culcune,
I parted out my Jialing Viva VX200SX and made over $1900 to date on it. I just made a few dollars ($35) last week. Someone paid me for some parts I shipped out but forgot about. Another thing I find is that these guys are all VERY honest people. Only one person didn't pay me for parts I sent out. What he didn't pay for was so small an amount that I really didn't care. He bought most of the Jialing, so it was all good! I made all I wanted, so I didn't care. I still have a good bit of the Jialing left. Mostly, controls, brakes, and electrical parts. Anyway, I made more than enough to pay myself back for the Jialing and completely pay for the QLink I bought last summer. It's basically a free bike. I have ZERO money in it!
So far, I've made over $6000 parting out my KTM 950 Adventure. I tried to sell the bike for $8000 and couldn't. Last week, I sold the forks, swingarm and rear shock for $3000. The front fender and fairings went for over $300. I still have the engine, all the electrics (the bikes still runs), gauges, Brembo brakes, brakelines, hand controls, complete frame & brackets, subframe, turnsignals, taillights, mufflers, header pipes, fuel tanks, headlight, and most of the bodywork. I'm hoping to get $4000 out of the frame and engine alone. The other parts should net me $3000 to $4000 more. The money from the frame and engine will be used to pay for the new 2009 Kawasaki KLX250S that I want.
Honestly, I've thought about buying bikes just to part out. I have so many parts in my shop that I need to clean it out and get rid of that stuff first. I bet I have enough parts left to buy whatever bike I want. I parted out a Buell once and made a $7500 profit after paying myself back the $3000 I paid for the bike. :thumbup:
It can be done!
SamM