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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: r90s on January 31, 2013, 07:25:36 PM
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Of the many bikes (mostly BMWs) that I've owned, the 1000S is perhaps my all time favorite even though I rarely ride it. Notwithstanding its relative scarcity, it seems like there are many 1000S owners represented on this board. I'm just curious as to how many we can dig up; I'll start.
Year: 1993
Color: Black/Green
VIN: 250056 (I think that means it is #56 of 84 produced that year.
Year purchased: 2007
Current mileage: 4255
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I have a 93 black/green purchased in 95? And it has about 60,000 miles on the clock. Get back to you with the vin.
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r317/blackkat-1/IMG_0098.jpg)
(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r317/blackkat-1/NortonLetter-1.jpg)
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I have a green/black 1991 1000s
purchased in 2012
#200033
35K miles
Bill Bassett
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I have a '93 Black/Green with 19,334 on it. Vin#250008. Purchased in 1999 from original owner.
Love his bike like no other I've owned. A brilliant piece of machinery married to beauty.
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I have owned a 1000SE (they were all red)for about seven years. Along with a Tribsa that I owned in the early seventies my favourite bike of all time, none of the others have ever given me the same pleasure as those two.
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Tribsas were, during the sixties, less popular than the Tritons, but more so than Norbsas, Trifields, Tricatis, Norvins and so on. Mine was built (not by myself) using a Gold Star 350 frame and cycle parts, and an all-alloy T100 engine, with a twin leading shoe conversion of the 190mm front brake. When marriage and a family came along it had to go.The Triumph engine was fairly plentiful and fairly easy to tune, but its frame was considered much inferior to the race-bred Norton's, and to a lesser extent the BSA type, among others. Ready-made engine plates were available for all the 'specials' mentioned above, and more, in the days of my youth.
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'91 Green.
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'91 Green.
I thought you sold that piece of junk?
Mine is 250025.
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Nah.......still have it. Rode it around then stuck it back in the garage. Only looky loos so far.
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Formal Request to buy one of the above :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool :drool
Also Formal Request for a :PICS!: Thread of these!
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Mine is a 93
miles 13789
color black & green
I'm the second owner bought in 96
(http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc398/joecool505/PB300001.jpg)
(http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc398/joecool505/1000s/PB300016_zpsf30224c8.jpg)
I think you all should edit your post with a picture as it would be nice to see all of them.
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Always thought these were maybe the prettiest Guzzis ever produced. One of these days there'll be one in my garage.
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At the time....if the orange one had an orange frame. I would have bought that instead. ;)
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(http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll276/r65ls/IMG_1396.jpg)
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At the time....if the orange one had an orange frame. I would have bought that instead. ;)
I met a guy about 15 years ago who had a 93 black framed 1000S and he said that his (blank) motorcycle friends made fun of him with that green frame so he had the bike taken apart and had the frame painted black. I was :o
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I met a guy about 15 years ago who had a 93 black framed 1000S and he said that his (blank) motorcycle friends made fun of him with that green frame so he had the bike taken apart and had the frame painted black. I was :o
SAD. Bet now he wished he hadn't. BTW I finally added a Cev 9313 tail light to mine. I will update photos sometime soon.
Thanks to Blackcat for info ;-T
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I met a guy about 15 years ago who had a 93 black framed 1000S and he said that his (blank) motorcycle friends made fun of him with that green frame so he had the bike taken apart and had the frame painted black. I was :o
Some of the friends made comments about the green frame but never negative. 'cuz if they did, they knew what would be coming their way. :P "Put up or shut the F..... up!" "Buy a bike for me then you can tell me what to do." Of course no one has the guts to take me up on it. ;D ;D ;D
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My first Guzzi:
Year: 1993
Color: Black/Green
VIN: 250029
Year purchased: 4/17/2009
Current mileage: 31260
(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3982/dscn9389.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/201/dscn9389.jpg/)
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My first Guzzi:
Year: 1993
Color: Black/Green
VIN: 250029
Year purchased: 4/17/2009
Current mileage: 31260
(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3982/dscn9389.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/201/dscn9389.jpg/)
Nice pipes!
