Appraise this Guzzi, please...

[N.Y.zee10]

I have a 1986 1986 Moto Guzzi California II with an attached sidecar that I will be selling. I'd like an idea of a fair price for the rig. The bike starts, stops, runs, idles, and charges. Located in New England. That is a "unit Fork" front end. Electronic ignition and aftermarket coil upgrade. 16"wheels on the bike and a 13" on the sidecar. The rig shows wear and tear, it is not show quality and I would rate it a 6 out of ten. I have an old registration and a title, but due to an error in filling out the title by the PO a title service may be required, thus I will lower the price by a couple of hundred. I am not a Ebay user. Looking for an opinion on a fair price. Thanks for any intelligent responses.
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[K250]

$1500 in Kansas City, because the paperwork is like fish.  Once it's bad, it usually stays that way. 

[jackson]

I think that you're going to have to make sure that the buyer will have ZERO problems with the title to find your best buyer.
Once that is fixed, I would guesstimate that you'll get somewhere between $3500-$4000 for the rig due to the overall condition. 
This is the best time of the year to sell it.
Wishing you good luck with finding a buyer quickly.
BTW: If you have never signed up as a member at sidecar.com, you should do so and list it there.  There's no charge to be a member or to sell your rig.

[oldbike54]

 Yeah , questionable title = parts bike . Get the paperwork sorted , think about this , if it is too much trouble for you , why would someone else want the grief .

 Dusty

[rocker59]

Yeah , questionable title = parts bike . Get the paperwork sorted , think about this , if it is too much trouble for you , why would someone else want the grief .

 Dusty

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Get the title sorted, then work on selling it.

[Triple Jim]

I wouldn't have any problem getting it titled in NC, but I'd probably just say the title was lost, rather than open a can of worms with a bad one like that.  It would then require a bonded title for an extra $100.  Rocker is right though, it's worth your trouble to go through the procedure at your end, whatever that is, and open the pool of prospective buyers to about three times the size it would be if you don't.

[dsrdave]

The fork is worth $1500.   Even as parts it should be 2000-2500.

[Cam3512]

Why not register it in VT before the sale?

[Chuck in Indiana]

The fork is worth $1500.   Even as parts it should be 2000-2500.

What Dave says. Rigs are just that. Some are good, some not so good. That fork is a winner, though, and you'd think that if someone cared enough to use a Unit fork, they would do a good job of the build. With a clear title, and a good build.. I'd shoot for 4 Large.

[Shorty]

Does it have a sidecar brake, steering damper? Who made the attaching mounts, etc? More photos please. The bike alone might be worth 15-1800 bucks, with a clear title, here locally, IF it runs good. Sidecar between $500 and 1000. Okie pricing. The front end has value, as stated, and it might just be the main selling point.    It cost me about 300 bucks to Vermont- title a similiar deal a couple months ago.

[cruzziguzzi]

As said above.

I'd price it as a running incomplete project or the sum of its used parts... Somewhere in the vicinity of $2,200-$2,800?

Then as correctly noted in the OP, one must back out the hassle of title issues to the tune of $200-$400 or so.

That is one of the least expensive - and often derided as too light of a - side car is it not?

I like the rig and were I in the market, I wouldn't be too scared off if the initial asking number started with a "3". And for you cheap binder-snappin' bastgidges, that doesn't mean 300!






Todd.

[Kiwi_Roy]

You asked for a fair price and got it.
Since you find sorting the paperwork so easy one has to wonder why you didn't, it would easily have earned another $1,000.
I have been thru the process of sorting out the paperwork for an abandoned bike, it's almost impossible unless you have someone familiar with the process to guide you through it.

[cruzziguzzi]

You asked for a fair price and got it.
Since you find sorting the paperwork so easy one has to wonder why you didn't, it would easily have earned another $1,000.
I have been thru the process of sorting out the paperwork for an abandoned bike, it's almost impossible unless you have someone familiar with the process to guide you through it.

Paperwork relative to cost always has a couple of issues many people don't take into account, at least from my buyer/owner point of view.

Many states do not have a clean way to re-initiate a title that does not permanently queer the bike with terms like; bonded, salvage or home-built.

Once it's anything but "clean", explanations on the part of the seller are moot.

Whenever a seller says "... no problem...", I wonder, as above - that's the case, why didn't you do it?

I move a lot of vehicles for my wife's estate sale company and clarity of the title is always an issue in pricing if not an outright deal breaker altogether.


Todd.

[Chet Rugg]

would want correct paper in the saddlebag if bought by me