WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Moto Guzzi LeMans Mk1 engine

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7 ай бұрын

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A buried engine retreaved from a farm in the english country side. See how well it cleans up!
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@gerrievl 3 ай бұрын

Rebuild it, hell of project but awesome to watch😊

@davidburne9477 6 ай бұрын

Any amount of good parts available from places like Stein-Dinse and HMB. That’s where I’ve sourced most of the wearing parts from my LM2. A quick check on the net via the Guzzi registry should tell you what bike it’s from and where in the production history it comes from. Mine was from the last batch of LM2 round-fin numbers, matching with frame. Rebuild and sell.

@gordyl9247 7 ай бұрын

Intriguing additional project, great background music as always too. Love the pace.

@davidmitchell4899 7 ай бұрын

Excellent Rob! I think you should get it running, put a pair of Lafranconi’s on it and install it into a glass case as a centrepiece in your workshop. Then every once in a while fire it up for that beautiful sound and dopamine hit. 🙂👍🏻. I think you have the Guzzi bug now👍🏻. Great vid!

@thra5herxb12s 7 ай бұрын

There used to be a cleaning product advertised in the bike mags that brought corroded cases up like new again. I bought a bottle for an old Honda I had and it certainly did the job, but I cant remember the name and havent seen anything as good for many years. Grit blasting old cases gets the cleaning process over and done with but leaves the cases vulnerable to the atmosphere again. Shot would be a good after grit treatment to close up all the pores again.

@MyRestoration1 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Dean. I tried some on the Guzzi project in one of the concluding videos. In my opinion it was really corrosive. It might be different to what you used. I’d be interested to know. Unfortunately this casing was so far gone it made sense to do it this way. I think when I strip it down I’ll be trying your suggestion to shot it closed. Very good advise!

@hobbyoverload 7 ай бұрын

Rebuild the engine and us it in a custom build. Tonti frame sounds great! 🤩

@MyRestoration1 7 ай бұрын

I might offer it up to a community build of skills. What do you think?

@blainehale 7 ай бұрын

Le Mans 850 owner here! There's really nothing unique about the engine other than bigger valves. Without a matching number frame, it's not exactly unique or valuable. That said, I still think you should have some fun reviving the motor and putting it in something!

@MyRestoration1 7 ай бұрын

As an engine maybe you are right but try find mk1 engine parts here in the uk..

@ianross225 7 ай бұрын

I’d strip it and rebuild as a short engine. Too nice to break or scrap even if it’s not a Le Mans. I have a T3 Cali garaged (dry but after 25 years quite sad) and this shows what an engine living outside can scrub up to. Hope yet.

@bluesplayer59 7 ай бұрын

I'd like to see it stripped down but that's not really cost effective .. Still very interesting to watch.

@MyRestoration1 7 ай бұрын

I think as one subscriber suggested I might put it out to a bunch of skill sets to design and build the ultimate Cafe racer…

@petermosdell580 7 ай бұрын

I’ve recently rescued a BMW boxer twin that was in a similar condition. Not sure why - it was cheap. Then stumbled on a frame at a swap meet and suddenly I’ve got a project. It’ll probably never be financially sensible to work on it so it has to be for fun

@MyRestoration1 7 ай бұрын

That’s me, the forever optimist!

@01thomasss 7 ай бұрын

It's probably not a Mk 1 because of the fairing mounting brackets on the tappet covers, although they could have been added afterwards.

@dungspreader 7 ай бұрын

Pull it apart and see what you've got . The crank and con rods will probably be OK , pistons and barrels will be toast but you can get new ones easily . You should be able to find a Tonti frame and go from there to build a custom . I rebuilt a badly corroded Guzzi [ outside alloy corrosion worse than yours ] and it was remarkably well preserved inside .

@MyRestoration1 7 ай бұрын

That’s a brilliant idea!! A custom Guzzi ohhh

@lomate1963 7 ай бұрын

Yes go for that dude 👍🏻@@MyRestoration1

@mattharrington4887 6 ай бұрын

Defo strip the engine and keep complete then you can decide. There will always be someone who needs an engine!

@benoitguillou3146 7 ай бұрын

Too bad the block may be a bit too much reamed in places for you to make 3D scans of the parts for the Guzzi resistance ...I see the future of OEM motoring as very gloomy , and I don't wanna sit on a lithium battery that auto combust to over 2000 degrees .....Gathering stables of air cooled bikes with easy maintenance right now doesn't seem like a bad idea ! You should ask the guys at Cycle Garden ( they restore lots of guzzis ) if they don't need anything , they got a KZbin channel too !