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Let me rephrase the question:When last shopping for a T/T3/G5/etc, did it make a difference as to whether the engine serial number matched the frame number? Would you offer less if it did not match? What if the non-matching engine was in better nick, and maybe with a few performance upgrades? Eg). Stock 850 T3 with a stock motor with some miles on it (matching serial number engine). Or... Same bike with a fresh 1000cc motor with a cam and bigger carbs. (Non-matching serial numbered engine)Will you pay more for one or the other?
All the T3s will be chopped into café racers long before they become collectors bikes, or valuable.
Insert QuoteI have bough three 70's era Guzzi's in as many years and never once looked at the engine number until I got home. I look for how complete the bike is and only care that the title and the VIN match.
Let me rephrase my answer:It really doesn't matter. T3s aren't worth much money. The hit for "value" of matching numbers could very well be offset by the non-matching engine being a better runner with more "value" to it than the worn out stocker.And we're talking about a 40 year old bike that's worth a few thousand, worrying about a few hundred dollars difference in price...Do what you want with it. :bike
Do I detect just a hint of model snobbery here? But hey, keep thinking like that! One day when all the snobs realise just how good the old T's or T3's are and the prices go up, we who already love them will be laughing, especially when idiots have cut them all into cafe racers etc.
Just remember it's only original once! (although if the profit funds your bike maintenance and keeps it on the road longer that's a good thing).