I'm the one you can afford

Can’t afford a Seventies Superbike like the previously featured MV 750S? Or even a nice Ducati bevel twin? The how about the Moto Guzzi T3, snapped here in front of the famous factory gates at Mandello del Lario. Bonhams sold one very like this at Stafford a few years back in lovely condition for under £7000. Yes they’re a bit plump (but not as plump as you might think) and yes the gear change is a bit slow but – and it’s a big but – they handle beautifully can be fixed and run on a (comparative) shoestring. A final thought for Ducati fans: when a certain Ian Falloon first sampled one he immediately traded in his Ducati 750GT for a T3…

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