Interest in a Stelvio?

[pete roper]

I have no idea where to put this as it's not my bike but it might be of interest to someone here. It's a bit of a long story so I'll C&P another post I made about it elsewhere. The gist of the matter though is that my *friend* Victor Matei in North Carolina has died, quite suddenly, from Pancreatic cancer. From diagnosis to death was no more than three months, but that is by the by. His brother is over from Romania where Vic hailed from and is sorting out his estate which includes two Stelvios. Basic explanation below but if anyone is interested PM me. As far as I can make out his brother is looking for $4.5K but I expect that would be negotiable. For two Stelvios, one running and one in substantial pieces with an engine that has all the parts for a partially completed rebuild it sounds like a bargain to me. Both Stelvios are the same, big tank NTX's with luggage, just from different years.

Relevant to the subject of Vic's death is the question of what is going to happen to his beloved Stelvios.

Vic rode a lot and in fact had two Stelvios. The first one, christened 'Lucifer' had unfortunately been messed with by a shaved ape who had played about with the throttlebodies ruining the fueling. He eventually gave up on it, I think when its clutch blew, and bought another which he then rode and maintained scrupulously. At, from memory, about 150,000 miles it started to use oil so with a bit of encouragement from those of us who haunt the Stelvio thread he embarked on swapping the motor from the defunct Lucifer, which was much lower mileage, into his second bike. This was achieved and it was fitted with a new clutch and throttlebodies at the same time and he continued to ride the wheels off it for another year or more and tens of thousands of miles.

During last northern hemisphere winter I started coaching him through a full engine rebuild on the tired motor he had removed from the second bike. I supplied most of the parts and I know that the heads have been fully, professionally, serviced with new valves, springs, seals etc. there are also ring sets, gaskets, camchains, big end shells, in short everything needed to refresh the motor for another 150-200,000 miles of work. He also has a considerable stockpile of tools and workshop equipment.

All of this has fallen to his brother Christian to sort out and dispose of. Christian is still living in Romania and is obviously hoping to finalise Vic's affairs ASAP so he can return home. Part of that will be disposing of Vic's bikes, tools and parts. To the best of my understanding Vic's Aprilia Tuareg is spoken for already but his Stelvios, one running fine apart from a high idle issue I think I know the cure for and the other complete but in pieces, (Substantial pieces apart from the disassembled engine.)

As I understand it Christian would like to sell it all as a job lot. Now logic dictates that a super-high mileage Stelvio, even one as well looked after as Vic's, won't command much by way of a price and there is substantial work required to get the second one going but it will be a good opportunity for someone with a bit of mechanical nouse to Aquire a decent bike and either rebuild the second or part it out for spares. For anyone who does buy them I am more than willing to continue the task of coaching them through the engine rebuild and reassembly of the second bike and advice on the high idle issue on the running machine.

Anyone who might be genuinely interested please feel free to PM me and I will set about putting you in contact with Christian. The machines are currently still in VA I believe. (Edit. I have been corrected. The bikes are in NC, not VA.)

 

 

[Randy]

On 11/13/2023 at 7:51 PM, pete roper said:

I have no idea where to put this as it's not my bike but it might be of interest to someone here. It's a bit of a long story so I'll C&P another post I made about it elsewhere. The gist of the matter though is that my *friend* Victor Matei in North Carolina has died, quite suddenly, from Pancreatic cancer. From diagnosis to death was no more than three months, but that is by the by. His brother is over from Romania where Vic hailed from and is sorting out his estate which includes two Stelvios. Basic explanation below but if anyone is interested PM me. As far as I can make out his brother is looking for $4.5K but I expect that would be negotiable. For two Stelvios, one running and one in substantial pieces with an engine that has all the parts for a partially completed rebuild it sounds like a bargain to me. Both Stelvios are the same, big tank NTX's with luggage, just from different years.

Relevant to the subject of Vic's death is the question of what is going to happen to his beloved Stelvios.

Vic rode a lot and in fact had two Stelvios. The first one, christened 'Lucifer' had unfortunately been messed with by a shaved ape who had played about with the throttlebodies ruining the fueling. He eventually gave up on it, I think when its clutch blew, and bought another which he then rode and maintained scrupulously. At, from memory, about 150,000 miles it started to use oil so with a bit of encouragement from those of us who haunt the Stelvio thread he embarked on swapping the motor from the defunct Lucifer, which was much lower mileage, into his second bike. This was achieved and it was fitted with a new clutch and throttlebodies at the same time and he continued to ride the wheels off it for another year or more and tens of thousands of miles.

During last northern hemisphere winter I started coaching him through a full engine rebuild on the tired motor he had removed from the second bike. I supplied most of the parts and I know that the heads have been fully, professionally, serviced with new valves, springs, seals etc. there are also ring sets, gaskets, camchains, big end shells, in short everything needed to refresh the motor for another 150-200,000 miles of work. He also has a considerable stockpile of tools and workshop equipment.

All of this has fallen to his brother Christian to sort out and dispose of. Christian is still living in Romania and is obviously hoping to finalise Vic's affairs ASAP so he can return home. Part of that will be disposing of Vic's bikes, tools and parts. To the best of my understanding Vic's Aprilia Tuareg is spoken for already but his Stelvios, one running fine apart from a high idle issue I think I know the cure for and the other complete but in pieces, (Substantial pieces apart from the disassembled engine.)

As I understand it Christian would like to sell it all as a job lot. Now logic dictates that a super-high mileage Stelvio, even one as well looked after as Vic's, won't command much by way of a price and there is substantial work required to get the second one going but it will be a good opportunity for someone with a bit of mechanical nouse to Aquire a decent bike and either rebuild the second or part it out for spares. For anyone who does buy them I am more than willing to continue the task of coaching them through the engine rebuild and reassembly of the second bike and advice on the high idle issue on the running machine.

Anyone who might be genuinely interested please feel free to PM me and I will set about putting you in contact with Christian. The machines are currently still in VA I believe. (Edit. I have been corrected. The bikes are in NC, not VA.)

 

 

I'm in NC, wish I was in a spot to accomodate another bike right now but I pretty much have a full garage.