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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: EldoMike on April 08, 2018, 07:16:53 PM
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Oboy...bought another Convert..original(except the straight pipes..it comes with the original mufflers) ...has a little over 8K miles and is in running condition...
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Nice! what's next, mufflers?? windjammer??
8k miles...sweet!
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Previous owner is 76 years young...asked why it had straight pipes on it and he said he liked to hear his motorcycles and that the originals mufflers are nice.. :grin:
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:thumb:
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If you feel like your garage is getting too crowded, just holler. :thumb:
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nice score, 1980? mags and upgraded switches a big plus.
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nice score, 1980? mags and upgraded switches a big plus.
Yes 1980...are the forks different also? Can't remember..
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I looked at this yesterday morning. He did not want to come down on the price for me. I passed. It was run for the last year or two with no filters with the straight pipes. It looked to be leaking a bit of tranny fluid. The oil feed lines looked not too good and the front fender was smashed. Looks like it is a good candidate to be gone through thoroughly. Air box was tossed and there was no venting system. Front tire looked original.
Did you get it at a good price?
He was asking 2500 and I thought that for around that price you could find one that had many of the things fixed already.
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I looked at this yesterday morning. He did not want to come down on the price for me. I passed. It was run for the last year or two with no filters with the straight pipes. It looked to be leaking a bit of tranny fluid. The oil feed lines looked not too good and the front fender was smashed. Looks like it is a good candidate to be gone through thoroughly. Air box was tossed and there was no venting system. Front tire looked original.
Did you get it at a good price?
Got him off some...looking forward to going over it.
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Are you in Florida and went to see it in person?
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I like it whenever someone doesn't part a Convert out.
Yes 1980...are the forks different also? Can't remember..
The "true" :evil: Converts were all short wheelbase, iirc. The Cal II auto had the long frame and taller steering neck. I *think* the '80 was the first year of the Cal II. But if yours doesn't say it's a Cal II it will have the same forks as the older ones. I can measure mine if you'd like.
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I like it whenever someone doesn't part a Convert out.
:1:, Me too! No doubt it's because of the pump-drive gremlins, which the masses don't understand can be solved fairly easily. At 8k, it's got maybe 12k miles to go until the original hex-drive rounds out in the ATF pump. Guzziology attests to this, and both my Convert and CAL II went out at about the same 25 k mileage. It's probably got the heavier machined flywheel, though, so that problem is solved. Little leakiness of the fluid lines or drippiness wouldn't scare me away, I think at 2.5K starting price as clean and complete as it is, you got a good deal!
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Eldomike,
I am also glad that you are saving a Convert. Too few of them around. The guy you bought it from was a menace to machinery.
Sometimes I think there ought to be an aptitude test before being allowed to possess a nice machine like a Guzzi, like there is for becoming a parent. There is, right?
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Eldomike,
I am also glad that you are saving a Convert. Too few of them around. The guy you bought it from was a menace to machinery.
Sometimes I think there ought to be an aptitude test before being allowed to possess a nice machine like a Guzzi, like there is for becoming a parent. There is, right?
Can't argue that...
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I like it whenever someone doesn't part a Convert out.
The "true" :evil: Converts were all short wheelbase, iirc. The Cal II auto had the long frame and taller steering neck. I *think* the '80 was the first year of the Cal II. But if yours doesn't say it's a Cal II it will have the same forks as the older ones. I can measure mine if you'd like.
I think the Cal II was only made from '82-'84. They were also the square engines, even the Convert Cal IIs.
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I like mine. No problems so far. Zero interest in a 5 speed conversion - the auto is way too much fun and requires a whole reorientation of riding style.
Nick
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