cory464 Posted May 28, 2022 Posted May 28, 2022 well, I'm new here so I will introduce myself. I've been active in sport bikes for years, and have owned at least one of every japanese crotch rocket, and a few ducatis, but never a guzzi. i currrently have 6 bikes in the garage, and was scrolling through sale adds late and night and discovered this guy on a copart auction. as i am a complete and utter moron, i didn't read the terms and conditions. my "winning" bid of $650, turned into $1800 after auction fees, broker fees, and doc fees. the true kick in the gut came when the broker hit me with a $2200 shipping charge, making my $650 bike a $4121 purchase. of course this was all spelled out in the fine print, that i didn't read. i'm trying to make the best of it, as i am truly excited about the bike https://carsfromwest.com/en/lot/copart-42837292 5
docc Posted May 28, 2022 Posted May 28, 2022 22 hours ago, cory464 said: well, I'm new here so I will introduce myself. I've been active in sport bikes for years, and have owned at least one of every japanese crotch rocket, and a few ducatis, but never a guzzi. i currrently have 6 bikes in the garage, and was scrolling through sale adds late and night and discovered this guy on a copart auction. as i am a complete and utter moron, i didn't read the terms and conditions. my "winning" bid of $650, turned into $1800 after auction fees, broker fees, and doc fees. the true kick in the gut came when the broker hit me with a $2200 shipping charge, making my $650 bike a $4121 purchase. of course this was all spelled out in the fine print, that i didn't read. i'm trying to make the best of it, as i am truly excited about the bike https://carsfromwest.com/en/lot/copart-42837292 Hey, okay . . . thanks for the intro. You could not be in a better place to sort out that needy LeMans. You can count on us to throw in. (We cain't he'p ourselves . . . ) I think this LeMans deserves a thread of its own. I can split these posts off and start one for you, @cory464 . . . [edit: done] 2
cory464 Posted May 28, 2022 Author Posted May 28, 2022 21 hours ago, docc said: Hey, okay . . . thanks for the intro. You could not be in a better place to sort out that needy LeMans. You can count on us to throw in. (We cain't he'p ourselves . . . ) I think this LeMans deserves a thread of its own. I can split these posts off and start one for you, @cory464 . . . thank you very much, I'm getting past the financial hit and taking it as a steep learning curve about buying bikes online. in reality I am very excited about this bike. I have rescued numerous sport bikes, so the condition doesn't scare me. what really impresses me about guzzi ownership is the owners. So far the people I have met are very passionate about their bikes. I don't think there is any other brand with so many one owner bikes. Fortunately for me i have two fantastic guzzi dealers within a few hundred miles of me. i will post up more pictures and details when i get the bike home. thanks!! 9
Twin AH Posted May 29, 2022 Posted May 29, 2022 Yup........... we are. Congrats on the acquisition. Ciao 1
fotoguzzi Posted May 30, 2022 Posted May 30, 2022 Sorry to see but that bike looks really sick if not dead. Good luck, you’ll need it.
Pressureangle Posted May 30, 2022 Posted May 30, 2022 10 minutes ago, fotoguzzi said: Sorry to see but that bike looks really sick if not dead. Good luck, you’ll need it. You should have seen mine when I got it.
p6x Posted May 30, 2022 Posted May 30, 2022 On 5/28/2022 at 11:28 PM, gstallons said: $2200 shipping ? Yeow ! It does not make sense to charge that much. It feels like this dealership in Florida that charges $600 for... documentation....
p6x Posted May 30, 2022 Posted May 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, Pressureangle said: You should have seen mine when I got it. Those 22 hundreds would have been nice to have to replace a few of the missing features though... but its a Guzzi, so it got good bones, all the rest seems to be cosmetics. 2
paulnaz Posted May 30, 2022 Posted May 30, 2022 Looks like the hard part is going to be getting that silly auction sticker off the tank! Good luck with the resto Paul B
Randy Posted August 24, 2022 Posted August 24, 2022 I know it's too late now but I've had good luck with uShip for transporting things.
al_roethlisberger Posted March 18, 2023 Posted March 18, 2023 I guess @cory464 never checked back in here, but he did post two videos about the bike, which seems like it turned out OK in the end 1
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