Well I did a little asphalt surfing this morning...

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Originally Posted by Kerry_129

I could see salvaging the bike by dropping in a new motor, and perhaps having the frame/forks checked by GMD (or at least checking yourself carefully using the 'string' method). But messing with repairing the motor just doesn't make a whole lotta sense, since a replacement crank/bearings alone probably costs more than a perfectly good used motor.

Yea well, some of those cracks can't be seen without using dye or an xray...

I don't know, jared is a great guy and I'd hate to see him make the same mistake, I've made in the past... not to mention that the bike would be worthless if he ever did want to sell it or trade it in. Oh and his insurance company may tell him to take a hike if there is another incident. It's a tough call and I understand where he is coming from, believe me, I just know that there are some crazy deals on newer used bikes and even some new bikes are going cheap.