John Benham's incredibly quick Moto Guzzi Le Mans at North Weald 2010 

I had. V50 III

@@darrellswiger6335 I had a Mk. II

i love out pullen some hd on my little triumph 07 865.....19 front tooth lol

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.

Make a heel n toe pedal, then just stomp it up a gear, of all the mods this one was the best. cheap n simple, never miss an upshift again.

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.

@@BanjoLuke1 you could always 'Convert' it. Britain's fastest automatic motorcycle.

@@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.