The Le Mans turned the Guzzi V-twin into a low, sporting café-racer-style motorcycle with clip-ons and a small nose fairing.
Why it matters. One of the defining European sporting motorcycles of the 1970s and a high point of the classic Guzzi V-twin.
Motorcycles / Moto Guzzi / 850 Le Mans
Motorcycle museum record
850 Le Mans
The Le Mans turned the Guzzi V-twin into a low, sporting café-racer-style motorcycle with clip-ons and a small nose fairing.
Moto Guzzimanufacturer
sportscategory
844 ccengine capacity
Air-cooled transverse V-twinengine
Museum plaque
Why this bike belongs here.
One of the defining European sporting motorcycles of the 1970s and a high point of the classic Guzzi V-twin.
Technical identity
The engineering at a glance.
This first expansion records museum-level specifications rather than pretending every year and market used one immutable specification.
EngineAir-cooled transverse V-twin
Capacity844 cc
Production era1976–1984
CategorySports
TransmissionAdd by variant/year
Final driveAdd by variant/year
Research starting point
Built to improve, not freeze.
Model-year specifications can vary. The museum keeps the stable historical interpretation here and leaves room to add exact variants, racing derivatives, engine codes and source-specific specifications later.
Moto Guzzi source / heritage starting point
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