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The Moto Guzzi Le Mans is a sports motorcycle first manufactured in 1976 by Italian company Moto Guzzi. It was named after the 24-hour motorcycle endurance race at Le Mans in France. The Le Mans designation was first used for an 850 prototype, based on the V7, displayed at Premio Varrone in late 1972.
The designers at Moto Guzzi were aiming the V1000 Convert at the US police motorcycle market and were the first to produce a big capacity automatic motorcycle with shaft drive. Moto Guzzi increased the pushrod-operated V-twin's bore and stroke to give a displacement of 949 cc (57.9 cu in), and replaced manual gearbox with a torque converter ...
2003 Moto Guzzi Breva 750ie Moto Guzzi California Special Moto Guzzi Audace Moto Guzzi Griso 1100 with windshield 2007 Moto Guzzi Norge 1200. 2003 saw the start of a substantial revitalization in Moto Guzzi's lineup and engineering work, beginning with the launch of a new V-twin in three displacements, the first Euro 3 compliant engine in the world.
The museum is open to the public and includes a gift shop featuring books, clothing and accessories. Moto Guzzi currently employs roughly 250 to 300 employees, making over 10,000 bikes per year. For decades, the Moto Guzzi factory carried a set of internally lit block letters along the rooftop (and also over the entry gate) spelling "Moto Guzzi".
In 1979, by which time Benellli had sold 3,200 vehicles, Benelli developed the 750 Sei into a 900 cc motorcycle by increasing bore and stroke, [6] with six-into-two exhausts and a small bikini fairing taken from the Moto Guzzi Le Mans. "The 900 bodywork gives the bike an attractive completeness and is constructed as a one piece tank and side ...
Moto Guzzi V7/Ambassador/Eldorado: Moto Guzzi, like Ducati, was under pressure from the Berliner brothers to produce a Harley-Davidson-style big-bore V-engined bike. [20] [21] It was reported that Moto Guzzi sold 5,000 Eldorados per year from 1972 to 1974, making it a fierce competitor to the Harley FLH. [22] Moto Guzzi Le Mans [23]
1976–1981 Inline three: 981 cc (59.9 cu in) ... are the 1972 Laverda SFC and Moto Guzzi V7 Sport. ... or not generally available for immediate sale to the public ...
Following the established Moto Guzzi pattern of a transverse V-twin engine and shaft drive, the 750 Strada used an enlarged version of the lightweight 1990s Guzzi 350/500 engine. The 750 Strada was an easy-to-ride motorcycle, suitable as a first "big bike" whose 48 bhp output was never intimidating (and which gave a top speed of only some 95 ...