1968 Benelli leoncino Scrambler Benelli Leoncino Scrambler Hunters Special

Description

This 1968 Benelli Leoncino Scrambler was a favorite of my wife in our small private collection and is one of a few rare classic bikes left over from said collection which we have been dissolving this past couple of years, mostly due to age and health related reasons and because we are consolidating all our personal items and scaling back from multiple geografical locations to just one place to live in the south of Portugal.
This is not a 'normal' motorcycle in 'average' condition so the text describing it and this sale's particulars might be somewhat different than what one would normally see in a listing here on Ebay.
Please go to our Seller Feedback Rating to see what previous buyers have consistently been saying about us in the past 20 some years in regards to every single item we have sold here on Ebay.
Details of the bike:
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Benelli Leoncino Scrambler "Hunters Special", extremely rare US-only model, build in very limited numbers exclusively for the american market. This motorcycle is not restored nor is it repainted. It is completely original with its first set of tires and still has all the original water transfer decals on top of the original yellow paint, as finished by the factory in 1968.
This bike was owned previously by a collector in Italy who had it parked in his living room for more than 40 years. It was always properly maintained and stored indoors since new. Its condition can be described as truly exceptional for a 53 year old motorcycle.
I was told by a dealer in the US some years back that less than 50 of these were ever sold. Any and all verifiable info on this specific model is welcome and will be added here if we can comfirm it through other sources. That said we do not really know what this little gem is worth either. When we bought it it wasn't a question of money, my wife fell in love with and that was it...:-)
Too nice to ride regularly, it was parked in our vacation house entrance in Europe and taken out once or twice a year for a run around the house and a service and then parked again where everyone could see it.
Mileage looks to be original at 1710 miles. Starts up on the first or second kick.
This "Hunters Special" was a very limited model only for the north american market that came with a dual rear sprocket setup for riding on country roads and when arriving at the forrest switching over to the larger sprocket to ride the off-road trails. It also had a special utility rack on the back of the bike. It comes
with the original grey-cover ownership document booklet from Italy from 1968.
If you love it at first sight, as we did and just have to own it, the reasonable buy-it-now price which includes crating and insured shipping to your location by freight forwarding service should not present a problem.
Feel free to make us a fair offer that is lower than our posted price if you want to check it out and pick it up in person or have a service of your choice pick it up as is, without crating. We do not scoff at lower offers, though we do reserve the right to decline your offer, should we feel the offer is too low, considering the rarety, condition and mileage
Any accepted offer coming in below our Buy-It-Now price will be considered NOT to include any packing and/or shipping charges / Personal inspection and pickup in-the-flesh are of course possible with an appointment
Please live and let live, no fun-bidders/offers who are not buying at the end, no jokers, no hassles please. Just selling an honest and very rare bike for a fair price, getting out of motorcycles alltogether so when all is sold there will be no more from us.
Please see our posted pictures for more details of what you are buying. Thanks so much for looking, for more details please contact us here through Ebay.
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We include crating and insured, professional shipping via seafreight in the buy-it-now price to anywhere worldwide since we are experienced shippers and know what is involved in shipping such a vehicle to
most places in the world. Obviously the bike has to be paid for in full before we ship it out to the new owner. Please check our exceptional feedback to see what other buyers of our previous items had to say abou us. Thanks for the interest.....