Paul's Moto Guzzi Le Mans shed-built cafe racer - Bike Shed Show 2019

[@skandix]

One of the best looking Guzzi's on the Shed ever. Congrads!

[@Stevo736]

That's a Lovely Moto Guzzi its always great to see some Italian classics in the Bike Shed fleet.

[@rover100bunson]

appreciate the amount of work involved in this

[@FunWithAJ]

Beautiful. All it's missing is some spoked chrome wheels and it be mint.

[@GeorgiaGrowGuy]

Nice bike, I like the ones that people actually ride. Show bikes are like going to the shoe show.

[@Hot_N_Spicy]

cleanest moto guzzi I ever saw probably

[@roadcrafta2b53]

Absolutely awesome, thanks for sharing. Tastefully finished with some very clever technical mods....PG.

[@mjjordan8918]

Beautiful bike!

[@heno42666]

Quality build Paul........sounds and looks great .....)

[@MasterThimself]

Beautiful one. I almost can see the image in my head. Some leather jacket bloke with helmet and goggles blasting through a London street at night. Of course in black and white. Fits the style perfectly

[@jimmyb4982]

Spectacularly beautiful.

[@KingstonLaneWorkshop]

An absolute beauty

[@rsbharley4766]

Very cool bike Paul, thanks for sharing. Cheers

[@BanjoLuke1]

A very personal take on what a Lemon can be. Well done for keeping the cast wheels. Too many people get all "Triton wannabe" and build (or have built for them) crazy wire-spoked jobs. This is (at heart) a Lemon and Lemons have cast wheels. The exhausts look slightly naughty, but a Lemon should be slightly naughty. Altogether a handsome bike that must be a joy to ride (I've never known whether the correct verb for conducting a Moto Guzzi is "ride" or "drive").

[@robertcotton9091]

Thanks so much for sharing, I just found your site. My first Guzzi along with friends was the V75. After that I had a cobourne and hughes MK2 Black and Gold beauty MK2. I could just sit in the garden looking at it, even my late father insisted I took him out for a ride , god bless him... This was a long time ago, when the Police were really decent guys (as they still are :)) Riding down the M11 , no mirrors on the MK2 I gave it some "larop" 130 max looked behind me and the lovely gentleman in the Volvo simply smiled and waved me to slow down which I obviously did, scared the life out of me , so lesson learnt . I never speeded after that. The good old days of coppering . No need for a ticket, just good old fashioned coppers.. God bless them. Would you get away with that today???

[@wcaferacer3772]

OMG! Well done Paul 👍

[@michaelhayward7572]

Big block v twin pre 93 Guzzis are that rare animal in the air cooled OHV motor world that do'nt need an electronic ignition kit upgrade. The twin points & condensors/dizzy set up is one of the most accurate and reliable systems ever devised. I bought a Dyna 3 kit for mine in 2002, its still in its box.... i've seen mid 80's Guzzi big twins back in the day running perfectly with 75k on the clock, original points in.... only thing is change the AA springs every 50k.

[@shinjukumasterlord6252]

Sounds awesome!

[@edwinthompson159]

very nice build. Well done.

[@grengren2]

Silver wheels, paint it red and I'll pay you cash now ;-) Bootiful !

[@garyhoward4064]

Nice bike. But It’s odd because I also own a Lemans 1 since many years which was completely modified to cafe racer in a famous German shop, similar specs to yours. But I somehow got fed up with it and recently brought it back to its original form (except the tuned engine). All this to find out that nothing beats Tonti’s genius (in my view).

[@peterandrewcaudwell6619]

I totally agree, the original was much more beautiful. Also, the aluminum fairing at the front looks very dangerous; it could rip into his chest or groin in an accident.

[@smurfgudrun]

Nice build!

[@obadiahscave]

Moto goot-zi... such beautiful bikes...👊😎

[@miguelangeldominguezrodrig2854]

Preciosa! Sonido espectacular! Motos con alma ❤

[@nairocafeemotos4805]

Great job!!😊

[@Ed-vi4rx]

Cool bike and cool watche!

[@zeebull]

Good looking bike

[@jeffandrews6225]

Beautiful👍 dont forget your earplugs!

[@teltwosheds2972]

I want to do similar to my spada. Yes I'm envious

[@robsthedon]

That would look awesome with spoked wheels.

[@valerianobertolini5060]

Bellissima. Essenziale.Bravissimo.

[@robbikebob]

Really nice especially the noise! Only thing I'd change is the colour.....

[@DKT1970]

Gorgeous!!!

[@volodymyrforos1031]

Brilliant

[@garypeatling7927]

Original is perfect , work of art, you have just drawn a moustache on the mona lisa perhaps i would have gone with brakes and springs

[@Digitalmixes]

Gorgeous

[@JulioGarcia-cw6nm]

What brand of rear sets did he say??

[@progvinyl9021]

Nice Motor Guzzi

[@UrbanoModa]

excellent, needs something on the paint to break up and line the composition. Nice touches on a personal side

[@tony6261]

Gorgeous bike! Did you lighten the flywheel?

[@maxzukk]

Bella!

[@carljones8334]

Don't know why you butchered an original Le Mans, you could have taken any big round block and modified it. A nice build with lots of features but the Le Mans should have been left as is. The original came out in 1976.

