1931 Moto Guzzi Sport 15

[Canuck750]

 

1931 Moto Guzzi Sport 15

https://eugene.craigslist.org/mcy/d/eugene-1931-moto-guzzi-sport-15/7178198530.html

[Kiwi_Roy]

What a beauty, I can only dream about owning something like that.

[blackcat]

Wow, that would be a cool bike to own. I can't imagine letting it sit for five years without taking it for a spin every once in awhile.

[oldbike54]

 Great ad , "I'll have it running properly for the new owner" . Given a spare 21 K that would come home with me .

 Dusty

[SED]

That is cool!  Riding a handshift bike would be a lot of work.

[80CX100]

     I'm trying to wrap my head around the learning curve to ride this thing, manual advance, lever throttle and hand shift, I can see that being a bit of a challenge to learn and work smoothly.

     That is without a doubt, the most special of "special and unique guzzis" that I've ever seen.

     With the recent rebuild, beautiful impeccable condition, provenance and factory documents,hhhhmmm,,,,

     I'm just glad my name's not Jim living due north of Eugene, right across the border in BC,   

     

[ccoli]

Here's my 32 Sport 15. I got more patina.
It is a trip to ride.

[wirespokes]

I've heard those early bikes keep you pretty busy.

Looks like a good candidate for the cannonball, if it's not too new.

[john fish]

Here's my 32 Sport 15. I got more patina.
It is a trip to ride.

That's a beauty.  No lever throttle?  That looks like a grip throttle.

[Kiwi_Roy]

Here's my 32 Sport 15. I got more patina.
It is a trip to ride.

Wow, I would love to roll up for Sunday coffee on that, don't ever restore it, its perfect the way it is.
I was lucky enough to ride my friends 46 Indian a couple of weeks back

Foot clutch Hand shift, its not so hard to get used to because these engines have miles of torque

[Canuck750]

I would gladly trade one or more bikes for that GUZZI, I want to sell some bikes, not buy more, I keep telling my wife and myself I am going to sell two or three bikes. I would part with my 750S for Sport 15 and I swore I would never sell the 750S.

[ccoli]

That's a beauty.  No lever throttle?  That looks like a grip throttle.

Correct,  rotating grip throttle. Not sure what's original. I am missing the Correct Bowden lever for the decompression lever on the left side
Does have manual advance though.

[oldbike54]

 Riding an old hand shift motorbike isn't as difficult as it sounds , everything happens at a much slower speed than a modern bike .

 Retard the ignition , start the bike , engage the clutch slowly opening the throttle , push the advance lever to full advance , gradually accelerate to about 10 MPH , disengage the clutch , even double clutch on some models , engage 2nd gear , repeat process . Seriously, it takes about 5 minutes to figure it out .

 Dusty

[Tim Henry]

Cannonball bikes currently have to be 100 or older to compete my friend Norm Nelson is running a 1911 Reading Standard in the next one barber bought his other reading cannonballer it's on display

[guzziart]

Super cool!

I'd be willing to get rid of some of my bikes (crf50, cb125s & ct70) for one of those Sport 15's. 

[wirespokes]

Any idea what something like this is worth? How much do they normally go for?

[Canuck750]

For what its worth there are four listed for sale on this UK web site with asking prices from $13K  British Pounds to $17K British Pounds. The 1934 Sport 15 listed for 13,000 Pounds looks pretty nice.

The asking price equates to about 16000 British pounds so the asking price looks to be in line with the going rate in the UK.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/cat/15/648/sport+15/