SP II, short money, minn cl

[chuck peterson]

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/mcy/5591100183.html

Great first guzzi for someone

[fotoguzzi]

ad has been up for 15 days.. strange

[Denis]

I still have my SPII that I bought new in 1990. Fantastic motorcycle though not loved by all. If this one is a legit posting it's a hell of a deal and astounding that it still has all the fairings and bags. By this time, so many of them have been plundered and ruined.

[Kiwi_Roy]

I'd be all over that if I was handy, low mileage for a bike so old.
It doesn't say what year so I assume ~1990 as Denis posted.

[Denis]

It would be an '87. Mine's an '87 but sat on the showroom floor until I bought it in '90.
Oddly, the SPIIs were more popular on the west coast and when all those dealers ran out of their supply about the time I got mine, they started looking at the east coast dealers even though the importer still had some in crates.

[cruzziguzzi]

Damn - for Minnesota and that bike - that's "fall money". How has that not been scarfed up?


Todd.

[slopokes]

would anybody near that guzzi check it out for me ?? thanks steve in nj

[Perazzimx14]

ad has been up for 15 days.. strange

The Guzzi's market is dead. I've had 5 of them f/s for 3 months and am getting little to no interest. At least they are heavy so after I'm dead the kiddo can take them to the salvage yard for scrap and maybe get enough for a decent dinner.

[fotoguzzi]

would anybody near that guzzi check it out for me ?? thanks steve in nj

I will.. tried to call the number, it's disconnected.. sent email.. we'll see..

[Idontwantapickle]

The Guzzi's market is dead. I've had 5 of them f/s for 3 months and am getting little to no interest. At least they are heavy so after I'm dead the kiddo can take them to the salvage yard for scrap and maybe get enough for a decent dinner.

And what would those be?

[Tom]

Amazing bike for long rides.  Cheap too.

[Perazzimx14]

And what would those be?

1972 Eldorado
1975 850T
1976 T3
1977 Convert sporterized/bastard/project
2012 V7 Racer

Also selling  2012 Royal Enfield C5

[Tom]

You getting out of the whole mess?

[oldbike54]

1972 Eldorado
1975 850T
1976 T3
1977 Convert sporterized/bastard/project
2012 V7 Racer

Also selling  2012 Royal Enfield C5

 Where are they advertised ?

  Dusty

[Tom]

There was a thread which he posted some pix.  The T3 has Gilardoni jugs and a lot of other work done to it.  The Eldo looks like another bike that's worth buying.

[Perazzimx14]

You getting out of the whole mess?

No just trying to cull the heard. I have 9 bikes and would like to get down to 3 or 4. Actually I'd really like to get down to two but I know that isn't going to happen. I have 5 Guzzi's and the Royal Enfield f/s on Harrisburg PA craigslist and ADV Rider. I really have no preference to what goes and what stays I'll keep wants leftover. But It wouldn't upset me if everything sold.

My long range plan is once 3 or so of the bikes sell I'm converting my dirt DR650 into a dual sport sidecar rig for me and the puppy and then looking for another DR650 for my solo dirt rig. So I need a bucket load of cash to get the Velorex reworked to suite off road life and more importantly I need room.

[Tom]

Sasquatch Jim had a DR650 with flatbed hack.  He posted a pix of him moving a fridge on it.  Pretty funny with extension cord too.

[Denis]

1972 Eldorado
1975 850T
1976 T3
1977 Convert sporterized/bastard/project
2012 V7 Racer

Also selling  2012 Royal Enfield C5

I saw the Convert on CL. It's the white one with the 850 LeMans III tank, right?

[bluecycle3]

The Guzzi's market is dead. I've had 5 of them f/s for 3 months and am getting little to no interest. At least they are heavy so after I'm dead the kiddo can take them to the salvage yard for scrap and maybe get enough for a decent dinner.

I will probably take some heat for this but i dont think the guzzi market is dead as much as people want crazy money for vintage bikes.   thats been my take on it anyway.

[Perazzimx14]

I will probably take some heat for this but i dont think the guzzi market is dead as much as people want crazy money for vintage bikes.   thats been my take on it anyway.

Yeah I agree spending $5,500 +on a revival and asking in the 4K range s ridiculous. Please free to pick up a basket case and in several months let us know how you made out.

[Chuck in Indiana]

Yeah I agree spending $5,500 +on a revival and asking in the 4K range s ridiculous. Please free to pick up a basket case and in several months let us know how you made out.

Absolutely.  Get a barn find, get it running and presentable, and sell it for a loss..

[Tom]

and......that's the Moto Guzzi way.  That's if you want to put your vision on a motorcycle that has a limited market appeal.

[Perazzimx14]

and......that's the Moto Guzzi way.  That's if you want to put your vision on a motorcycle that has a limited market appeal.

I never went into reviving any of my Guzzi's with the idea that they would be worth more than what I had into them. I did it because I wanted to and had fun doing it. With that I do not believe I am asking "crazy" prices for my bikes buy I guess maybe I am as they are generating no interest. 

[Tom]

I don't think you're asking prices are crazy either.  I think that the lookie loo's don't see the work that you did to your bikes, like your T3.

[bluecycle3]

Yeah I agree spending $5,500 +on a revival and asking in the 4K range s ridiculous. Please free to pick up a basket case and in several months let us know how you made out.

Well i guess the market has spoken,  to me it goes along with the whole i added x amount of farkles to a new bike i want all the money i spent back theory.     15 years ago i owned probably 20 airheads, bought and sold a bunch made money on some , lost on others.  It was fun but i never expected to get all my money back on any of them,  now airheads are crazy money, parts went way up and all the hipsters want them i guess.  If you want to revive them good for you but dont condemn the whole guzzi market doing it.  I have seen locally some decent deals on guzzi's around here   but most are late 90's  early 2k ones.

[Perazzimx14]

Well i guess the market has spoken,  to me it goes along with the whole i added x amount of farkles to a new bike i want all the money i spent back theory.     15

Yes it certainly seems a s though I am trying to recoup all my moneys out of the bikes by pricing them substantially less than what I have into them. The V7 is the best example where I have over $14,000 into the bike with an asking price of about 1/2 that.

I have spoken, you have spoken Jello Biafra does spoken word tours, heck several of my bikes even have spoke wheels . No matter who's spoken the Guzzi market is stagnant especially the used market.

[bluecycle3]

i would say in todays economy the whole used bike market is a little stagnant.  Sorry i meant no ill will toward you just bothers me when people list all the money they have spent on a bike and add it to the price,  not you just people in general.  Guess i have looked at too many used Harley's lately.   Good luck and have a great summer.   Greg