Last November I purchased my first lot from Copart, a 2008 695 with very light front end damage. I had spent a ton of time searching and waiting for the right bike, finding a running, riding and lightly damaged Monster in Minneapolis took about 2 years. I had almost given up the idea for an Indian Scout but those kept falling out of my planned budget.
In Minnesota I do not need to have a Dealer/Junk license to buy at auctions, there are some vehicles that are dealer only but for the general purchase anyone can buy, you only need an account with Copart and enough money in your account to cover 10% of the purchase price you intend on buying. That account balance does not get applied to your sale, it is only good faith money. You can remove that money at any point.
I wanted to keep my purchase price around $1500, going over that puts this range of monster into an "out the door price" plus repairs close enough to a non-auction machine that it would no longer make sense. My auction closed at $1400. After fees, license and registration my out the door price was $2056. As a non-dealer I had to register on the spot and pay my state sales tax, plate and yearly Tab fee. I was not expecting the almost $700 all in for fees but here we are, all learning together.
So what did I end up with? 2008 695 with 7300miles
There were some small details I missed in the pictures posted by Copart. I saw it had non-stock exhuast but didn't realize it was a Leo Vince SBK. Also to my surprise was a legit set of CRG RC2 shorty levers, I saw they were aftermarket but figured that would be a knockoff set. From CRG as well is a single bar end mirror. Frame sliders, which I've been told can be worse in a crash for a trellis frame bike...? Still nice to see some protection. Bonus. Tires are like new and overall the bike was very, very clean. I went over budget slightly but so far I'm pretty happy.
Whats up with the Damage? Looks like we had a pretty low speed fall on the right side. Bars were sent left and everything was pushed
The most obvious was the wind deflector, it is pretty much useless. Its mounting points were all bent and the clear window is cracked off and missing. That will be in the garbage and maybe not replaced. Headlight bucket was cracked but with a little PVC glue I was able to reconstruct it all and back to normal shape minus a quarter size chunk missing from the very back. The CRG brake lever Rocker was bent down and cracked, no repair to be made there only a phone call to CRG and a $35 replacement piece.
The most challenging thing to find and replace so far were the cylinder-vibration mounting points for the dash and small bracket. No place locally carried the M5 double male end, 15mm rubber damper. A quick internet search found something close on Amazon and $10 later I have some in the mail. I will need to cut them down a touch as the thread is 5mm longer than it should be on each side but that won't be a problem.
new rocker installed
Here in MN its still pretty chilly, 30s-low40s so I'm not in a huge rush to get on the road. I want to get an oil change in and possibly brake fluid before putting too many miles on. I dont know how long it's been off the road so a full general tune up will happen this summer as well.
As it sits this morning waiting on rubber dampener mounts.
