Geoff's 1978 Moto Guzzi Le Mans

Front end
Standard front fork de-seemed with new progressive springs and FAC dampers
Astrolite front wheel with home made bearing carriers
Locally made Stainless steel brake discs
Standard brake callipers with stainless pistons fancy Ferodo pads
Home made mudguard brackets stainless mudguard
Massey Fergusson Headlights on home made aluminium brackets
Home made stainless clock brackets well nearly actually modified stainless cigarette ash trays
Warning lamps for oil pressure and charging lamp
Starts on ignition switch or start button.
Tomaselli steel throttle
Daytona clutch lever
1100s brake lever on rebuilt master cylinder.
Jota handle bars

Engine
Rebuilt bottom end with balanced crank
Weight matched con rods and pistons still 844cc
New top spec big ends and main bearings locally made buy a very old bearing manufacturer who was semi retired
Home made sump spacer, cast in back garden from old pistons, with external oil filter
New saprissa alternator
Raceco oversize stainless valves in new guides
Standard cam
Chrome moly pushrods
Raceco valve gear
Top hat spark plug inserts
New timing chain and tensioner
Complete stainless exhaust by O & S engineering in Stafford England
Stainless oil feed lines
Stainless breather pipes
Rebuild distributor with all new parts
Valeo starter motor

Rear end
Standard rear wheel
Rose jointed calliper bracket
Rebuilt brake calliper with stainless pistons
Rebuilt bevel box with all new gears
Hagon shocks
Stainless rear mudguard on home made brackets
Very old Aprillia tail light
Home made stainless license holders
Little round indicators on home made mountsFrame
Area under tank modified to sit stainless plate to sit electrics on
Home made aluminium rear sets. I made this when bike first bought I did not know any other Guzzisti at the time so they were made blind all links fully Rose jointed features a down for up change personal preference. They are 15 years old now and still like new.
Home made stainless engine, gearbox spacers and mounting bolts
Home made 6mm aluminium battery tray
Home made stainless battery clamp
Electrics
Home made custom wiring loom with genuine AMP 3 way waterproof connection blocks
Honda switch gear
Remote battery terminal connections
Valeo starter
12v MOSFETs for control of all lights, horn, starter, these came new from a fork lift importer I used to work for in the UK probably cost more than the bike is worth
Fiamm horns- very loud
All electrics hidden under tank
New brake light switches
All wiring “P” clipped to frame

Bodywork
Mk 2 tank with epoxy lining and badges removed and stripped back to bare metal,
Painted with4 coats of etch primer and 6 coats of 2 pack Ford Radiant Red
Frame shot blasted and powder coated gloss black
Home made seat base and hump in 1.6mm mild steel
All the aluminium used to be polished but I got fed up polishing so most of it painted in etch primer and epoxy alloy wheel paint.
Home made stainless lower section of rear guard
Every external nut, bolt, screw and washer in A2 spec stainless
I did almost all of it myself in fact the only things I did not do were balance the crank, blast and powder coat the frame and make the seat cover.
All the work was done over a 4 year period, this time included getting all the machinery together to do all the work.
The bike was finished in July 2004 in the UK just before we emigrated to New Zealand. I had to really I did not want to transport it in boxes.
I had some problems with registration and things here hence the stainless discs.

Plans for the future
New front end hopefully of a late model Honda CB1000 as the whole assembly is based on a RC30 set up. I want conventional forks not upside downies. I will use the brakes but keep my front wheel. The forks are 10mm longer than the Guzzi fork.
There is not a lot of clutch left so I will fit one of these RAM clutched and flywheels from the States.
A Stein Dense or my own under slung battery box
I have a Marvic back wheel to go in eventually
A colour change to Silver
Some more engine work – twin plugs – 1000cc conversion
I get a lot of comments about the bike and I am very very proud of what I have created.
3 April 2006
2500km since finished and I have not had to lay a spanner on it yet!!