Nova Motorcycles-1984 Moto Guzzi 850 LeMans III

[@timhicks2154]

I have owned & ridden a few of the LeMans marques. A 1, 3 & a 5. The 3 is, in my humble opinion, the finest of them all. There was an interesting modification to the carburation, whereby it had a revised needle jet and as a consequence, required a smaller main jet. I could get 50+mpg and 240 miles to a full tank. And I wasn’t ever hanging around, either.

[@nigelcox7477]

The owner’s father had very good taste, and bravo to his son for preserving them, riding them and acknowledging what classic bikes these really are. 👍✅😎❤️

[@DustyVisorMotorcycles]

Love my Guzzi, those integrated indicator stalks look very cool! 😎

[@Brianhugetool.]

Wonderful machine , loved it

[@benjaminterblanche4860]

The headlight is the same as the Fiat 128 ❤happy hunting 😊

[@benjaminterblanche4860]

here in Africa where I live I have 3 mk 111's

[@GiuseppeLeopizzi]

Of course, Moto Guzzi builds a V8 engine in 1954 and then in 1965 copies a V-engine of an unspecified Indian of twenty years before... And these rumors you heard also told you that the chicken carbonara is the Italian national dish, right?🤣

[@marcbrasse747]

That story about the US bike is ver probably true. It is the 750 Indian 841. Only a few thousand where built because Indian lost out to the Harley in the end but some of them indeed went to Italy. I only saw a video about it recently but the similarities striking enough to make also make me think it can’t be a coincedence.

[@davidgray8654]

Always great to see content on this great mark of motor cycle, however Sam do some research about this amazing company. They have an amazing history and Carlo Guzzi was an absolute genius. I would recommend that you take the time and trouble to visit Mandello del Mario, Italy where there is a museum on the site of the works factory and this facility is full of all of the models of motorcycle Moto Guzzi manufactured. When I went through this factory/museum I was fortunate enough to be accompanied by an older gentleman who had worked in the factory and as I walked and looked he advised me of some of the particulars the model I was looking at. There were triple's the v twin Ducati configuration, flat four's, twin's, singles, and of course the amazing v8. Your story about copying a model of the Indian I find extremely unlikely as the elder gentleman pointed to the 'ducati' looking engine and said 'sperimentali, no productioni and claimed a date in the thirties, the triple that looked horribly like the Laverda, was the same, an experimental model again in the late thirties...... so I am quite sure that Carlo Guzzi would have developed his motor for the Lemans, which was preceded by the 750 engine by himself and his engineering team.

[@antoniointernullo2165]

❤ meraviglioso

[@edelmanng]

I have a '77 LM1, Sam. Would be fun to take our bikes for a spin.

[@wwsjr2]

Did I see your rear disc through your headlight ?

[@splodge5714]

Their V twin engine was designed by Italian engineer Carcano. Never heard the American story of any Indian involvement before.😅

[@BN1960]

No, it was an original design by Guzzi and used in Police bikes initially 30 seconds on Wikipedia tells you this

[@CoberBox1]

Banzai!

[@djr10007]

Knee guards not stock. Off some other Guzzi, perhaps Californian.

[@lee-annealbertini4703]

You need to do some more research on the origin of the V twin motor origin, there is wrong then there is your understanding