

If you do go to see it check the lockstops, they break quite easily, meaning new frame required and therefore a write off.

I've never understood this. They write off a bike because of a tiny metal tab, which never served its purpose anyway. Has a stop lock ever prevented a theft?

[bimsb6]

BuzzBravado said:

neelyp said:

If you do go to see it check the lockstops, they break quite easily, meaning new frame required and therefore a write off.

I've never understood this. They write off a bike because of a tiny metal tab, which never served its purpose anyway. Has a stop lock ever prevented a theft?

A lockstop isn’t an anti theft device it is there to restrict steering lock to avoid thumbs getting trapped between bars and tank and and to stop bars hitting tank .

[anonymous-user]

A dash /computer in its own would not write a bike off. It would simply be a broken bike? It must be damaged as a result of an accident? And if so, what happened?