TO PART OR NOT TO PART?

[kettle kid]

There's a guy called, freddy the fat frog,( ebay sellers name) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230715739877? ... 1438.l2649" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; That buy's bikes, from you guy's in the states, Ships them over, in a Shipping Containers, and sells them here in the uk. And if not sold, he parts good complete bikes. ( Watch one of he's bikes, and if not sold, you will then next see it as parts)

The big question is!!,,, TO PART, OR NOT TO PART ,,,,?
There's only so many 75's/ re5 / around and if you keep parting then, there soon be none left. How many bike parts are, there under bed's, back of the garage, sitting on shelves? in boxes, filing cabinets? How many bikes could we make? I don't like parting any bike, So ...
WOULD YOU PART A COMPLEATE, RUNING BIKE , JUST BECAUSE YOU CARN'T SELL IT?

[titan performance]

Difference is Kettle, that you and I, and the majority of guys that frequent this forum, love their old strokers and are seriously passionate about them. Whereas........Freddie the fat frog doesn't give a shiny shite ! To him it's just a business, and a way of earning the next dollar.

I was a motor dealer for 20 years, and encountered many customers who were emotionally attached to their car, and sad to p/x it to me.....telling me to take care of it and find it a good caring home etc......truth was, to me it was just another lump of metal.

[wvc]

sad thing is, most of our bikes are unfortunately worth more in pieces.

[jabcb]

A sharp restored GT250 was for sale near me last winter. Owner mentioned loosing his job and needing to sell the bike. I think it was purchased and parted out by one the the Ohio eBay sellers that people on this form don't like.

When a non-runner gets parted out it helps the rest of us. Definitely is a shame when a good restoration or well maintained original is parted out. All that work ends up as profit in the pockets of some eBay seller. And the community looses one more bike worth keeping.

Bought my 69 T350 so it wouldn't get parted. Nobody had bid on it & I think that's were it would have ended up.

Perhaps those of us that can should try to save some of the nice bikes even if we don't really need them.