Buddy is selling 2004 mastiff

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405bigdog

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I'm sure it has scared most. But it's hard to explain to most that the entire bike would have to be repainted to fix one dent since you wouldn't be able to match exactly. But it is what it is.
 

Brew

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What's a rebuilt title? Why do you need one to paint a bike, did the color change and that's why?
 

405bigdog

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From what I understand the cost to repaint the bike correctly is what put the bike in rebuilt status. It wasn't fixed which is why it still has the dent and small piece of paint missing, but still passed for rebuilt because it was still a rideable functioning bike. If someone knew a body man they could pay 6000$ for the bike and put say $1000 into repainting it and have a heck of a deal. Or one could use the 107, primary, and trans for a custom build since buying a new 107 cost more than the entire bike. Personally I'd fix the dent and repaint it back blue and have some different flames done then ride it. But I don't have an extra 6000 laying around.
 

01Mastiff

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That's about the current going price for one without a title "issue". Circumstances surrounding the title seem sketchy. Apparently the bike was totaled under an insurance claim and was then bought and retitled resulting in the "rebuilt" title. For an insurance company to total the bike there was more than a dent. The department of motor vehicles does not go around looking for dents in tanks when issuing new titles.
 

pknowles

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That's about the current going price for one without a title "issue". Circumstances surrounding the title seem sketchy. Apparently the bike was totaled under an insurance claim and was then bought and retitled resulting in the "rebuilt" title. For an insurance company to total the bike there was more than a dent. The department of motor vehicles does not go around looking for dents in tanks when issuing new titles.
I have bought and sold harleys over the years with custom paint that didn't match the title color and it never created a problem.
 

Bdm4ever

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Rebuilt titles are also known as salvage titles and mean the vehicle was destroyed and rebuilt. They usually follow an insurance company declaring the vehicle a total loss. FYI.
 

Rottweiler

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Rebuilt titles are also known as salvage titles and mean the vehicle was destroyed and rebuilt. They usually follow an insurance company declaring the vehicle a total loss. FYI.
Yes in PA. same thing. My wife had a Toyota Tacoma that got hit in passenger side front. Truck frame was good we where still driving it. I did not even think the front end aliment was off. Needed hood, fender, radiator support, bumper, grill and lights ect. I believe if it cost more than 40% to fix the insurance company said it was totaled. We almost bought it back for a low price. I wanted too, but the boss said no. I could have fixed it but it would have had a salvage title. Salvage titles are worth less at re-sale. Now for the paint on a big dog, I was told by the original owner he paid about $5,000.00 extra just for the paint when he bought the bike new from big dog? not sure if that was true?
 

pknowles

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Yes in PA. same thing. My wife had a Toyota Tacoma that got hit in passenger side front. Truck frame was good we where still driving it. I did not even think the front end aliment was off. Needed hood, fender, radiator support, bumper, grill and lights ect. I believe if it cost more than 40% to fix the insurance company said it was totaled. We almost bought it back for a low price. I wanted too, but the boss said no. I could have fixed it but it would have had a salvage title. Salvage titles are worth less at re-sale. Now for the paint on a big dog, I was told by the original owner he paid about $5,000.00 extra just for the paint when he bought the bike new from big dog? not sure if that was true?
looking at some of the top in custom paint jobs around I would say he probably was right. I paid 3G for a paint job on my wife's 2011 heritage.
 

Arod

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I've bought and sold serveral bikes, and vehicle with rebuilt title, in Oklahoma all it means is the vehicle was wreck, and the damage was over 60% of the value to repair
 
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