Junkyard Cali 1100 Carb

[F-Fred]

Hi all,

Long time listener 

I dragged a 1994 Cali 1100 carb model home from a local junkyard.  Initially I was going to part it out: the 5-speed is worth what I paid.  But it's not that bad on its own, 10k miles, title, nice tank and pretty unmolested.  Looks like it took a lick on the right rear and the bag mount, taillight and rear fender are a bit beat up.



Dig the Sawsall slash-cuts!   

So, strip it down and get her running as is?  Cafe it a little with some older Tonti stuff laying around, or drop the powertrain in an older Tonti frame?   Hmmm.

Fred

I saw Mark Etheridge's bike that also started as a Cali 1100 and I like it.

[fotoguzzi]

If you get it rideable what a great story. Call it the junk yard dog..  or California Trash.. trailer trash?

[Tom]

Put it back on the road and ride it.   

[Huzo]

Is it rude to ask at least the $ range ?
It looks very very tidy considering. Hope it is not offensive culturally to enquire.

[Tom]

Is it rude to ask at least the $ range ?
It looks very very tidy considering. Hope it is not offensive culturally to enquire.

Nah......ask.  Doesn't mean you'll get an answer.   

[Huzo]

Nah......ask.  Doesn't mean you'll get an answer.   

Yeah that’s fair enough..

[Groover]

Great find, I'd try and save it as-is. Those are nice.

[80CX100]

   Omg, tks for the chuckles; I was going to make a snippity comment about cultural sensitivity, but I wouldn't touch that with a 10 ft barge pole, no siree Matilda,lol 

   To the OP, the proof will be in the pudding when you take a hard look at the damage on the far side, but if the swing arm/driveshaft and surrounding frame work hasn't been tweaked and is still straight, I think you just bought yourself a very nice motorcycle.

   From 20 ft the paint job is beautiful, that front fender alone with the chrome supports looks like a work of art.

       

   Good luck with it

   Kelly

   

[fotoguzzi]

I dragged a 1994 Cali 1100 carb model home from a local junkyard.  Initially I was going to part it out: the 5-speed is worth what I paid.

Is it rude to ask at least the $ range ?
It looks very very tidy considering. Hope it is not offensive culturally to enquire.

FYI, I just sold a five speed gear box for $300 on eBay, it only got one bid..

[Huzo]

   Omg, tks for the chuckles; I was going to make a snippity comment about cultural sensitivity, but I wouldn't touch that with a 10 ft barge pole, no siree Matilda,lol 

Awww...c’mon.
Why deny an adoring audience the pleasure of your rapier wit and acerbic repartee ? 

[Huzo]

Is it rude to ask at least the $ range ?
It looks very very tidy considering. Hope it is not offensive culturally to enquire.

I know it appeared uncharacteristicall y brusque, but good manners and decorum would have  prevented me from enquiring had you purchased the bike in the time honoured manner.
But to say you dragged it home from the junkyard conjured up an image that you reached in with nano seconds to spare and saved the old girl from the crusher...!
I tested the water on the cultural sensitivity angle, because although it would have been ok here in Oz, I’ve learned that there are delicate fringes to foreign cultural fabric sometimes..

[F-Fred]

Is it rude to ask at least the $ range ?
It looks very very tidy considering. Hope it is not offensive culturally to enquire.

Huzo, about $900 of those Oz dollar thingies. 

I put a Zadi switch on it yesterday (someone had taped a toggle switch in the ignition switch hole in the dash) and borrowed the battery from my T3 and it spun over with compression and spark.  It looks like any 1100 Cali mufflers will fit?  Slash cuts gotta go!

[fotoguzzi]

Yes any muffler from a late Tonti frame will fit, EV, Stove, jackal etc

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Moto-Guzzi-Cal-1100-Mufflers/224008470249?hash=item3427f1fee9:g:b1sAAOSwV7Neuvpe

[cliffrod]

You know, Fred, pretty sure I've still got a pair of Bub mufflers, complete with baffles, stamped Cal III in great shape.   They're not doing me any good.  If they'll fit (?) & make your bike happy, let me know so they can.

[F-Fred]

You know, Fred, pretty sure I've still got a pair of Bub mufflers, complete with baffles, stamped Cal III in great shape.   They're not doing me any good.  If they'll fit (?) & make your bike happy, let me know so they can.

Hey Clint,

Thank you!  But I am pretty sure they are different.  Cal III and the 93 1000S use the same mufflers, and starting with the 1100 I think there was a change.  I'll test-fit a 1000S muffler and see.

Of course, the 1000S has always been a little quiet.... 

