V65C cheap!!!!

[John A]

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/mcy/d/saint-paul-1984-moto-guzzi-v65c-300-obo/6980948459.html
This is very hard for me to pass on, I have one or rather my wife has one.  Great bikes with a few bugs to work out.
Will someone please rescue this one

[Groover]

That is cheap!

[Mayor_of_BBQ]

I have a like new seat and grab rail for this bike, I will give it to any board member who wants to pick it up or pay shipping

[brider]

Looks like a mini Cal 2 with footpegs.

[Moparnut72]

If that were near me it would be in my garage tomorrow.
kk

[guzzisteve]

Foto should save it!!

I have a complete exhaust for it.

[fotoguzzi]

Foto should save it!!

I have a complete exhaust for it.

not into small blocks. Spouse I could buy it and get my money back selling the new carbs? But I'm too busy now that I'm retired, got a temporary job that's working me 9+ hours a day.

[cloudbase]

Just sent that link to my son up in Glencoe.  He's got a smallblock SP, so I think he might jump on this one.

[giusto]

ok That's a steal if it's real.

great little bike

[John A]

What I suspect is this had a crank thrust bearing failure so it would run fine but when the clutch was pulled in at a stop the crank would be forced ahead against the crankcase killing the engine thus new carbs, the erroneous thinking that it was a tuning problem.  To see if that is a problem take a screwdriver in the timing hole and pry the flywheel aft and pull the clutch moving it forward you can visually see the crank thrust.  Engine off of course.  Any more than maybe a mm and it’s a major repair.  That’s just a guess, I’ve never spoken to the seller but if the sheet metal and wheels are good it’s a bunch of parts cheap enough.

[wirespokes]

John - what does it take to replace the thrust bearing? Does the crank need to come out? Is it on the front end, or back by the clutch?

BTW - the ad's been up for a month already. Seems like too good a deal to not be gone. Perhaps you're right, John.

[John A]

It’s two half circles that ride on a flange at the rear of the crank. Complete engine disassembly. If you see more than roughly a mm thrust, the case where they reside could be  damaged and/or the crank flange could be damaged. If it’s less than a mm, you could maybe  get by just replacing the thrust bearings but that is still a complete disassemble to get to it.