This 1973 Moto Guzzi 850 Eldorado is in Streator, Illinois, two hours southwest of Chicago; depending on traffic it could be four hours.. It’s listed on eBay with a current bid price of just over $3,500, but the reserve isn’t met. There are only 24,400 miles on this black beauty; it’s barely broken in. The owner says that this bike “starts instantly and runs great.”

The current owner/seller says that this beautiful bike “sat in dry garage for 27 years” before they purchased it. The Moto Guzzi 850 Eldorado was the successor to the 750 Ambassador and it was called the 850GT in Europe; only the American market got the Eldorado name attached to the 850GT. This bike has a new old stock “Faring w/Windshield, Brake Pedal, Shift Pedal, Turn Signals w/Brkt, and Handle Bars”.

The Eldorado, like the Ambassador before it, doesn’t even come with a kick starter, it’s all-electric start! That was a pretty gutsy move, but they figured that all of the bugs had been worked out of it. And, if all else fails, I guess a person can always push start it. Let’s see a show of hands for everyone who has had to push start a motorcycle? I thought so, me, too.

This sure is a beauty, what a bike! The seller says that the “tank has been relined and painted w/ hand-painted striping.” And, the “engine has been completely disassembled and gone thru. Checked chrome cylinder lining for issues and were found to be absolutely perfect. (No evidence of flaking what so ever).” That’s nice, as is the “new alternator” This is a nice, big motorcycle. I know, it’s not a four-cylinder and sometimes that’s a good thing. Have any of you ever ridden, or better yet, ever owned, a Moto Guzzi Eldorado? Or, any Moto Guzzi?