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Nice pipes!
CONTI'S!!! ;-T ;-T
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If anyone has one they're thinking of selling send me a PM
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i havent visited this site in awhile and hope it is still read enough to get a decent list of 100S owners.I always liked LM1's and have amassed 3 of them but before I bought my first one and had it shippped from Switzerland,I noticed a 100S in the window at Lindners BMW in New Canann Ct,Didnt know exactly what it was as this was close to 20 years ago but I fugured its pretty close to a LeMans so I bought it.Purchased another one 4-5 years later so I have two big valve green/black 1000S's making 5 Guzzis in all.
Havent got the vins handy but will post them soon and pix if I can figure out how.Im fairly mechanical but posting pix on this site is a lesson in frustration.Any tips?.Im happy to post pix of all my bikes and enjoy very much seeing all pix on this site.
Hopefully there will be a comprehensive list of bikes and owners.Jordan,Norwalk Ct
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If I remember correctly, there were around 17 of these that came with mag wheels....The Green and Black...Any one else recall? I see no mag wheel models in these pictures.
Steve
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Guzzi Bob Dickman has mag wheels on his, I think he has around 80K miles on it as well.....
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Mine is a '91 big valve engine w/mag wheels.
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(http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq307/Robotb0y/JV1000s1a-1.jpg?t=1376788950)
(http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq307/Robotb0y/JV1000s1c-1.jpg?t=1376788998)
1993 1000s with a repro Le Mans 850 bikini fairing. Anybody got color info for the green color of 1000s paint?
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Yup, '91 big valve cast wheels green frame, exactly the way I wanted it, currently up to 85.6k miles. Interesting that several offers to buy just on this thread, no offers to sell. Mine definitely not for sale. When I bought mine in Jan 99, sight unseen from a guy in Buffalo NY with 900 miles on it for $7k, there had been none for sale for quite a while-then a whole cluster-like 5 or 6-went up for sale at more or less the same time. Then that was it for quite a while after that. Very rarely any for sale these days it seems. To me the green frame was the best part (cosmetically speaking) of the whole deal, which made the black framed versions less desirable. Can't imagine why anyone would repaint green to black-or even more so, why anyone would even care what anyone else, esp a non Guzzisti thought about that.
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I think that is even prettier than my LM3.
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This is the Guzzi I want over all others... And previous poster was right.. You never see them for sale!
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They out there and they're for sale. Just don't expect it to be next door, with low mileage, cherry condition and priced at $2500.
I bought mine from Curtis at Harper's. I called for parts. He said he had one for sale. I told him "No." A month later he said it was still for sale. I said "Yes." He gave me price that he knew would would work. I bought 4 bikes prior. No test ride. Sight unseen. Done deal. This was over the phone. No haggling. I sent a deposit within one week. The rest within a week or two.
The purchase was by phone. No hesitation after I decided that I wanted the bike. I got a fair price and Curtis knew that I was serious once I decided I wanted the bike. Bikes purchased through Harper's. V7 Sport, LM 850, LM 1000 and the 1000S. They stayed at Harper's as the Au Collection for a couple years till I shipped them to Hawaii to join the rest of the herd.
A quick count. I've shipped about 12 bikes from the mainland to Hawaii and within Hawaii.
If you're serious about a bike and want to purchase it. Don't let your regional preference stop you otherwise you'll never have that bike.
Don't over haggle the price. My LM V11 Sport was at the seller's price but he picked me up at the airport and I used his home as base for a couple of days to get use to the bike before taking off for the National bike drowning in MN.
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I to think the 1000s are the best looking of all stock Guzzi's. I would love to have more information on the cafeish seat pictured above.
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I to think the 1000s are the best looking of all stock Guzzi's. I would love to have more information on the cafeish seat pictured above.
Any others out there?
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Any others out there?
Looks like a Corbin.
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Wow. Never realized how gorgeous these are until this thread.
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I think that is even prettier than my LM3.
I also have a LM3, but have always had a soft spot for these. Throw in an Eldorado, and I'd be set.
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Add me to the list of those looking for a 1000s. Any for sale in Canada.
