Why do you think that repair shops have to carry liability insurance? They work on something, the vehicle is involved in a crash, the owner lying in a hospital bed is watching Jerry Springer, Judge Judy, and in-between the "Billy, the baby boy
IS your child!" and "Latonsha, how do you feel after your husband had an out-of-wedlock baby girl with your best friend?" are the lawyers' ads, trolling for accident victims: "if you've been injured in a vehicle accident, it's probably the shop's fault, or the manufacturer's! Call our hotline for a no-cost consultation, no recovery, no fees from you are due to us. We are the lawyers who will get results!" and "Singer, Itchtoe, and Mean got me $850,000!"
I'm not trying to beat you up over this, I'm just suggesting that you are putting yourself in a potentially liable situation where you don't need to be. The accident happens. The victim calls one of those personal-injury attorneys, maybe from an ad he sees in the local ABATE free publication, on the counter at most of the bike shops, after seeing the ad, "been involved in an accident? Call our legal team, we fight for you. Call now, 'the attorneys who ride,' no recovery, no fee!" What does the recuperating guy have to lose? The attorney firm collects the bike from the police impound yard where it's been sitting, and starts to examine possible contributing causes to the owner's crash. The radiator is caved-in, the front fender is broken where it hit the radiator, and the forensic expert compares the condition of the bike to the factory service manual. "What's this? A non-standard fork air-pressure balance tube, and the downtubes are raised two and a half inches in the triple trees! My opinion is that when the motorcyclist panic-braked to avoid the left-turning motorist, the front wheel hit the radiator and its shroud, locking-up the front wheel, causing the bike to break its tire contact patch, and highside in a loss of control. And, the fork air pressure in the downtubes was empty instead of the factory setting of 5-14 psi! That contributed to a loss of control, and the balance tube is a non-standard part! My suggestion is to request a jury trial. We're going after the guy who sold our accident victim this unsafe, altered-from factory specs in its suspension motorcycle. What are the limits of his policy coverage?"
You (the O.P) did a decent job getting it ready for the flip (except for, in my opinion, the issues I raised), but when you leave it in the condition it's displaying in the pics you posted, your liability is more-than I would be willing to accept as a 'flipper.'
Let me give you an example of this: Three firefighters were transporting an elderly patient to the hospital in the middle of the night. It
wasn't a 'code 3' run, lights and siren, the patient had a serious but at the time stable condition, but needed to receive evaluation at the E.R. and treatment to help her long-term recovery.
The firefighters were having the patient transported in a private-duty ambulance, and the fire-rescue paramedic was riding in that ambulance while the EMT-firefighter and paramedic-firefighter co-worker were in the fire-rescue ambulance in-front of them on our way to the hospital. The fire dept ambulance merged onto the interstate and were about a half-mile down the road when they heard the private-duty ambulance call the fire-rescue ambulance on the radio, clearly stressed-out. "Guys, return to the entrance ramp to the interstate, the vehicle is lying on its side, we flipped negotiating the on-ramp! I'm ok but the patient is clearly in distress!"
When they returned to the accident, sure-enough, there's the ambulance on its side, and the patient is strapped-into the stretcher which is now suspended sideways in the air, hanging from the stretcher locking mechanism. The fire-rescue ambulance crew had called for an engine company back-up, they arrived, and they extricated the woman from the accident vehicle, transferred her to the fire-rescue ambulance, and delivered her to the hospital, worse for the wear. Within less than a year, she died. She had multiple health issues before the accident, and the trauma she sustained certainly wasn't helpful. Was her death directly a result of the ambulance accident? No, but arguably, it was contributory, an issue for the attorneys, a judge, and jury to decide.
The private ambulance driver was in a quandry. After the accident, the ambulance was transported to the police impound yard. When the private ambulance driver got released, he went home and got his camera, and he returned to the police impound yard. It had been raining that night, the streets were wet, and vehicular traction was not optimal. The ambulance hydroplaned on rain-slick pavement, the driver lost-control, and the vehicle went onto its side. The fact it had multiple worn tires past the 'replace' indicators, with smooth no-tread bands obviously didn't help. So the private ambulance driver took pictures of the ambulance including all four worn tires.
Subsequently, he got word that the private duty ambulance company owner was likely going to be blaming him as the cause of the accident, due to his negligent driving behavior. He got an attorney, and the bald tires pictures were shown to the person who would be most-interested in seeing them, the ambulance sitting in the police impound yard with its bald tires.
What
didn't help the private ambulance owner's cause was that the next day, after the accident, the vehicle was examined in the police impound yard, and
all four wheels got brand-new replacement tires! Yes, after the accident, 'someone' recognizing the liability potential of worn components on an emergency vehicle, had all four tires replaced. But, this was
after the emergency vehicle operator who was behind the wheel that night of the accident, took pictures of it with bald tires!
The private duty ambulance driver started driving-around in a Jaguar. I never asked him about the outcome, I didn't have to. He was never prosecuted for negligent driving that night. And I heard the ambulance company had a large settlement against them, from the estate of the elderly passenger that night.
Don't leave your finances subject to risk that you don't need to experience, with some forethought.
I think it all depends on the market in your area and the buyer.
I just bought my 93 with 10500 mi for $2400.
It was just dirty, completely original in mint cond.
Just the way I like them.
He was asking $3500 BUT it hadn't run for 3yrs and was smoking really bad.
I took a gamble and offered him the 2400 figuring in at least a valve seal job HOPEFULLY !
It stopped smoking and I was lucky!
As far as liability AFTER you sell it, I'll have to ask my wife to ask her bosses.
If your going to push the limits of this bike BEYOND it's limits, you need your head examined.
Tires, fork height ect is the least of your problems.
If that's the case, Yamaha is still responsible for making this bike in the 1st place.
Maybe even previous owners.
Hell, 99% of this forum couldn't ride my son's KX 85 to it's potential!
Think I'm wrong?
Go to an open practice at your local MX track!
VERY humbling experience.
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