1981 Moto Guzzi V50 II 500 Café Racer – Ducati Exhausts

1981 Moto Guzzi V50 II café racer, registered March 1981 and showing approximately 47,100 miles.

I’ve owned the bike for just over a year, having bought it from a friend who owned it for around 10 years before me, so the bike has been known to us for more than a decade.

It’s a nicely put together café-racer conversion based around the classic Moto Guzzi 500cc transverse V-twin, five-speed gearbox and shaft drive.

The bike has clip-on handlebars, café-racer seat and tail, Hagon rear shocks, bar-end mirrors, braided brake hoses and twin front discs. It also has a pair of Ducati 250 exhausts, which suit the bike particularly well and give it a lovely period café-racer look and sound.

Mechanically it has recently had both carburettors rebuilt, new ignition coils, a new battery and a new front inner tube.

It starts, runs and rides well and is a really characterful little old Guzzi.

Condition is good and very presentable for a 45-year-old motorcycle, but it isn’t being sold as a concours restoration. There is normal age-related patina, some weathering to the alloy and fork legs, marks in places and some crazing/cracking to areas of the yellow finish. The photographs have deliberately been taken to show the bike honestly.

Original Veglia instruments are retained and the odometer shows approximately 47,100 miles.

A great-looking and usable classic Italian V-twin that is a little different from the usual Japanese or British café-racer builds.

£2,995 ono.

Genuine enquiries welcome. Viewing encouraged and I’m happy to provide additional photographs or details.