MOPED ARMY

A non-running moped is worth $100.

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$125 is way too cheap for a paid mechanic to drop a motor and totally rebuild it then reinstall it and test it.

If they are proposing to do that plus other work such as tires and tubes/ electrical work etc. for under $125 they do not know how much work / time it will take.

Are you sure they are not just talking about something like a top end rebuild or trans rebuilt or carb rebuild or some lesser service?

Also, I doubt it needs a rebuild. Only 600 miles and it stops abruptly, does not sound like it needs a rebuild. If I were gambling, I'd pace my bets on some kind of tail light issue. Italian mopeds don't spark/work without a functional tail light / brake light / brake light switches. So maybe it just needs a bulb OR maybe some wires or a switch got messed up.

Other things that I can think would be that the carb just got clogged and/or the condenser went bad. Condensers constantly go bad on Italian mopeds, but it is usually less abrupt.

Maybe he ran it with no oil and/or it sprung a top end leak and he needs a top end only rebuild - but if he made it 600 miles, I'd assume he knew how to mix oil and stock top ends generally don't just leak for no reason.

I'd step back and re-diagnose before spending all of that money on parts & suspiciously under-priced labor you don't need.

Good Luck!

just buy it, cuz u know u want it.

New tires clean oem carb new rings a oem taillight. The tail has a resistor in it so if the bulb. Is blown it won't start or idle properly

150. To get it running.

150 as parts bike

Trent, it’s the same as all your Motrons. Same engine & electrics, but a way cooler frame.

If you can fix a Motron, you can fix this. Get it.

Somebody, either the original owner or the kid, pulled off the tail light. They misplaced the back of the tail light somewhere in their garage. The solder on the ceramic resistor looked fine, but the tail light bulb was missing. I asked the kid if it stalled when he hit the brakes, and he said it did, so I agree that the bike could most likely get up and running with as little as good bulbs, a condenser, spark plug coil, new plug, or some combination thereof costing from $3 to $50.

The remainder of the $325 was if they bought top of the line tires, tubes, rim strips, a new set of rings, seals, bearings, gaskets, a quart of oil, petcock, etc.

I didn't want to tell them, "yeah, its a three dollar light bulb" and then present them a bill for $450. Richard Eberline and I just wanted to price out a job that would give the kid a great running bike that should last longer than he will probably be interested in riding it.

Anyway, I got a text while at church that they are fine with around the $300 mark. I'm going to Toledo anyway, so the trip to the mechanic is moot. The only extra expense will be when the rebuilt engine is brought back to Cleveland. I actually doubt that Richard or I will make any money on this at all. It's really almost a freebie to get a kid interested in the hobby.

The thing is, most likely you fix the taillight, throw on tires and tubes, a seven dollar crank seal, clean the points and ride it. No need to go to extremes, if it’s in good shape. The kid was riding it; it hasn’t been sitting in a barn for 40 years.

In Pennsylvania without direct transfer of title which costs 100. Or no title that will be a parts bike. The runaround thru Delaware or Vermont won't float if it was ever titled in PA.

See 150. Is actually higher than I would pay just due to storage space.

IMO, it’s silly and wasteful to rebuild an engine with only 600 miles,

I mostly agree, however i personally like to replace crank seals as 40 years to a bike that has primary just sat (likely in an un-air conditioned garage/shed) is not kind to old rubber. Normally you can swap crank seals out without cracking the center cases, so for the $20 in parts i would recommend most bikes get the upgrade. But yeah, assuming this engine is not seized up I would just attempt to get it running as it sits.

Ive never seen a Concorde XKE that was worth $300 non running. From my experience most italian bikes are rust buckets... normally the forks and wheels (chrome parts) are straight rust. My guess is the Italians did not use good quality materials for chrome plating. The bike is still worth $150 if the motor is complete and turns over freely.