How high will the price on this Guzzi go?

[crispiegee1]

I'll be interested to see where the price on this one ends up:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1972-Moto-Guzzi-850-Eldorado-/330546976254?pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item4cf62295fe#v4-38

A '72 Eldorado with the shorter handlebars I prefer. (Mine has police style pullback bars that were standard on the disk brake models of '74 - necessary to accommodate the master cylinder.) It has '74-type slash back mufflers, which are incorrect but acceptable, since they were available later in the model run. I also like the look of the drum brake and forks that the earlier models had.

[Daniel Kalal]

I also like the look of the drum brake...

I can't argue with this, but having taken my 1973 Eldo to 100,000 miles with those same attractive drum brakes, I'd say "give me ugly brakes that work over pretty brakes that don't work any day."  Forks that work would only be a bonus...

Let's face it; no matter how much I loved my Eldo and still feel that it was the nicest thing for booming across the country, the Tonti frame bikes are worlds better in almost every way (and these days; far cheaper).

[crispiegee1]

Brakes are for sissies.

[JamesG]

Shouldn't have repainted it unless the metal was starting to rot.  Overhauling the motor is cool, but "restorations" often take a lot of the value out of a vehicle unless you are bringing something back from the dead.  The experts can tell the difference and know that something happened that the restorer was trying to cover up.

Still its nice. I'd be tempted if I were in the market to add another Guzzi.

[crispiegee1]

Oh heck yeah! I think it's lovely.

I don't worry about the restoration as long as it's historically accurate. Mine has been re-pinstriped incorrectly and it drives me crazy. It will eventually be completely redone exactly as it left the factory.

Daniel makes a great point about the brakes and suspension, but I find the loop frame bikes so classy that I'm will to cut them a lot of slack.     I think I need to get a Tonti bike eventually too.  

[crispiegee1]

Holy crapola!  

I thought the Eldorado would go for $8000, maybe even $10,000... the winning bid was $12,100!!

Yow!

[Dean]

Oh heck yeah! I think it's lovely.

I don't worry about the restoration as long as it's historically accurate. Mine has been re-pinstriped incorrectly and it drives me crazy. It will eventually be completely redone exactly as it left the factory.

Daniel makes a great point about the brakes and suspension, but I find the loop frame bikes so classy that I'm will to cut them a lot of slack.     I think I need to get a Tonti bike eventually too.  

The Tonti framed bikes are great, you can pick up one of the newer versions with all of the goodies and convert it to look like any of the older ones. There are few of them out there that look like a 1000S which is pretty KOOL looking bike.




Dean

[crispiegee1]

The Tonti framed bikes are great, you can pick up one of the newer versions with all of the goodies and convert it to look like any of the older ones. There are few of them out there that look like a 1000S which is pretty KOOL looking bike.




Dean

Yeah, I like the 1000S.    Apparently they're quite rare. Or at least, that's the story the sellers give. LOL

[Dean]

Yeah, I like the 1000S.    Apparently they're quite rare. Or at least, that's the story the sellers give. LOL

The real ones are.

Dean