SELLER SAYS: This is a very special bike. I have not seen another as good as this one anywhere. Mk1 first year Guzzi. Immaculate restoration. Ceramic coated Lafranconi crossover exhaust. Nicosil factory 950cc kit. 40mm Dellorto carbs. Lightened flywheel and clutch. Alloy timing gears. Dyna Ignition. 38mm Marzocchi forks. Koni tri-rate rear shocks. Braided brake lines. stainless calliper pistons. New Lithium battery. Comes with original seat and a brand new Guzzi original seat. Also a newly re-upholstered Agostini seat. see photos. Additional mid mounted side stand. Two keys, workshop manual and brand new service manual. Recent oil and filter change engine, gearbox and rear drive unit. Wheels are immaculate. Excellent Avon Roadrider tyres.Immaculate paint. I have every original component with the bike…forks, exhaust, clip ons, 36mm carburettors and bell mouths. Several boxes of spare parts, gaskets, one side cover and some rubber components. Bike is kept in a climate controlled environment with my collection. Ultra reliable and has been used regularly since my ownership, but now finding it a bit too sporty for my age and riding style. Inspection is welcome and recommended. Can arrange professional transport at buyers cost. Contact Gary on 0418 xxx xxx SOLD (Tamborine Mountain – Queensland)
EDITOR TERLICK SAYS: It’s a curious fact of moto-design that first-variant models almost always win the hearts and souls of riders (and eventually collectors). Perhaps it’s a result of those first-variants being nearest to the concept designers who have the eye of an artist, just slightly blunted by the pragmatism of the engineers. Two or three variants later — by which stage a host of riders, dealers, accountants, regulators and journalists have all had a whack — the arguably-improved “new model” invariably arrive smoother, safer, cheaper to build and, well, bland by comparison to the original creation. And so it is with the Moto Guzzi LeMans. Yes, even later models (I’ve owned a couple of late-1980s MkV 1000s and loved them) were and are lovely machines, none of them match the soul of the original 1976 LeMans 850. Originally conceived on the race track, the LeMans had a painfully long gestation partly because Moto Guzzi and Benelli shared the same owner in the early 1970s, Alejandro de Tomaso, and he didn’t want a Guzzi sports bike competing directly with the six-cylinder Benelli Sei. But when it finally landed the LeMans was a stunner. Plenty of performance, excellent handling and, perhaps even more importantly, it was just plain gorgeous — and on that front there was only fellow-Italian marque Ducati that could compete. This stunning bike of Gary’s perfectly captures arguably Moto Guzzi’s greatest moment of glory, when it pulled the covers off one of history’s most beautiful machines.
