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If they total it, he can then turn around and try and buy it back from the insurance company, if that's what he wants. I have friends that do that when their motorcycles get totaled. They then buy used parts and fix them up themselves with the check they get cut from the insurance company.

No he doesn't get the motor if it gets replaced, the insurance company gets it... but again, if he wants to try and buy it, he needs to talk to the adjuster.