 

[cliffrod]

Hey Clint,

Thank you!  But I am pretty sure they are different.  Cal III and the 93 1000S use the same mufflers, and starting with the 1100 I think there was a change.  I'll test-fit a 1000S muffler and see.

Of course, the 1000S has always been a little quiet.... 

 

They're yours if you want them, Fred.  If you pulled out the baffles, I bet they would sound the same as the empty shark gill shells on my old bike.

These turned up at the shop in Chesnee in a pile of HD take-off stuff.  Nobody knows where or when or who they came from, so they came home with me.

[F-Fred]

They're yours if you want them, Fred.  If you pulled out the baffles, I bet they would sound the same as the empty shark gill shells on my old bike.

These turned up at the shop in Chesnee in a pile of HD take-off stuff.  Nobody knows where or when or who they came from, so they came home with me.

That's awful generous man!  I think they might fit the Cali.  The Cal 3/1000S mufflers are "S29" and the Cal 1100/Jackal mufflers are "S3060", but the mount lines up.  The S29 is just shorter:



(fender and wheel aren't all bent: camera distortion)

Also, anyone know what is supposed to be in this brake valve thing where the little wire loop is sticking out?



Thanks,

I'll ping you offline Clint.

[fotoguzzi]

A bleed nipple?

[F-Fred]

A bleed nipple?

Ewww!  I think you might be right.  Thanks!

[nc43bsa]

If you bought it from a junkyard, did you get a title?

BTW, I think I have a set of those H-B mounts, if you're interested.

[F-Fred]

If you bought it from a junkyard, did you get a title?

BTW, I think I have a set of those H-B mounts, if you're interested.

Yes a title is on the way.  It may be marked "salvage" but I can get a tag.  When I strip the stuff off and assess, I may get back to you on the racks.   

Thank you.

[Tom]

Looks like the bleed nipple broke off and they jammed that in to get the rest of it out. 

[Huzo]

Huzo, about $900 of those Oz dollar thingies. 

I put a Zadi switch on it yesterday (someone had taped a toggle switch in the ignition switch hole in the dash) and borrowed the battery from my T3 and it spun over with compression and spark.  It looks like any 1100 Cali mufflers will fit?  Slash cuts gotta go!

Well done FFred.
I am pleased for you to say the least. I recently picked this up for $1000 and thought I had done OK.





Yours eclipses my deal..

[F-Fred]

Well done FFred.
I am pleased for you to say the least. I recently picked this up for $1000 and thought I had done OK.





Yours eclipses my deal..

Hopefully you have the before and after pictures reversed?  Sweet oilhead!

[Huzo]

Hopefully you have the before and after pictures reversed?  Sweet oilhead!

The first shot is on the side of the road where the owner had come to a stop..
He said “it made a funny noise and wouldn’t go...”
I put it into low gear on the centrestand and spun the back wheel by hand...!
The bike had been for sale for 4 grand prior to the gearbox spline letting go, so I loaned him my abacus and deducted what it WOUKD cost him to get a replacement ‘box and new clutch, factored in with 20 hrs workshop time and we came up with..
4,000-3,000=1,000
and the rest as they say, is history.
The whole thing took 5 minutes.
Old mate Baz spent $1,400 on it and this is it now..

[F-Fred]

I made some room in the shop and took a closer look and stripped off the bashed up stuff (taillight and bag racks).  A little rubber-mallet work got the rear fender straight and I think everything left like the frame and backrest/rack are un-bent. The bike didn't have a center stand so I bolted one on from an 850T temporarily (it's too short for anything but smooth flat surfaces and a worn 130/80 17 rear tire.)

Both fenders need a little touch-up work and the side covers a little repair to where they attach, but the tank was very nice.





Right bag mount was the crush zone,



Right carb needs a float bowl at a minimum.



Great color:





Has anyone come up with an elegant replacement for the stock taillight and turn signals?  Every bit of that is plastic and the mount on the fender is weird.

TIA

[Tom]

She's a rider.   

[80CX100]

     Omg, that bike looks great already, just cleaned up   

     I got nothing on the turn signals; but before I replaced the tail light bracket on the Cal Vin, with a new and improved oem, I looked at some of the alternatives, that others have used successfully.

      I've never seen one up close so I can't speak to quality, (available for $30? on amazon) but these Duo Lamps for model T's, A's etc look pretty nice, imho.

     



      fwiw good luck

       Kelly

[Frenchfrog]

Wow ...that tidied up nicely! Congrats

[larrys]

My Cal was an insurance total. I bought it in 2001 for $1500. It needed a back fender and taillight. It's a keeper...
Larry