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t all started when a neighbour, Graham, said he had a Moto Guzzi I could have… but it needed some work. It didn’t arrive immediately because the 1980 Mk2 Le Mans was at the other end of the country, with his brother-in-law who gave up on it 20 years ago. When it eventually arrived, to say that I was disappointed was an understatement. The Le Mans was stripped down to every nut and bolt, and stored badly with lots of parts missing. On a positive note, it was a matching numbers, UK bike in a rare blue colour – not

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