[@G58]

I agree. Not impressed by the lack of support for the pillion either. And yet another pointless Bermuda Triangle of nothingness behind the engine! Why? Ugly.

[@endurojimmy3109]

I agree, I think it's f**king horrible.

[@barryolaith]

Lovely work. However, and this is just how I see it, to use a Le Mans (so called Mk I) as a donor bike is an act of vandalism. A Mk II would have done, or a Spada. OK if everything is reversible, but you've butchered the Tonti frame top rails. The best view of the bike by far is at 0:23. It takes a certain kind of arrogance to think one can improve on a timeless classic design and to say "it's my bike" doesn't help, you're just the current legal custodian. No offence.

[@faiz434]

Nah his build looks much better.

[@larisaidis]

barryolaith: I agree with you, and the sound the original Lafranconi Competizione exhausts the Le-Mans came with, make a Way better and louder that the custom ones he put on. Check this video I've found, where this kid's Le-Mans looks better and listen to the roaring sound it makes between 0:50 and 0:53 mark. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaXNpqBurbh-itU

[@larisaidis]

@@faiz434 Check this video, the kid kept all original, upgraded the engine from 850 cc to 950 cc as Paul did, but he replaced the original rims with spoke rims, which they Look Way better than the original the Le-Mans used to come with and hear how it roars with the Lafranconi Competizione exhaust between the 0:50 and 0:53 mark. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaXNpqBurbh-itU

[@G58]

You nailed it. I agree. Not impressed by the lack of support for the pillion either. And yet another pointless Bermuda Triangle of nothingness behind the engine! Why? Ugly.

[@DeHuwite]

Where is the oil tank? Oh I think I see an oil pan on the bottom just like a car engine.

[@01thomasss]

Are those 36 or 40mm Dell ‘Ortos? And what brand of single plate clutch did you go for?

[@michaeledwardlenzi]

Being rich is nice.

[@mohammedmidlaj4623]

Wow🤩

[@frankbutaric3565]

Could have bought a cheap round fin tonti framed guzzi and made the same bike keeping the original series one. As it is the value of the bike has been diminished. Shame. Nice bike and outstanding workmanship.

[@G58]

Yep. I agree. Not impressed by the lack of support for the pillion either. And yet another pointless Bermuda Triangle of nothingness behind the engine! Why? Ugly.

[@miguelduran1664]

You need a Big eagle in the tanck

[@bratwurstprag9979]

❤

[@michaelhayward7572]

Nice build. Only problem - no Firestone tyres..... sarcasm....

[@frankbutaric3565]

This is a crime. Wrecking a series one to build a special that can be built from any Guzzi that is not a collectible. I even have a frame you can have for free if you want it.

[@G58]

Totally agree. Why do such a thing? I’ve got a project for such a frame. Is it still on offer?

[@benderbender1233]

🤘😎

[@johnapocalipto6000]

Moto GUTZI.... Say it right!!!

[@dangerm2156]

I'm so sad bcz the coppers will fine us heavy for even putting minor custom parts

[@coobye]

That is definitely a beautiful machine and probably better than the original......but you've butchered an irreplaceable classic.

[@G58]

I agree. Not impressed by the lack of support for the pillion either. And yet another pointless Bermuda Triangle of nothingness behind the engine! Why? Ugly.

[@robertvandermeulen8004]

Sorry, but i think it's a disaster. A real shame an original mk.1 was sacrificed for this.

[@G58]

I agree. Not impressed by the lack of support for the pillion either. And yet another pointless Bermuda Triangle of nothingness behind the engine! Why? Ugly.

[@tomthompson7400]

oh dear ,,,, thats like taking a brand new 50 pence piece , and filing the corners off to make a passable ten pence piece.

[@G58]

Well put.

[@stevemcdermott62]

...and ended up with a bike worth less than the one you started with.

[@jimmarshall807]

Being old-school I'd normally cringe at cafe-racerising an old Guzzi or BM, but this ... droool...

[@guidosighinolfi3701]

Come rovinare un’opera d’arte

[@carloleinardi5695]

Quante parole per due particolari male assemblati

[@neophobiagarage1845]

way better than the stock bike. Only because the "Le Mans" is so famous it is not allowed to change it? There are still enough Le Mans in "stock version" left for the purists. I like this one. And lets face it, the original wiring is a nightmare......

[@warp65]

Never had any electrical issues with any of my Guzzis over 38 years, I do maintain the Bosch alternator though with a brush change every 10 years or do.

[@neophobiagarage1845]

@@warp65 Yup, I shoud have been more precise, it is not Guzzi in general, but my Moto Guzzi that gave me problems with the electrics and the switches (after 38 years). Not to be mistaken, I love Moto Guzzi and it is ok if some switches and cables are broken after so many years.

[@warp65]

@@neophobiagarage1845 If I sounded like a dick, I apologise, just that I love the old beasts and have thousands of happy trouble free kn with them. Cheers

[@carljones8334]

@@warp65 I saw no dick. Thanks for the brush change tip. I have a standard Mk2 with 33,000 miles on it. All electrics work.

[@warp65]

@@carljones8334 I like the mk2 , wish I still had mine, the old mk5 gets used a lot at the moment. Cheers

[@glemmeren]

You ruined a classic bike.