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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 original 850 Le Mans was a café racer with clip-on handlebars and a bikini nose fairing, but later models were developed as sports tourers with a three-quarter fairing. A marketing success,〔Walker, Mick, ''Moto Guzzi Twins Restoration'', p. 20〕 the Le Mans competed against Italian superbikes from Ducati and Laverda. The Le Mans spawned several successor models, a final version appearing in the late 1990s. == 850 Le Mans == The Le Mans 850 café racer, or Le Mans Mark I (never officially labelled Mark I), was first shown at the Milan motorcycle show in November 1975,〔Falloon, Ian, ''Moto Guzzi Sport & Le Mans Bible'', p. 97〕 and sales began in 1976. Like the 750S and the 750 S3, the Le Mans 850 was developed from the 53 hp〔Motor Cycle News 4 Feb 2015〕 V7 Sport model of 1971, but power was increased to 71 hp. The power output measured at the back wheel was 71 bhp, giving a top speed of 130 mph.Compared to its roadster sibling, the T3, the Le Mans had higher-compression domed pistons, larger engine valves, and Dell'Orto 36mm pumper carbs with filterless velocity stacks. The Mark I had two production runs with slight modifications. The first run, Series 1, had a round CEV taillight and continued until at least September, 1976,〔Classic Bike, October 2008, p50〕 but fewer than 2,000 of these were made. The Series 2 run totalled some 4,000 bikes and had these modifications: a De Tomaso-designed rectangular taillight, a modified rear mudguard, black fork sliders and a more generous dual seat. The seat was a one-piece item of injection-molded foam. Most Le Mans 850 bikes were red and black, but a few were metallic blue, and even fewer were white. Le Mans bikes gained a reputation for poor frame paint and rusting exhausts. Le Mans bikes exported to the United States had yellow side reflectors on CEV indicators, and a sealed-beam headlight as the OEM Aprilia headlight did not meet Department of Transport approval. These US sealed-beam units protruded in an ungainly way, spoiling the profile of the bike. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moto Guzzi Le Mans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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