Motorcycle salvage is big business

I just got back from the big salvage auction in Atlanta, and it is amazing what wrecked bike are selling for. With demand for bikes and parts high, the wrecked bikes are bringing record prices. It isn’t unusual to see bikes that are “very wrecked” (as opposed to cosmetically totalled) bring insane money. I saw a 2004 GSXR1000 that was hit in the front with bent forks and frame bring $4200.00. It is hard to imagine what people do with these bikes, but I am thinking export. When you see these prices, you realize that the insurance companies are doing quite well and may not be losing hardly anything on some of these bikes.