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Old Sep 9, 2020 | 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by smitty901
Very good chance another salvage bike passed on to to an unsuspecting buyer . If most of the work was done right you should be able in time figure out the wiring or find an indy that can. Careful what you put into it. Likely you are stuck with it for lfe unless you just want to give it away.
You need to post a lot more of the story to get information that will get you going in the right direction.
If it was a salvage bike that was damaged to the point where a replacement, aftermarket frame is needed, wouldn't the tin be destroyed too?
 
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Old Sep 9, 2020 | 12:24 PM
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I smell a Troll ..2 days since original post and has not come back.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2020 | 12:36 PM
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Don't think so. Just think he got the info he needed and now has a problem to sort out!
 
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Old Sep 9, 2020 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by upflying
If it was a salvage bike that was damaged to the point where a replacement, aftermarket frame is needed, wouldn't the tin be destroyed too?
Tin is easy to come by. A bike can T bone a car total the frame with little damage to most of the bike. Seen it. Read how much some put into the great deal wreck they purchased. Just to end up with a branded title and a bike worth 1/2 the value if done prefect.
Friend I know purchased a 2014 he was unaware the title had been washed in a couple states. It was a salvage. Only way he found out was a DUI . Bike was parked over two years when he went to reg it WI found a problem. . It took a lot of time and some money but at least he was able to reg the bike.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2020 | 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by smitty901
Tin is easy to come by. A bike can T bone a car total the frame with little damage to most of the bike. Seen it. Read how much some put into the great deal wreck they purchased. Just to end up with a branded title and a bike worth 1/2 the value if done prefect.
Friend I know purchased a 2014 he was unaware the title had been washed in a couple states. It was a salvage. Only way he found out was a DUI . Bike was parked over two years when he went to reg it WI found a problem. . It took a lot of time and some money but at least he was able to reg the bike.
Exactly, I hit the car that pulled across the road in front of me hard enough to twist the frame, totaling the bike. Despite that, there wasn’t so much as a scratch on the tanks or rear fender.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2020 | 05:11 PM
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This poor guy realized that he might have gotten screwed and is too embarrassed to come back, hopefully he’ll get things sorted out and corrected.
 
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