New York cafe: 1979 Moto Guzzi LeMans

If you live in New York and love vintage European machinery, we have a name for you: Peter Boggia. He’s the man behind Moto Borgotaro, a Brooklyn-based shop that handles everything from regular maintenance to full restorations and Moto Guzzi cafe racer builds. Boggia is one of those guys who can take a factory bike and elevate it to a whole new level. His latest build is this 1979 Moto Guzzi LeMans, and it’s absolutely faultless. It’s been torn down to the crank, media blasted, and then hand-polished with oil, #0000 grade steel wool and hours of elbow grease. Let’s...