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Moto Guzzi Le Mans 850 by Gas and Oil Motorcycles The Czech workshop describe their experience customizing this Le Mans as a ‘brush with royalty.’ They clearly respect the Italian marque highly?and they’ve done it justice with this purpose-built cafe racer.
Shop founder Mat?j Sysel wanted to build a traditional and classy café, but with modern touches. The donor wasn’t in a great state though, so the team first had to overhaul the motor?and while they did, they bumped it to 1,000 cc too, just for good measure. Other upgrades include Dell’Orto carbs and SuperTrapp silencers.
The bodywork is a mix of old and new. Gas and Oil kept the Le Mans aluminum tank, then shaped up an aluminum tail hump to complement it. It turned out to be quite a process, and the guys eventually had to rope in a friend to help finalize the rear end. The fairing’s an aftermarket fiberglass number; the guys tweaked it, and built their own brackets to hold it.

Just behind the screen you’ll find a cockpit clean enough to eat off. There’s a custom top yoke, clip-ons with Biltwell grips, and a speedo, bar-end turn signals and switches from Motogadget. The gentle yellow hue that Gas and Oil picked for paint is equally subtle and well-judged. [More]

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