Salvage is not all bad, IF you know what you are doing. It costs over $100 here to get a clear title on a salvaged vehicle. Second, a new Harley with 648 miles or so on it went for $75, the minimum bid! It needed about $4,000 worth of work to fix it and was worth new over $25,000. My son-in-law missed the deadline on that one by less than 10 minutes and he is still kicking himself on that one. Apparently, there was ONE bid, for $75 and SOLD for $75. He also bought a 750 Vulcan that had been in a barn for 11 years. Tires were bad, obviously, but he cleaned the tank and carburetor and had it running smoothly in two days. Most of the work was cleaning the tank. He paid $500 for it. He also bought a 750 Honda Spirit salvage bike and has $1200 in it total, and it is worth $3750. I think he is having too much fun to sell it. It had one or two dings in the tank and needed a turn signal, it runs perfectly, has nearly new tires, good brakes and other than those two problems, is very clean otherwise and has 8,000 miles on it, and it is a 2002. It seems to me you need to have someone who is knowledgeable look at a bike, see what it will take to fix it up, and check beforehand what steps and costs are needed to get clear title to the salvage vehicle. If you don't do these three things, I would pass on the salvage vehicle. My point is not all salvage bikes are bad, and I realize a lot of folks here have had bad experiences on buying a salvaged bike. Just an alternative view on salvage bikes.