*Thinning the Herd* Four bikes to two.

[rocker59]

It took me two years, but the next bike is on the block.

http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?action=classifieds;sa=view;id=2624

The Nero Corsa is being offered for $3500.00

It's needing a little maintenance and servicing, but with winter closing in, it's the perfect project to keep you busy.

[rocker59]

Always liked the Nero .

  Dusty

I like 'em all.  Just can't keep 'em all...

[rocker59]

Which one is next ?

  Dusty

LOL!  Let's get the Nero out of the garage, first!

[Muzz]

Coming in late, I would have kept the smallblock. They really are an under estimated piece of kit. ideal for tootling around town, and yet they still tour just great.

But, you already knew that. ;) :D

[Tom]

The Nero would be one of the last one for me to get rid of.  Jus' sayin'.

[Kev m]

I like 'em all.  Just can't keep 'em all...

Why not?

[Vasco DG]

That's a stupidly low price Mike. Is everything OK? ???

[rocker59]

That's a stupidly low price Mike. Is everything OK? ???

Yeah Pete. All is well. Just pricing it to sell. No one buys it quickly, it'll go to Houston for service. Then it won't be for sale.

[rocker59]

Why not?

Ha!  As usual, you have a good point.

[Chuck in Indiana]

Paging Unkept.. Mr. Unkept to the courtesy phone, please.. ;D

[Aaron D.]

If that doesn't sell this week, we should spank all the guys who said they wished they'd bought one.

[arveno]

A Stelvio will do ( replace ) what a V7 and a Nero Corsa do ....so i will sell them both.

Between the Sport and the le mans it is not easy do decide which one has to go but if you must take a decision i would keep the Sport.
You are the original owner.

In the end you will have a do it all bike , the Stelvio , and a sport guzzi to use on track days...or whenever you feel like or just to look at it. ;D

Good luck .
Marco

[Unkept]

Paging Unkept.. Mr. Unkept to the courtesy phone, please.. ;D

I'd be on it if I weren't broke.  :P Best of luck Rocker.  :) I am sure somebody will give it a good home.

-Joe

[jas67]

Why not?

 :+1  ;D

[blackcat]

I can't believe someone hasn't bought this bike. (Yiddish accent) Such a Deal!

[rboe]

No mad money and enjoying the fact I'm down to three bikes. I'd have to sell one to get this and I'm loath to part with any at the moment.

[Vasco DG]

I can't believe someone hasn't bought this bike. (Yiddish accent) Such a Deal!

I only wish it was here. Unfortunately I can't bring it in. I'd like a Spiney here. I might have a lead on a silver Redspine at a decent price but it's still about twice what Mike is asking.

Anyway, if Jude thought I was buying another bike she'd castrate me with a blunt knife!  ;D

Pete

[Blueboarhound]

Why not?

 :+1  :+1  ;D

[Dimples]

If it were me-- and I have a similar stable here, I'd definitely keep the Sport as a reliable, thrilling, exotic and beautiful ride. Plus the nostalgia.

If investment value is next on the list I'd keep the LM 1000. Won't find another anytime soon!

[rocker59]

Yeah.  The Sport 1100 stays.  Love it!

[arveno]

Yeah.  The Sport 1100 stays.  Love it!

 ;-T

[Vasco DG]

I remember a couple of years ago you started bleating about selling it and several people, myself included, had to give you a bit of verbal curry about it :D

Pete

[twowheeladdict]

That's a stupidly low price Mike. Is everything OK? ???

I know I am new here, but his is that a stupidly low price?  Looks like an average or higher than average price considering the NADA value and the maintenance still needing to be done. 

Quite a few hours will need to put into this bike, so I understand why it is for sale. 

[BillinPA]

Mike, I think you are keeping the right bike. Many seem to think the V7 is the one to keep. I agree it is a nice one, however if you end up missing it you can easily replace it. The sport ...not so much. Best of luck with the sale it sure is a nice bike.

[Chuck in Indiana]

I know I am new here, but his is that a stupidly low price?  Looks like an average or higher than average price considering the NADA value and the maintenance still needing to be done. 