Harry
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Just to add some mystery, I have an Orange/Black wire wheeled one dated 1991 with the VIN 200001.
According to records I have seen it should be the earliest made of the US bound bikes in that year, but I don't have a clue how it got to the UK.
It was first registered here in 1994.
Currently it is short of it's original seat and wearing an LM 1 rubber one instead.
(http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/g6NzRIq6QxjUBtYxYREYUw202787/GW430)
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It's 93 and Moto America has a new big valve green 1000S on the floor. I am ready to drop my dime on it without even a ride. So I take it for a ride and the ergonomics kill. The pegs are nearly 2 inches further back than the Mille and the swan neck bars are just a killer. I ride home like I lost the love of my life. Now I realize all I had to do was change the position of the shifter/brake mechanism and had some aluminum billet risers custom made and different bars and I got me a 1000S.
Why didn't I think of it then?
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Hindsight is wonderful. ::) Too bad.
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Thought I'd share an updated pic. I acquired a Bub exhaust last year from an inmate here.
Really makes a big different in the overall power.
(http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc398/joecool505/1000s/P5160002_zps4d5ccc3b.jpg)
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Thought I'd share an updated pic. I acquired a Bub exhaust last year from an inmate here.
Really makes a big different in the overall power.
(http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc398/joecool505/1000s/P5160002_zps4d5ccc3b.jpg)
That's a beauty!
Dean
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Yes very pretty............. never rode one of those particular models.......... from those that know would it be as aggressive a posture as a Daytona or other?
Oh and as stated quite a while ago keep me on the list of contacts if any you or others ever consider parting. ;)
Ciao.
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Mine has ~ 130.000 km on the clock, 2.serie.
I'm the second owner since 2000, VIN is VV 50797.
At the moment she's on the lifting ramp and get's new brake discs and tires.
Last year the engine got new rod bearings, pistons rings and a Scola camshaft, as well as a K&N filter.
Together with a lighter flyweel, a digital ( Sachse) ignition and other mufflers it's running perfectly now.
Here is an European 1000 S register : http://www.1000s.nl/register.html (http://www.1000s.nl/register.html)
(http://www.shapeloft.com/imageupload/2015/01/31/0/image-302039-10dc249a.jpg)
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Very nice example Kai, I really like your seat too.
What brand of mufflers might those be?
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Yes very pretty............. never rode one of those particular models.......... from those that know would it be as aggressive a posture as a Daytona or other?
Nope, not even close to a Daytona or a Sporti. And with the bars all the way up the tubes it really isn't that bad of a position.
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Thank you Sir............ I was hoping some one would say that.
Any advice on what to look for( read stay away from ) when pursuing one of these would be much appreciated.
Ciao
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Thank you Sir............ I was hoping some one would say that.
Any advice on what to look for( read stay away from ) when pursuing one of these would be much appreciated.
Ciao
Not much goes bad on these bikes. The voltage regulator is a known problem(93 model)from new which isn't a big deal, the front forks are weak and I installed Wirth springs which helped but Fac's would be better. The 91's had problems with the Akront rims splitting between nipples so look for that if your considering the one in Chicago. That bike also has the aftermarket header crossover so look for damage to the front fender due to excessive dive on the front end. Oh, and the 93 has the Digiplex ignition module which gave some a problem but it has never been an issue on my bike. The 91's have points.
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Here is a little history http://www.vintagemotorcyclesonline.com/features/stories/267-moto-guzzi-1000s
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Thank you gentlemen.......... .... ;-T
Ciao
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Very nice example Kai, I really like your seat too.
What brand of mufflers might those be?
Thank you ;D
The seat is original, just the front end is shortened. This mod was already made by the first owner, I liked it from the first moment on, it simply looks better and underlines the long, stretched appearance. The mufflers where NOS on Ebay, appx. 10 years ago. They came with an english info sheet, basically telling that the carb jetting has not to be modified, not much more. I mean to remember the brand name BSM, which still exists http://www.bsm-exhausts.com/ (http://www.bsm-exhausts.com/), but they dont have these mufflers anymore...
Ciao,
Kai