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Title: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: swooshdave on August 14, 2016, 09:21:06 PM
$2550 in New Jersey (USA)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/122072674886

Seems like a good price. I'm sure it will get cafe'd
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Arizona Wayne on August 14, 2016, 11:35:25 PM
Don't know who bought it but they are in for a shock for that price. Obviously the foam in the seat is shot.  Who knows what else?   :popcorn:
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: swooshdave on August 15, 2016, 01:12:44 AM
Don't know who bought it but they are in for a shock for that price. Obviously the foam in the seat is shot.  Who knows what else?   :popcorn:

Best guess is that it's got 108k miles on it. It doesn't look too bad.
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Rusnak_322 on August 15, 2016, 03:59:26 PM
Crappy ad.
probably could have made a lot more $$ if he would of just took some time and posted more detailed pictures and descriptions.
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on August 15, 2016, 04:20:03 PM
I really dig those "factory straight through pipes".  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Cam3512 on August 15, 2016, 04:24:35 PM
Seller was in NYC.  Don't pin this one on NJ.
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Triple Jim on August 15, 2016, 04:31:36 PM
I really dig those "factory straight through pipes".  :rolleyes:

Yeah, I don't get anyone thinking those are Guzzi factory pipes.  I guess he didn't specifically say what factory though.
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: swooshdave on August 15, 2016, 04:52:26 PM
It would be interesting to hear what people think it should have gone for.  :bike-037:
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Tom on August 15, 2016, 04:59:05 PM
With those pipes, it must sound terrible.
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Matt on August 15, 2016, 05:11:50 PM
 August '75. Would that be an oil filter bike?
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: swooshdave on August 15, 2016, 05:14:34 PM
With those pipes, it must sound terrible.

Possibly, they aren't straight pipes, but they are ugly.

Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: canuck750 on August 15, 2016, 05:48:25 PM
It would be interesting to hear what people think it should have gone for.  :bike-037:

I have paid more for less :grin:
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Matt Story on August 15, 2016, 06:10:23 PM
August '75. Would that be an oil filter bike?

The serial number and date are prior to mine which did not have a filter from factory.
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Rusnak_322 on August 15, 2016, 06:37:54 PM
It would be interesting to hear what people think it should have gone for.  :bike-037:


When I was looking to buy my first Guzzi this spring, I would have had no issue spending $500 or more then his sell price if it was a good runner and there wasn't any title issue.

But I am cheap and I lost a lot of bikes because I wouldn't pay asking price.
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Guzzistajohn on August 15, 2016, 07:06:48 PM
Too bad he didn't try to sell it here, he probably could have gotten a buck and a half, maybe two. And deliver.
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Tom on August 15, 2016, 07:31:21 PM
Possibly, they aren't straight pipes, but they are ugly.

Yeah....couldn't tell either but ugly.  Kind of reminds me of tubing used in plumbing. :grin:
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: ITSec on August 15, 2016, 08:30:40 PM
I have paid more for less :grin:

Yeah, but that was probably in those funny colored Canajun dollars...
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: rodekyll on August 15, 2016, 08:40:45 PM
I think his description of the pipes is what the political folks would call 'sarcasm'.
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: arveno on August 15, 2016, 08:55:13 PM
chrome bores ( most likely ) and no proof the clutch was replaced.
good deal LOL !!

ah btw , 8264k miles ? seriously ? ah ah !! so why would it need a new clutch tho ?

Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: swooshdave on August 15, 2016, 09:50:30 PM
chrome bores ( most likely ) and no proof the clutch was replaced.
good deal LOL !!

ah btw , 8264k miles ? seriously ? ah ah !! so why would it need a new clutch tho ?

Probably needed one when it hit 100k.
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Mark Dasher on August 15, 2016, 10:36:42 PM
I have paid more for less :grin:

Would you have paid $500 for this? I know it's not a T (got one already) and not really my style but I couldn't turn it down!  Got it running within 30mins after I got it off the trailer.  By the following weekend it had new tires and oil change and rode it 300 miles roundtrip to our local breakfast meet:

 (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k234/wv_guzzi/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-08/D1FD4B8A-617E-4D6C-A579-C45D3F288876_zpseucpeqpv.jpg) (http://s89.photobucket.com/user/wv_guzzi/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-08/D1FD4B8A-617E-4D6C-A579-C45D3F288876_zpseucpeqpv.jpg.html) 
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: swooshdave on August 15, 2016, 10:49:21 PM
Would you have paid $500 for this? I know it's not a T (got one already) and not really my style but I couldn't turn it down!  Got it running within 30mins after I got it off the trailer.  By the following weekend it had new tires and oil change and rode it 300 miles roundtrip to our local breakfast meet:

 (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k234/wv_guzzi/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-08/D1FD4B8A-617E-4D6C-A579-C45D3F288876_zpseucpeqpv.jpg) (http://s89.photobucket.com/user/wv_guzzi/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-08/D1FD4B8A-617E-4D6C-A579-C45D3F288876_zpseucpeqpv.jpg.html)

And there's a Tonti frame under all that bodywork.
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Arizona Wayne on August 15, 2016, 11:01:41 PM
Hell yes!  That Cali has a lot more bike in it than that old 850T.  No comparison no matter how many miles on both.  If both treated right the newer Cali. is good for 300K miles vs. the 850T maybe  for 100K miles.
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on August 16, 2016, 07:01:21 AM
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Would you have paid $500 for this?

Naa, I'd have offered him two fiddy.  :evil:  :smiley:
You can be sent to jail for stealin, you know..
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: leafman60 on August 16, 2016, 07:07:20 AM
Seller was in NYC.  Don't pin this one on NJ.

!!!!!!

LOL
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Tom on August 16, 2016, 01:30:33 PM
Cali III very underated bike.  Easy to work on carbs.  May have a problem with the electronic ignition but can be cured with points distributor.  :thumb:  Only other minor problem is the fuel tap and this depends on the year.  On my '93, the fuel tap has a knob that you turn on the left side cover via a long cable from the tank.  The set screw fell out and I've been using vice-grips to turn the tap on.  I found another appliance knob from ACE Hardware but it needs a little modifying to work.  :tongue:
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: cookiemech on August 16, 2016, 03:09:41 PM
Naa, I'd have offered him two fiddy.  :evil:  :smiley:
You can be sent to jail for stealin, you know..

I saw the bike on Saturday morning . . . Yeah, Mark stole it!

Very nice machine, and it went to the right person (having seen Mark's T).
Title: Re: 850T just sold on eBay
Post by: Mark Dasher on August 16, 2016, 05:28:06 PM
I saw the bike on Saturday morning . . . Yeah, Mark stole it!

Very nice machine, and it went to the right person (having seen Mark's T).

Thanks!  But I tell you what, that cruiser seat is horribly uncomfy.  The T is way more comfortable for a 300 miler!

  (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k234/wv_guzzi/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-03/22AF54AC-D9F1-4E55-96A8-396D6D269247_zpsbzvczfhy.jpg) (http://s89.photobucket.com/user/wv_guzzi/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-03/22AF54AC-D9F1-4E55-96A8-396D6D269247_zpsbzvczfhy.jpg.html)