Guzzi With The Lot: 46Works Lemans 1000 Roadster

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Its a bit "prissy".
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I know it's all about the engine, but it looks out of place in that, which I guess is the point, but it looks too out of place.
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The exhaust looks wrong, going under the sump. I know they wanted a 2 into 1, but like the originals, it would flow better alongside it, and give a lot more ground clearance.

At least it looks like it could be ridden.
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Looks like they've put the engine in a 125 frame. Unbalanced look and it just doesn't fly for me.
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Individual parts look stunning, but as a whole...dunno something doesn't look right.
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It doesn't seem to know if it's a scrambler or a café racer.
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It's mostly OK but an awful lot of work has gone into getting that exhaust horribly, horribly wrong.
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I quite like it, a longer seat so you could take a pillion and a different exhaust would improve it.
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I'd like a pipe up each side. The droopy double pipe on one side offends my sense of the symmetrical.

I could chug about on that quite happily otherwise.
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Looks unfinished to me. Almost as though they got bored with it and threw the last bits on without any thought.
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Taipan wrote: Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:59 am Looks like they've put the engine in a 125 frame. Unbalanced look and it just doesn't fly for me.
The Le Mans really is tiny. I stopped next to one at lights recently (it was immaculate) and my 600 dwarfed it.
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Love it!!! :thumbup:

One day my pile of bits will look very similar to that.
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crust wrote: Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:23 pm Love it!!! :thumbup:

One day my pile of bits will look very similar to that.
Good God man. Aim higher than that.
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Yorick wrote: Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:25 pm
crust wrote: Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:23 pm Love it!!! :thumbup:

One day my pile of bits will look very similar to that.
Good God man. Aim higher than that.
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Not too shabby.
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Thu Jan 12, 2023 5:49 pm
Taipan wrote: Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:59 am Looks like they've put the engine in a 125 frame. Unbalanced look and it just doesn't fly for me.
The Le Mans really is tiny. I stopped next to one at lights recently (it was immaculate) and my 600 dwarfed it.
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All old bikes/cars are tiny aren't they?

Regarding the OP, we've managed to find a Guzzi I don't like which is saying something.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sat Jan 14, 2023 7:56 am All old bikes/cars are tiny aren't they?

The V50 really is diddy. Sat on mine alongside a 50cc traily style moped, the kid on it looked down, saw the 'V50' badge, asked whether it was moped? :D

My 6'2" mate rode it, came back and said how comfy it was. I pointed out he was half sat on the pillion part of the seat!
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Yorick wrote: Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:25 pm
crust wrote: Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:23 pm Love it!!! :thumbup:

One day my pile of bits will look very similar to that.
Good God man. Aim higher than that.
Get a bigger pile?
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