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Thread: Keep or sell?

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    I picked up a Blast about 5 years ago as a first bike. Treated me very well and I like the bike a lot. Now, 5 years later, the transmission has completely gone bad on me (bike doesn't go above 3rd gear) and the bike has sat in a garage for a year since it broke down. I'm debating whether to fix it up and keep it or simply sell it cheaply and buy a new bike (leaning towards a used Monster).

    I don't know how the pricing on new transmissions, mechanics, etc. goes or how much I can expect if I sell the bike and that's a huge factor that'll go into my decision. Can anyone help out?

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    I would buy it if it was cheap enough.

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    What's your definition of cheap enough? It's an '07 located in NJ. A little over 13k miles.

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    Tinker with it when your board, turn it into something that it was never meant to be, and I dont mean a coffee table!:D

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    You need to go thru the primary and do a shifter pawl adjustment to fix the shifting problem.
    You in north or south NJ?

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    Sell it.

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    im in central nj, near PA. Id be interested if the price was right...shoot me an email if your want to sell it.

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    Central Jersey. Yes, it exists :) Exit 9 off the turnpike. I honestly don't know what a good price for the bike is which is why I was hoping to get offers...

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    If it's a shifter pawl adjustment to fix the shifting problem you can get a decent price.
    An if you really do have a bad trans where you have to split the cases to fix not going to get a good price.

    So as is taking a chance on it cheap.

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    Sell it



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