Author Topic: Craigs List - Diamond in the Rough? (Read 3962 times)

Cam3512 · « **on:** April 18, 2019, 10:28:50 AM »

https://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/mpo/d/massapequa-park-moto-guzzi/6864353236.html

Daleroso · « **Reply #1 on:** April 18, 2019, 10:57:32 AM »

Hopefully not if it turns over & nothings cracked or missing. They may just want to get rid of something they're not too familiar with.

Cam3512 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 18, 2019, 11:02:00 AM »

Quote from: Daleroso on April 18, 2019, 10:57:32 AM

Hopefully not if it turns over & nothings cracked or missing. They may just want to get rid of something they're not too familiar with.

True. Gotta wonder what other "Italian OEM parts" are available?

1Sourdough · « **Reply #3 on:** April 18, 2019, 11:53:02 AM »

Since it looks like the machine is intact, it may be referring to the whole motorcycle worth of parts except for a broken engine or tranny.

neverquit · « **Reply #4 on:** April 18, 2019, 02:20:24 PM »

Probably can't get a title for it.

Turin · « **Reply #5 on:** April 18, 2019, 04:04:04 PM »

Could have been flooded out by hurricane Sandy.

Ncdan · « **Reply #6 on:** April 18, 2019, 05:21:19 PM »

By the time one gets this bike to an acceptable level I've got a feeling the cost to accomplish that feat would be far more than the value of this bike. JMO

Huzo · « **Reply #7 on:** April 18, 2019, 05:24:52 PM »

It shits me to tears that they won’t put the poor bastard under cover..
Pricks...

wirespokes · « **Reply #8 on:** April 19, 2019, 12:02:49 AM »

I need a set of fork tubes. If those aren't rusty or bent, it would almost be worth it to me. The wheels would be nice to have, plus a lot of other parts. I can't tell, is that a 17" or 18" rear?

pat80flh · « **Reply #9 on:** April 19, 2019, 05:33:11 AM »

Pretty sure it's been on CL for at least 2 years, so it's been outside a long time.

egschade · « **Reply #10 on:** April 19, 2019, 06:42:01 AM »

Where and how the pictures are taken says a lot about the care a bike has received. Owner couldn't bother to pull it out of the weeds for proper pictures so my hunch is it's been abused / neglected. Assume a full restoration is needed then ask if it's worth the time and money to do so when cared for, running bikes don't cost much more.

larrys · « **Reply #11 on:** April 19, 2019, 07:27:33 AM »

Quote from: Turin on April 18, 2019, 04:04:04 PM

Could have been flooded out by hurricane Sandy.

This ^^^^. I exchanged some emails with the seller last month. Pretty sure that all the electrics are toast. He said the motor was flushed out. It's on Long Guy Land. Wasn't worth the trip for me at his asking price. Parts bike at best.
Larry

larrys · « **Reply #12 on:** April 19, 2019, 07:30:38 AM »

Quote from: wirespokes on April 19, 2019, 12:02:49 AM

I need a set of fork tubes. If those aren't rusty or bent, it would almost be worth it to me. The wheels would be nice to have, plus a lot of other parts. I can't tell, is that a 17" or 18" rear?

Cal 1100, should be a 17" rear wheel.
Larry

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #13 on:** April 19, 2019, 11:57:05 AM »

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This is probably a case where free might be too much.

Yep.

wirespokes · « **Reply #14 on:** April 19, 2019, 01:39:55 PM »

Quote from: larrys on April 19, 2019, 07:30:38 AM

Cal 1100, should be a 17" rear wheel.
Larry

True. But that does look like the alloy 18" to me. The 17", as far as I know, was a chrome rim.

So it was in Sandy. Sad. Wonder what it's worth as a parts bike?

brider · « **Reply #15 on:** April 19, 2019, 02:21:04 PM »

I, too exchanged e-mails with the Cro-Magnon-like guy selling it. He wasn't willing to string more than 3 words together to provide info about it. But I did learn that it was flooded by Sandy, and being on Long Guy Land, it's a bee-otch to get there. I've been watching the price drop, if I had the time and it was almost free, I'd be there.

wirespokes · « **Reply #16 on:** April 19, 2019, 03:49:11 PM »

What was the price two years ago?

Perazzimx14 · « **Reply #17 on:** April 19, 2019, 04:21:08 PM »

Quote from: wirespokes on April 19, 2019, 01:39:55 PM

True. But that does look like the alloy 18" to me. The 17", as far as I know, was a chrome rim.

So it was in Sandy. Sad. Wonder what it's worth as a parts bike?

As a flood survivor $-650.00 is where I’d value it. Salt water and metal are good parings.

Huzo · « **Reply #18 on:** April 19, 2019, 04:27:51 PM »

Lucky you guys are on the money.
If I lived there and saw it, I’da fallen for it in all likelihood..

I just hate the stinking mentality of bastards that let something like that rot away.
I love that guy who did the fence post re build, he saw the intrinsic value in taking an abused and un loved orphan and said..
“I don’t care what your “value” is, you’re coming home with me.”
Sort of “to buggery with modern day throw away mentality”. Kind of, the worse it’s condition is, the greater the reward.
Imagine if whoever had left it there, threw it in a shed or barn, maybe mouse damage or similar but, jeeezzz..
They’re just ****s.
Same goes for nice boats that are left to languish, or....GASP..!!!
AIRCRAFT..

guzziownr · « **Reply #19 on:** April 19, 2019, 04:56:59 PM »

He wanted $1,200 two years ago. I offered him $700 and he turned me down.

Huzo · « **Reply #20 on:** April 19, 2019, 05:08:55 PM »

Quote from: Perazzimx14 on April 19, 2019, 05:02:32 AM

Sometimes covers are worse that leaving uncovered. Most use a blue tarp or sheet of rubber for a cover that doesn't breathe. Once moisture gets under there it like a greenhouse.

True mate..
But I said,
“Under cover” not “Under a cover”.

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