ESTORIL: A RADICAL MOTO GUZZI LE MANS FROM PORTUGAL

[weeksy]

This is likely to be the only one for the weekend as i've got stuff to do.

However, it's certainly worthy of discussion

https://www.bikeexif.com/moto-guzzi-le- ... otorcycles

[demographic]

I generally like it apart from the airfilter situation.
There's a good reason why almost all bikes have a proper airfilter.
Its to keep abrasive crap out of the engine.
Some racebikes don't but they get rebuilt every few hundred miles.

The bike looks nice and at least had a long production run so the bits they launched into the skip should be easy to source.

[Mr. Dazzle]

The more I see these kind of bikes the more I want a Guzzi It just feels like one of those brands you need to own at some point.

[weeksy]

In my world i wouldn't have that colour frame.... however that's personal choice more than anything else.

Apart from that it's absolutely stunning.

[Druid]

Yeah, the frame is wrong but otherwise it's very nice indeed.

[Mr. Dazzle]

The choice of frame colour is one of the nicest things about it IMO. Puts me in mind of 1960's cars, wooden boats and Air Force One

[Dickyboy]

There's a good reason why almost all bikes have a proper airfilter.

Yup, first thing I'll be doing when I pick up the Guzzi I've just bought is to chuck the airbox & filter back on.

I like the blue frame, just doesn't seem to suit the grey tank & tail section, something very satisfying about the sweep of the exhausts too

[DefTrap]

Nitpicking but it looks like a bike that's meant to be ridden, and yet it's done up like a show bike. I hope it's a bit grubby and worn by now.

And it's funny that a co. called 'radical moto' are producing really non-radical bikes.

Totally agree about the unfiltered bellmouths. It seems a really good idea at the time ...

But all that said, yeah it's decent and I'd have it in a heartbeat.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

No redeeming features what do ever, bag o' shite

[Ssray]

I had a early mk1 850 leman, 9ne of the first batch in the country, horrible pile of crap, nice noise but that's about it, you had to write it a letter advising that you would like to change direction at some point, the brakes why? One front and the rear at the same time then only one crap brake disc in use via your hand

Sent

[Hairybiker84]

All sorts of niggly things grate on me, levers look out of place, they'd look better silver, along with the fork lowers. They obviously ran out of paint for the swinging arm, what's with the black starter motor, rear springs, side stand and oil filter. HT leads, what's that all about? They went to the trouble of getting grey sleeving on the brake lines so can't be that colour blind
Completely agree on the airbox.

[Lutin]

All sorts of niggly things grate on me, levers look out of place, they'd look better silver, along with the fork lowers. They obviously ran out of paint for the swinging arm, what's with the black starter motor, rear springs, side stand and oil filter. HT leads, what's that all about? They went to the trouble of getting grey sleeving on the brake lines so can't be that colour blind
Completely agree on the airbox.

And they forgot the piece of wood for the sidestand.

Amateurs.



Edit: I quite like it, though I would have to review the colour scheme a tad. And the air filters.

[demographic]

Naah, I even like the colours.
Never in a million years would I have chosen them but now its in front of my eyes its pretty good.

So, the filters, sort that. Its embarrassing to look at.

[cheb]

Where's the battery? It's a large one usually, though they may have replaced it with a smaller lithium one.

Did any of the big Guzzis have kickstarts?

[GuzziPaul]

I like it. Le Mans 1 don't have air filters anyway so not really a backwards step. My first LM didn't have them but the current one I have put pod filters on for the reasons mentioned above. I see its got an extended sump with an external oil filter, its a different shape to normal, wonder who makes it?

[demographic]

Did any of the big Guzzis have kickstarts?

Honesly don't know, the only one I've spent any any time close belonged to some Northern/Southern bloke (or was it the other way round?) And fuckwit that I am I can't remember.

Err... did it have a kicker? Dont think it did but y'know?

[mangocrazy]

Yeah the carbs need filters, and quick, and I'm really not keen on the spindly number plate arrangement, but the thing that puts me off the most is the putrid blue colour they've used for the frame. It's minging. Some kind of mid-grey/anthracite colour would be perfect. With those niggles sorted, I'd have it in a heartbeat. The rest of it is lovely. Perhaps I should sell the 888 and get a Guzzi...

[cheb]

I know it's a perception thing but the paint looks to have such depth. Not quite pin sharp and not quite blurred, like looking into shallow water.

[Mr. Dazzle]

My FiLs Bonneville hasn't had filters for 40 years and 100,000 miles.

But then again it also had - until recently at least - bores like mirrors, 70psi of compression and only 3.5 valves

[The Spin Doctor]

Aside from the frame colour, I like that.