The Moto Guzzi Sport & Le Mans Bible

The Moto Guzzi Sport & Le Mans Bible
by Ian Falloon

The Moto Guzzi Sport & Le Mans Bible
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Author: Ian Falloon
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-30
ISBN: 184584064X
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Veloce

Book Reviews of The Moto Guzzi Sport & Le Mans Bible

Book Review: For lovers of the vintage Guzzi sporters!
Summary: 4 Stars

This work is a well-written, fairly comprehensive overview of the classic Moto Guzzi big-block sport models. As such, it can seem a little dry & technical at times, due to its focus on only specific models within the range of Guzzi models offered over a 20 year span of time. For the reader searching for a broader coverage of Moto Guzzi's model history, author Ian Falloon's other title The Moto Guzzi Story: Racing and Production Models From 1921 to the Present Day tho' becoming dated by virtue of its late '90s copyright, would be a better choice.

However, for aficionados of the Tonti-framed sporting Guzzi, this book is a must! Despite the sort of occasional typos that are common to any 1st printing, the overall quality of the book and the obviously extensive research behind it are evident. I strongly recommend it as an addition to Greg Field's Moto Guzzi Big Twins for any Moto Guzzi fan's bookshelf. The nature of the two books is complementary: Greg's book truly spends most of its time focusing on the later 80s & 90s developments by Dr. John Wittner & others leading to the Guzzi big blocks of today, while most of the focus of Ian's book is in the early development period at the end of the 60s & thru the 70s, w/ just model change details for the later 80s & end-of-line 90s models. And of course, there is duplicate material shared by both, since they must perforce cover the same history where the periods & models overlap. For any real Guzzi fan, neither alone will be enough, while both together are enough that anything else, esp. the Mick Walker books plagued by their factual faults, may prove unnecessary. [NB: Mick's books do have some great historical photographs, many of which I haven't seen anywhere else; but I have found his factual data is often not to be trusted.]

Summary of The Moto Guzzi Sport & Le Mans Bible

The Moto Guzzi V7 Sport and Le Mans are iconic sporting motorcycles of the 1970s and 1980s. They were amongst the first Superbikes to combine Italian style, handling and performance. After struggling to survive during the 1960s, Lino Tonti was given the opportunity to create the V7 Sport Telaio Rosso, in 1971. This was so successful that Moto Guzzi again began to concentrate on building sporting motorcycles. When Alessandro de Tomaso acquired the company the future for Moto Guzzi twins looked bleak until the 850 Le Mans was released in 1975. Like the V7 Sport, the Le Mans was a class leading sporting motorcycle and continued into production throughout the 1980s. After the Le Mans II of 1978, Le Mans III of 1980, the Le Mans IV of 1984, and the Le Mans V of 1988, although no longer a cutting edge sports bike, the final Le Mans successfully managed to combine traditional attributes with modern conveniences. Covering the period 1971-1993 and all models (V7 Sport, 750S, 750S3, 850 Le Mans, 850 Le Mans II, 850 Le Mans III, 1000 Le Mans IV, 1000 Le Mans V) and with description of model development year by year, full production data and 150 photos this is a highly informative book and an essential Bible for enthusiasts.

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