2 RGS for sale

The Canadian one looks better than the one on Iconic, but both have no running vids. BAT should make that mandatory, or list the bike as a "project".
 
Not sure what the bike will fetch, but in financial terms it was a shitty investment. I bought identical bike new, in Canada for $8000 cdn in 1982. If I invested $8000 at 5 % annual return it would be about $72,000 today.

BUT..... had I invested instead of buying the Jota I would have missed out on messaging all you crazy buggers (now crazy old buggers). So mathematically a post on this Forum is worth about 2 cents.
 
henrywillms said:
Not sure what the bike will fetch, but in financial terms it was a shitty investment. I bought identical bike new, in Canada for $8000 cdn in 1982. If I invested $8000 at 5 % annual return it would be about $72,000 today.

BUT..... had I invested instead of buying the Jota I would have missed out on messaging all you crazy buggers (now crazy old buggers). So mathematically a post on this Forum is worth about 2 cents.
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That RGS on BAT (in Hamilton Ontario) isn't going anywhere. Whoever owns it now paid just under $14K Cdn for it in or about July of 2022. There will likely be a 5 digit reserve on it. I also have a very good idea what the owner before that paid for it as well when he purchased it in or around 2018.

I'm trying to see if I can look at it in person this weekend......so far no response.
 
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henrywillms said:
Not sure what the bike will fetch, but in financial terms it was a shitty investment. I bought identical bike new, in Canada for $8000 cdn in 1982. If I invested $8000 at 5 % annual return it would be about $72,000 today.

BUT..... had I invested instead of buying the Jota I would have missed out on messaging all you crazy buggers (now crazy old buggers). So mathematically a post on this Forum is worth about 2 cents.
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Henry, another way to figure it is that the equivalent purchasing power of $8000 Canadian in 1982 would now in 2026 require $24800 Canadian
 
78jotadave said:
Henry, another way to figure it is that the equivalent purchasing power of $8000 Canadian in 1982 would now in 2026 require $24800 Canadian
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$24, 800 would get a new Ducati V2 Multistrada in Canada. Back in 1982 a Ducati 900 SS was top of the line Ducati and price probably comparable to a Jota. So to get let's say a Ducati V4 (top of the line) I would need more money than the inflation amount to get a top of the line Italian bike. Maybe the only good thing about Laverda going out of business....I saved $6,000 or $8,000 buy not having to buy a 2026 Laverda.
 
Ian Short said:
Appreciate that. Some drunk cartographer left the Orange Orangutan unsupervised with a Sharpie. ;)
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It’s funny how some words bring back memories….. Sharpie for example:

Uniquely Australian working-class youth subculture that peaked in Melbourne during the mid-1970s. Known for their meticulously tailored fashion, distinct haircuts, fierce suburban group loyalties, and love for hard-edged local rock 'n' roll, they rejected mainstream hippie trends in favour of a tough, distinct identity


 
henrywillms said:
$24, 800 would get a new Ducati V2 Multistrada in Canada. Back in 1982 a Ducati 900 SS was top of the line Ducati and price probably comparable to a Jota. So to get let's say a Ducati V4 (top of the line) I would need more money than the inflation amount to get a top of the line Italian bike. Maybe the only good thing about Laverda going out of business....I saved $6,000 or $8,000 buy not having to buy a 2026 Laverda.
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$24 800 would get me half a tank of fuel in the Tundra ;)
 
chrisk said:
It’s funny how some words bring back memories….. Sharpie for example:

Uniquely Australian working-class youth subculture that peaked in Melbourne during the mid-1970s. Known for their meticulously tailored fashion, distinct haircuts, fierce suburban group loyalties, and love for hard-edged local rock 'n' roll, they rejected mainstream hippie trends in favour of a tough, distinct identity


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Well then.... this Lake America renaming has been worthwhile. ;)
 
chrisk said:
Similar for my 7.3lt F350, my wife spied my bank statement and accused me of seeing a hooker every week with the initials BP 🤣
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LOL...... Godzilla is thirsty...... Nice mill though. I drive a buddy's 250 with the 6.7 occasionally........ good god I love 1050lbs/ft of torque. I think the 7.3 is easier to live with unless you are towing on a weekly basis.
 
I bought my current crop of motorcycles over the past 39 years with the idea of selecting ones that will still be interesting to me 40 years after I started. I succeeded, including in buying my Laverda SFC 1000 just this year. I have about $15K USD in that bike now and won’t need to sell it to pay the bills at any time in the future. There was a time when I couldn’t be so frivolous with my bike purchases and sure enough the bikes bought years ago will someday prove to have been a reasonable investment. Life and fine motorcycles are good.

My only problem is resisting buying one of these RGSs, because an RGS was what I was actually looking for before I stumbled into an 1875 km SFC 1000!
 
Silvaire said:
I bought my current crop of motorcycles over the past 39 years with the idea of selecting ones that will still be interesting to me 40 years after I started. I succeeded, including in buying my Laverda SFC 1000 just this year. I have about $15K USD in that bike now and won’t need to sell it to pay the bills at any time in the future. There was a time when I couldn’t be so frivolous with my bike purchases and sure enough the bikes bought years ago will someday prove to have been a reasonable investment. Life and fine motorcycles are good.

My only problem is resisting buying one of these RGSs, because an RGS was what I was actually looking for before I stumbled into an 1875 km SFC 1000!
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Any chance you'd be willing to post a pic of your RS Guzzi........ Just moved my buddy's 1100 sport last weekend....... There were two '97 1100 sports for sale, NH and CT, so the drive is perfect at 8hrs one way. Issue was I'd prefer a carby 2 valve. Still wondering if I should have treid for the one in CT.... sigh.
 
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