Ritmo Sereno's 1976 Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans

There’s a select group of European motorcycles from the 1970s that have grown in reputation as time goes by. The BMW R-series is one, and Moto Guzzi’s Le Mans is another. Foibles and weaknesses pointed out by contemporary road tests are forgotten, and style and originality come to the fore. This modified Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans is a great example: it’s a Mark I, most likely from 1976, and the latest machine to be delivered to a Ritmo Sereno customer in Japan. Fewer than 6,000 Mark I Le Mans were made—so you could argue that they should be left...