Subject: Re: Digest for Loopfram-@topica.com, issue 55
Author: Layton Rosencrance
Date: Jul 26, 2000, 10:26 PM
Post ID: 1701593731
I must have missed a posting. Joe Polselli wrote he had a T for sale. If
still available, please respond off list. Thanks.
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| -- Topica Digest -- RE: police ambassador questions By klru-@webspan.net generator covers By dot-@v-one.com Re: generator covers By dot-@v-one.com Re: generator covers By fly-@ix.netcom.com Re: generator covers By mjco-@globalnet.co.uk Re: generator covers By Guzzi-@aol.com Police Ambo By mjon-@yahoo.com Viva Las Vegas report/ long By tsh-@devry-phx.edu Re: Police Ambo By dms-@mail.utexas.edu Scott Dawson? By lo-@dotis.com Re: police ambassador questions By gun-@lynnet.com Re: generator covers By gun-@lynnet.com Re: police ambassador questions By mjco-@globalnet.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24-Jul-2000 12:38:41 GMT From: Keith Ruff <klru-@webspan.net> Subject: RE: police ambassador questions The Ambo in Absecon NJ is sold, I bought it!! Sounds like this guy is tring to hide something. I'd walk away or tell the guy your bringing a mechanic friend and a battery to check it all out. If he balks, tell him to find another buyer! I picked mine up for $1300, mechanically sound, just needs some cosmetic TLC, mostly elbow grease to polish everything up and some chrome replacement (mirrors, grab rails, exhaust). Other than that, I'll put on some new tires - think the originals are still on it, lots of tread but dry rotted. So for about $2300, it's all said and done. From what I have heard, these machines are worth $3000 and up IF they are in good mechanical and cosmetic shape. Good luck! Joe Polselli wrote:
71 LAPD Amabassador - NJ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 13:40:03 -0400 From: daveotis <dot-@v-one.com> Subject: generator covers Does anyone know if geretator covers are still available (plastic) or |
| by anyone? -- David J. Otis VONE Corporation 20250 Century Blvd. Germantown, MD 20850 301-515-5200 X 5621 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 13:54:06 -0400 From: daveotis <dot-@v-one.com> Subject: Re: generator covers That's supposed to be "Generator" not geretator this keyboard keeps making mistakes! On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, you wrote:
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David J. Otis VONE Corporation 20250 Century Blvd. Germantown, MD 20850 301-515-5200 X 5621 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 11:38:10 -0700 From: David Bloom <fly-@ix.netcom.com> Subject: Re: generator covers They are available (nos), infact I ordered mine from two different places |
| mistake and now have an extra. I paid $36 for them. If you want one of |
| will sell it for $36 and I'll Pay the shipping. Dave David Otis wrote:
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------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 20:35:00 +0100 From: "Martin Cooke" <mjco-@globalnet.co.uk> Subject: Re: generator covers I got a new, genuine (I think), plastic cover from Harper's a few years |
| Don't know if their still doing them. cookie ----- Original Message ----- From: David Otis <dot-@v-one.com> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 6:55 PM Subject: Re: generator covers
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------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 18:19:11 EDT From: GUZZI-@aol.com Subject: Re: generator covers Still available new,I got them.Mark.Moto Guzzi Classics ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:42:43 -0700 (PDT) From: "Michael S. Jones" <mjon-@yahoo.com> Subject: Police Ambo I was thinking about this discussion over dinner, and thought there might be another legitimate perspective on this bike. I put more then $2000 into my Ambo getting it back on the road, all parts, no labor (did everything myself). So $3000 for a bike that (probably) needs so little doesn't seem bad to me (though if I were in CA I'd take Mark's for $3500 instead, of course). That the guy doesn't want to bother with a mechanical inspection could be attributed to his feeling that he has a really nice and clean antique, and that he doesn't want to waste time haggling with someone who doesn't appreciate it. I would understand that completely, if it is true (which is hard to know of course). That the fork seals may need replacing is reasonable: any rubber parts loose their elasticity after 30 years. If the bike is all there, I think it may be worth considering - Police Ambo's are neat and unusual. And I really like Ambo's. Of course, the carbs may need cleaning, and all rubber parts will probably need replacing in a few years. Age does that, even at low miles. Perhaps if one were to show up with $2700 or so in greenbacks, the guy would turn out to be price-flexible. -Mike (69 Ambo) ===== M.Jones, student of philosophy and religion at Temple University, |
"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know." -Blaise Pascal "With man, instinct and reason avoid each other with adversity, yet, by |
correction." -Lucian Blaga
