R u all sitting comfortably....
I'll begin.....
Last week a set of Lafranconi 13 silencers came up 4 sale...
Taken off a 1994 Strada 1000 after it had ' doctored '
The correct pipes, slightly upswept....
which should please Tarka
Up 4 auction or offers, I use my 3 offers but no joy..
But the seller listed a Harley 4 sale with his fone number on the add.
So i message another offer, he rang me straight up & excepted my offer..
We got chatting & he said he took the Guzzi Strada in a part ex & it had the OEM silencers on it still, but he had some different one's that he preffered.
Hence listing them 4 sale.
He also went on to say he had most of the parts that came off it.
Again came with the part ex.
And he wanted to shift the lot in one hit.
He roughly tells me what he thinks is there.
I say yes, he'll take some piccies to confirm what there & condition..
We had agreed a price of £150 & £15 post for the silencers..
He then says £250..
.
I nearly said plus the silencers, but luckily stopped myself..
First piccy is the list of part purchased..
The rest tell there own story..
My fuel tank has scratches.
The front mudguards paint is flaking off the plastic construction.
My seat needs recovering
The items I bought are all in great condition, so will be a straight swop.
The purchased indicators are better than mine as are the hand grips.
And a few, other items I will swop over...
And the rest can be boxed & put in my loft for Ron..
Talk about a stroke of luck, very few Strada 1000's came into the UK.
To see another would be extremely rare, but to be able to steal so made good usable parts off another one, must be one in a million.
Its not all luck az I keep me ear to the ground, scour eBay & other platforms for parts or projects.
I always put a watch on eBay items in after or interested in..
Now a few years ago i saw a Strada 4 sale on eBay but wasn't in a position medically to buy it.
But the seed was sown.
Now the doctored one waz bought via eBay a few years ago & as I've never seen another one on eBay, maybe it waz that one.
Who knows
So I now have more parts than I could shake a stick at...
Sometimes just sometimes the stars align & on this occasion they did...
Happy you bet your arse I iz..