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Old 13-02-2020, 11:06 PM   #1
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Moto Guzzi 850/1000 wanted

Just on the off chance does anyone have any leads on a Moto Guzzi 850/1000 LeMans/T3/Spada etc project to perfect, for sale. Having owned a 1000S donkeys years ago thought it was time to get another big Guzzi.
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Old 22-07-2020, 11:58 PM   #2
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In the spirit of closing threads properly, I'm now the proud owner of a tatty Moto Guzzi Le Mans MK2. Wish me luck.
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Old 23-07-2020, 06:44 AM   #3
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We need before/during and after photos otherwise it didn't happen.
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Old 23-07-2020, 07:55 AM   #4
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Congratulations!
Mk2 lemon must be up there in the top ten greatest ever motorbikes?
Certainly one of my best rides. Very satisfying and fulfilling.

1000S is a brutally handsome bike too, with red or green stripe. I wouldn't kick one out of bed for farting..

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Old 23-07-2020, 09:56 AM   #5
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I had a 1000S up to two years ago, I had it for a number of years, it was a bit of a beast to manoeuvre, but you knew you were riding a motorbike, it came as a heap, stripped it down and re did it.

I guy I know has a bike collection, he has bought a few bikes from me before, and he offered me daft money for it, and well, everything has it's price and it allowed me to get other stuff, regrets?, not really, would be nice to still have it but things move one and it's good to have a bit of variety.

There's a wee video of it on youtube on the day it was being picked up by it's new owner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEu0...ature=youtu.be

Good luck with the Guzzi, I've had 4, dead easy to work on , just remember if you are working on the electrics to tie a knot at one end of the wire to stop the smoke escaping!
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Old 23-07-2020, 10:44 AM   #6
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Nice, I've got an LM2, great old bike that rides surprisingly well for a 40 yr old machine.

I couldn't resist fitting a MK 1 style fairing though.

Before ;



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Old 23-07-2020, 10:55 AM   #7
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Stunning Robert.. You dun it proper nice.
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Old 23-07-2020, 01:23 PM   #8
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There's an LM2 in pieces underneath some bins in my garage.

Bloody thing broke down every time I rode it either by setting fire to itself or by spewing oil out of any orifice it could find and pretty much always at night, in the rain, abroad

I repaired the rear light electrics after they caught fire in Belgium at night in the rain by cutting lengths of wire off some motorway fencing and wrapping them in duct tape.

The fuel tank sprung a leak on the cat over to Caen, that was 'repaired' by cutting a chunk of camping mat, squashing it under the tank and ratchet strapping the tank down on it. Amazing what you can buy in a French petrol station at night, in the rain, again.

The engine breather tank broke in two in central France covering my leg and the rear of the bike in oil which I discovered when we went sideways off the road and into a field in the dark. I left it on its side, put my tent up and went to sleep. The next day it was repaired with a Volkswagen beetle engine breather from a local scrappy.

The condenser failed and the new points sparked themselves to death on the way to LeMans, replaced by ones out of an old rusty Renault rotting behind a garage.

It's downfall was having the temerity to go onto one cylinder outside Manosque in Southern France. It got ridden all the way back up the AutoRoute Du Sud and back to blighty wide open on one with smoke coming out the other. Needs a new rod, barrel and piston on the side.

My mate, an ex-guzzi mechanic refuses to work on it and the rest refused to let me bring it on any trip involving a ferry/tunnel (even ones in London), one of them offered me an old CX500 to ride to Le Mans rather then me ride the Guzzi, I took the CX, it got there and back no problem.

One day I'm going to rebuild it, make a new loom and ride it somewhere/anywhere and get home without issue, it won't beat me.

Alternatively, next time it sets itself on fire I'm going to push it over, stand back and laugh.

It's fecking possessed or allergic to water and anywhere foreign.

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Old 23-07-2020, 05:22 PM   #9
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Talking about the CX. Have you seen the price of those things these days? Those bag of sh!te Jap cr@p things are going for 2.5-3k and up! Has the world gone mad?
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Old 23-07-2020, 05:30 PM   #10
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980-HOND...wAAOSwwOpc8ONe

7k for a CX 500! lol There will always be some mug I suppose.They were never that good even when new. Jeez I despair
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Old 23-07-2020, 05:37 PM   #11
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1978-Hond...IAAOSwq3pfFcmN

Lol!
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Old 23-07-2020, 05:39 PM   #12
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hahahahahaha

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-CX5...cAAOSwFIVe1mJJ
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Old 23-07-2020, 05:43 PM   #13
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LM2's were quite a nice bike, I had one in the early 90's, bit of a charging bull as I remember fast when it had built up speed. Hot tip don't strap a large suitcase to the back makes the handling diabolical. All the best with this project Lars, mind you I haven't seen you about on the M750 yet. Bitza
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Old 23-07-2020, 05:49 PM   #14
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980-HOND...4AAOSwZSxfFdl2

Should have been stripped down to it's component parts and chucked in the nearest skip!
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Old 23-07-2020, 06:14 PM   #15
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I think it's really unfortunate that the LM looks a bit like a CX500 it's a much better bike. But if there was ever any truth in the saying 'You can't polish a turd' It is here in this beauty:-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-cx5...0AAOSwztRerZ3~

I especially like how the seat from a distance looks just like a cardboard box, that's brilliant.
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