Moto Guzzi 1977 Le Mans at Le Mans motorcycle racing photo photograph 9

Description

A superb photo taken during the French Bol d'Or endurance races which were ridden on the circuit of Le Mans in 1977.
Shown is a Moto Guzzi
Le Mans
in factory endurance racing trim, on the circuit where it fought for, and received, its famous name:
LE MANS
!  Indeed we see one of the extreme rare factory
Le Mans
racing bikes, on the circuit where it was named from.
Even though the factory did not oficially field an endurance racing team at the time, some factory linked employees like Bruno Scola and Luciano Gazzola did.  They used parts that were manufactured (for them) in Guzzi's experimental department, many of which dated back to the racing days of the V7 Sport Telaio Rosso of which the endurance racing version of the Le Mans directly was derived from.  They were the only ones with that "factory connection", hence why there bikes are regarded as factory bikes by motorcycle historians.
On the fairing we see the name C. Krajka.  This was the French Guzzi importer at the time, and the one that always subscribed the Guzzi team for the French endurance races.  The machine was equipped with a CroMoly frame, as was used on the V7 Sport Telaio Rosso.
The picture shows nice detail of the bike and is very historic.
A
Le Mans
at Le Mans...  It is almost impossible to locate one of these pictures these days!
A great historic
non period
picture. Format: ca. 8" x 10" (20 x 28 cm).
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