I once owned an ex battle of the twins le mans 1 too. Mine was a S reg one. Jack Gs from Dundee. Believed it had bigger carbs without chokes (you just flooded them) big bore barrels and an Imola cam and bigger valves or different cylinder head?? It also had straight through exhausts. It once broke off almost half an exhaust valve face which I found with a torch resting in the pipe. Filed off the dings on the piston crown and ground in a new valve and she did another 15,000 miles before I stupidly sold her. On a cold day she would not start without the sump oil being heated up so was not handy when away from home.
But.... It wouldn't be a Guzzi. I used to love that lost little moment of bewilderment between selection and engaging. It felt somehow aristocratic.... "You folk can thrash around on your whizz-bang Japanese superbikes, but this old tugboat will change gear when it's ready to change gear..." Perhaps not ideal for the quarter mile or the track.... But sublime everywhere else.
@@DaveWatts_ejectamenta ha ha ha..... A greatly underrated and hugely, unfairly maligned motorcycle. Limited in its way, but a superb cover of ground. And yes.... One could 'convert' it. Ha ha.
Reminds me of being at the Bulldog bash many years ago running against Harleys & beating them on my Mk II Le Mans. I'm currently restoring it & have done a lot of tuning work. But I don't think that I'm going to be anywhere near that level of tune!
