Searching for a near side handlebar in chrome. I think they are 34.7 mm If anybody can help .
There’s a black pair on the clubs website marketplace off a mk 2 Le-Mans if they would be any good for you? The bars were originally black.
Hi,thanks Don. I have seen those. I want to keep the bike as original as possible so I continue searching..
If you want originality, then they should be black.
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As far I am aware Mk 1 Le Mans had chrome clip ons but the Mk II they were black. Ian Falloon’s informative “Moto Guzzi Sport and Le Mans Bible” (published by Veloce Books ISBN 976-184584064-8) states that the Mk I were chrome but the Mk II had “New offset clip-on handlebars were in black chrome”
Hi, my Lemans 1, bought new in 1977, has black clip-on handlebars. I don’t recall ever seeing a Mk1 with chromed clip-ons.
Cheers Phil
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I’ve just taken a look at the Moto Guzzi Lemans Performance Portfolio book and although it only has black and what photos of poor quality it appears some Mk 1 Lemans did, indeed have chromed clip-on bars. From the photos chromed ones appear on both the series 1 and series 2 versions. My Lemans is a series 2.
Nothing is ever as it seems when dealing with Moto Guzzi, is it?
Cheers Phil
Thanks for all the input guys, I suppose the factory fitted what they had at the time. The bike also has chromed plastic indicators on straight stems , I wonder if there was a difference between the red and blue?