__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25-Jul-2000 01:02:12 GMT From: thomas short <tsh-@devry-phx.edu> Subject: Viva Las Vegas report/ long I left work on friday at 3pm and headed north of Phoenix with the Eldo in the back of my truck. I found a campsite just south of Flagstaff,AZ., and put up the tent by 7:0pm. Luckily, I met another Cardinals fan here that had a campsite, so I just put in with him. I unloaded the Eldo early Sat. morn, and was on the road to vegas by 8:00am. I got to Hoover dam at noon like I thought, but what I didn't count on was it being 120*! It was deathly hot! I didn't find anybody waiting for me, so I went ahead and went to Vegas. I figured if I was gonna have a heat stroke, I was going to do it where there was medical assistance available! I got into town and went into the Sam's Town casino and hotel. Man, was it nice and cool in there. I got on the phone, and called fellow lister Tim Crump who was instrumental in getting me situated in Vegas! I was completely lost, and Tim came thru 'BIG TIME'! Tim took me over to fellow lister Bill Arbour's house. Bill is a great guy who put me up in his house for a coupla days. Bill took me down to the 'strip' and to 'down town' to see all the sights. Man, has Vegas changed since the last time I was there.! I had breakfast with Tim and Bill on Sunday morn, and then Tim and I took a ride to 'Red Rock". It's a really cool loop of 13 miles that wanders thru a Grand Canyonesque terraine. Very impressive. About one mile before the exit, I saw a car parked on the right hand side of the road, so I moved over to the left side. Then I saw this wild burro starting to cross the hiway towards the car, looking for a hand out. I had to grab lots of brakes and skidded inbetween the car and the burro. Scary!. Tim said that costs extra, but wouldn't mention it to the gate guard! I left Vegas this morn at about 7:00 am, and returned here to Flag about 12:30. A good trip on the Eldo. I guess about 600 miles round trip. Well, I need to go and put on some skin lotion, and the folks here at the NAU library are looking at me kind of suspisously.(too old to be a student). Gotta go! Bye! Tom Short AZ rep 2.5 Eldos & a G-5 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 20:52:44 -0500 From: "Doni Scheindlin" <dms-@mail.utexas.edu> Subject: Re: Police Ambo I've thought about it from your perspective as well, and it is certainly a possibility. The part of me that thinks it suspicious that he won't let |
| bring a mechanic over just seems to be winning. The fact is, it is a beautiful bike. I've been really upset since then that things didn't work out. More importantly, I just don't have the money to risk. I realize buying any used vehicle is a risk. But the risk is more of a calculated |
| when the vehicle is running. If I gave him $3000 and then found it needed another $2000 or $1500, it would end up sitting in my garage fo a long |
| Bummer. ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Jones <mjon-@yahoo.com> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 6:42 PM Subject: Police Ambo
correction." -Lucian Blaga
------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 22:39:54 -0400 From: "David J. Otis" <lo-@dotis.com> Subject: Scott Dawson? Anyone know a Scott Dawson from Texas? David J. Otis Middletown MD http://www.loopframe.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 23:56:33 -0400 From: "andy hill" <gun-@lynnet.com> Subject: Re: police ambassador questions doni- you're right. while a low mileage lapd is a heck of a find, his lack of cooroperation is disconcerting. i know fron experience that it's BAD for |
| old guzzi to sit too long, although 2 years might be ok. the most important thing to do is a compression check. if there's any |
| than 160lbs. per side [and, needless to say, both sides should be close to the same], then it will need a top-end job. see, the older bikes used a chrome-plating in the cylinders. i found most of mine laying in the |
| [mine sat for 16 years]. look for obvious stuff, like oil-leaks, etc. the forks & brakes are real simple to fix up. i would say look at the bike, and if it speaks to your heart, and you have the greens, go for it! if you are looking for an old loopframe [ambo-eldo], they are around. usually, not too cheap, though. |
| any help, we're here, man! good luck! andy h. '72 eldo; just finished ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:25:03 -0400 From: "andy hill" <gun-@lynnet.com> Subject: Re: generator covers dave- mgcycle lists them in their catalog [around $23.00], but i don't know if they are out of stock. the italian holiday, ya know. andy h. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 10:19:09 +0100 From: "Martin Cooke" <mjco-@globalnet.co.uk> Subject: Re: police ambassador questions A word of caution: I overhauled an Eldo a few years ago that had 165psi in both cylinders. On dismantling I found plating was completely shot, mostly above the ring swept area, but a write off anyhow. cookie ----- Original Message ----- From: andrew hill <gun-@lynnet.com> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 4:55 AM Subject: Re: police ambassador questions
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