Quite a few hours will need to put into this bike, so I understand why it is for sale. 

NADA means nothing on Guzzis. Yes, there are going to be some hours of labor, but if it's a labor of love it's no big deal.

[Kev m]

I know I am new here, but his is that a stupidly low price?  Looks like an average or higher than average price considering the NADA value and the maintenance still needing to be done.  

NADA is only one metric when it comes to vehicle value.

It is particularly questionable when you get to such uber-low production machines.

Not to mention there comes a point in a machine's value that the marketplace doesn't reflect actual VALUE.

What I mean by that is that EVEN IF NADA (or ebay) can give you an accurate picture of what the running bike should sell for in a sale/auction, it doesn't really reflect what it is WORTH in other ways:

* To the devotee/collector

and/or

* In parts to keep the other rare ones running.


Sadly when it comes to something like this or say a Buell these days it may in fact be worth more money in pieces, possibly a lot.

OR it is worth more to the rare individual who is actually looking for it.

In this later case, time is your ally, IF you don't "NEED" to get rid of it, which is what I suspect the case is here.



MIKE - for the record, I wasn't giving you guff, I was honestly asking WHY you feel the need to get rid of it now since I don't THINK it is a pressing "need" and is more of a "desire".

Mike, I think you are keeping the right bike. Many seem to think the V7 is the one to keep. I agree it is a nice one, however if you end up missing it you can easily replace it. The sport ...not so much. Best of luck with the sale it sure is a nice bike.

PSSSSSSSSSSSSST --- old thread, he sold the V7 last year....

[rocker59]

I know I am new here, but his is that a stupidly low price?  Looks like an average or higher than average price considering the NADA value and the maintenance still needing to be done. 

Quite a few hours will need to put into this bike, so I understand why it is for sale. 

Don't consider the NADA or KBB when looking at Moto Guzzis.  Especially the rarer special models.  There is just not enough of a market for them to determine prices.

Sure, NADA and KBB are pretty good when it comes to figuring ballpark prices on Fords, Chevys, Toyotas, etc.  It's just never real close on specialty Guzzis.

The bike is not for sale because it needs maintenance.  The bike is for sale because I would like to sell it and make room for a new bike for touring.  It just happens to need the maintenance.

$3500 is well below the bike's part out value, and is at a level where a non-mechanical buyer could drop it at a dealer to have the service performed, then still be in the bike at or below the low end for sales of these machines over the past couple years.

[Chuck in Indiana]

If I was looking for a Rosso or Nero, I'd be all over it, but of course, I'm not.. <shrug>

[rocker59]

MIKE - for the record, I wasn't giving you guff, I was honestly asking WHY you feel the need to get rid of it now since I don't THINK it is a pressing "need" and is more of a "desire".
 

Yeah.  Just the desire to buy a new 2015 something...  Due to job and family I've not riding been riding very much over the past year.  2013 I took a 2,000 mile trip on the Nero Corsa, but probably didn't ride it a few hundered miles, otherwise.  The other bikes in the stable were ridden lightly, as well.  I only rode a few thousand miles total last year.  Same for 2014.  Lunch rides, and a little commuting.  Not nearly enough.  Don't really "need" three bikes, and have been losing the desire to have my own Guzzi Museum in my garage over the past couple years...  



 

[twowheeladdict]

Don't consider the NADA or KBB when looking at Moto Guzzis.  Especially the rarer special models.  There is just not enough of a market for them to determine prices.

Sure, NADA and KBB are pretty good when it comes to figuring ballpark prices on Fords, Chevys, Toyotas, etc.  It's just never real close on specialty Guzzis.

The bike is not for sale because it needs maintenance.  The bike is for sale because I would like to sell it and make room for a new bike for touring.  It just happens to need the maintenance.

$3500 is well below the bike's part out value, and is at a level where a non-mechanical buyer could drop it at a dealer to have the service performed, then still be in the bike at or below the low end for sales of these machines over the past couple years.

Thank you for the clarification.

Question.  My '10 V7 cafe classic only came to the states in '10.  Mine only has 760 miles on it.  So, if I got the bike for less than NADA value I got a steal instead of a fair deal?