Whats it worth?

[Green1]

Today I have been offered a UKreg Parakeet Yellow 400/4
Its in its origanal OK but tired paint
New front and rear mudgaurds and front brake caliper,
Powdercoated frame and stands

But its a non runner as it turns over but doesn't fire.
Scruffy wiring,Crap seat,headlight missing and theExhaust is scrap but has nice header pipes

Mick

[tom400f]

Mileage?

These days who knows but I would not part with more than 2 grand

[Green1]

I think the clocks had 30k on them but who knows as we all know thay have probably been changed at some point.
I think I can get it for just over a £1000

[tom400f]

Prob worth min £3.5K after restoration so at that price might still be something in it afterwards. Go for it.

[mike the bike]

With the powdercoating and tbe nice headers, mudguards and caliper, I would offer about £1200.  I doesn't sound like it needs a lot doing to it.
A good wiring loom tip;  before you do anything to it put it in the dishwasher.   It comes up really clean and you can see what needs doing to it.

[Green1]

I know the 400 is a small bike but I don't think it will fit in the dishwasher 

[MCTID]

You will be in big trouble if your Wife asks you 'Wires this in my dishwasher' ?

[Johnwebley]

I know the 400 is a small bike but I don't think it will fit in the dishwasher 

  Mike is lucky,he has access to large industrial washers

[Rozabikes Tim]

Sounds good in theory but won't you get residual moisture causing corrosion / poor contacts?

[Green1]

I was woundering that.Will the salt affect the copper?

[Johnwebley]

I was woundering that.Will the salt affect the copper?

  dont worry,bung a cork in the exhaust ,it should be OK

[mike the bike]

Dishwashers don't wash with salt.   Salt is just used to backflush the ion exchange unit in the water softener.   After 3 rinse cycles,  there won't be any residual detergent left on the loom.  Trust me, it works.
Mick, best to remove the loom from the bike first.

[Green1]

Good to know.
The wiring loom is about the only part of a bike thats not been through the wash.

[mike the bike]

I put my Katana 650 loom through a wash cycle.   I was surprised to see all the wiring was different colours, before washing they were all a shitty black colour.   After hanging it up to dry it was good as new.