Too good to be true? V11 Sport $2832

[atadaskew]

Weird price, sounds bogus...
If this is real, a heck of a deal maybe?
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/mcy/1367656979.html

1997 Moto Guzzi 1100i Sport - $2832 (Claremont)

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Date: 2009-09-10, 10:27AM PDT
Reply to: sale-hv4uk-1367656979@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]

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'97 Moto Guzzi 1100i Sport with 15.8k miles. WHITE POWER suspension, Carbon fiber Mistral exhaust. Ducati ECM with a Fast by Ferracci performance chip. New Yuasa battery. Currently registered (expires May 2010). Call! Do not email. 323-252-4336

[Orson]

I think 1100i Sport is the bike Daniel Kalal has, not a V11.

maybe Daniel can clarify.

In any case, at that price, it must be a non-runner or crashed (or maybe a widow who doesn't know what she has   )

[atadaskew]

Link canceled by author.  Must have sold...

Dammit, 2 deals I missed cuz of work!  Unless someone here picked them up due to my posting...
 

[Fat Boy]

I have noticed in my area (Florida) that many of the questionably low, odd priced bikes on CL are scammers. I just flag them unless there is a phone number.

[Orson]

without using "The Google", I'd guess an 1100i in decent condition would go for somewhere between $4500 & $5000.

I don't think many were made, numbering in the low hundreds (maybe). Again, Daniel would know  

[JamesG]

"Knocking spun big end bearing, no extra charge!"

[Daniel Kalal]

without using "The Google", I'd guess an 1100i in decent condition would go for somewhere between $4500 & $5000.

I don't think many were made, numbering in the low hundreds (maybe). Again, Daniel would know  

You are right, there weren't many Sports brought in, but that's also true for every other Guzzi model (I don't have a Sport, I have a 4v Daytona).  $4500 would make more sense.  It generally seems that the more-refined V11 Lemans series bikes are easier to sell than the rougher, but more aggresive Sport.

[Orson]

I have a 4v Daytona

shows how much I know  

I thought the 1100i and the Daytona were the same.

The Daytona is an 1100i on steroids?

[Daniel Kalal]

I thought the 1100i and the Daytona were the same.

The Daytona is the result of work by John Wittner (Dr. John) in AMA racing combined with the engine designed by Umberto Todero (who worked on the V8 guzzi of the 50's).  This was the first Guzzi with the Spine frame that went on to be used in the Lemans series (which would include your Tenni).

The Sport came just after the Daytona was introduced.  Guzzi swapped out the rather expensive to build 4-valve engine with the more conventional Guzzi engine as well as some changes to the body work (most visably the tail).

this is the Daytona: