Nick I was thinking along the samelines after seeing the bike. I'm starting to think the market is going soft. I usually avoid the whole Masi thing (been there, done that) thouigh after Brian and Chuck's posts I had to take a look. Sure the bike isn't 100%, but damn we've only seen a couple bikes this original over the years. Add the known history and you've got a winner, or it should have a winner. Maybe everybody is holding their cash for the Cirque. best, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Coeur d'Alene, ID.
> A Holy Grail rig for 35 Benjamins and no one has taken the hook.
> What's wrong with this picture? I figured it would be a no brainer
> for any Masi cognescenti to get their hooks on this one. Is the
> market gettin' soft? Does everyone who wants one already have
> it? Just wondering out loud.
>
> Nick Zatezalo
> Atlanta,Ga.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
>>Sent: Jun 4, 2006 8:15 PM
>>To: classicrendezvous Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>>Subject: Re: [CR]CA Masi GC for sale on eBay
>>
>>
>>Brian Baylis wrote:
>>
>>> I've had a few questions regarding the sweet Masi GC up for sale on
>>> eBay
>>> at the moment. Since I'm extra super busy trying to get lots of
>>> stuff d
>>> one, and prepare for the Cirque right now, I'd like to save a
>>> little tim
>>> e by addressing the bike in question.
>>>
>>> It's clearly an early CA period Carlsbad Masi, probably built in
>>> the sec
>>> ond run of frames that size and worked on by the "early crew"
>>> there. Mar
>>> io on the tourch, Ron Smith at the paint gun, and a whole cast of
>>> suppor
>>> ting craftsmen, including myself. This is a really fine example of
>>> what
>>> was being built there at the time and obviously what the repatation
>>> come
>>> s from. Shown in the most popular color at the time, light blue
>>> metallic
>>> . Proper parts all around, only thing it might need is a set of
>>> yellow B
>>> inda toe straps with the ends riveted. Rivets are avaiable from any
>>> leat
>>> hercraft store.
>>>
>>> Someone will hopfully give this baby a new home and take with it
>>> the off
>>> icial bragging rights that come with such a machine. It's the real
>>> thing
>>> and in real fine condition. Hope it finds a good home and an
>>> appreciati
>>> ve new owner.
>>
>>
>>Item number: 7245044873
>>
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>>3890 hits
>>
>>Surprised there hasn't been any discussion on the list about this
>>bike. This was the most unmolested, in it's original state, Masi GC
>>I had ever seen. This bike has had four owners, three of whom have
>>been well known collectors / care takers... I was one of them. It
>>was obvious to me that the original owner rode the bike a little when
>>it was new and then it just got put away in the attic. The second,
>>third and fourth owners never cleaned off the original dirt from when
>>the bike was new some thirty-two years ago and none of them rode the
>>bike either. The bike even has its original handlebar tape and white
>>Hunt-Wilde bar plugs with the crossed checkered flags! Had the
>>sharpest edged seat lug and seat stay caps I've ever seen!!!
>>
>>Light blue metallic... mmmmmmmmmmmm.
>>
>>Chuck Schmidt
>>South Pasadena, Southern California
>>
>>.