The best laid plans of Mice and Men?

Ok, here is the plan (subject to change at any moment, haha!):

Take 1 x pretty much standard Le Mans II as the base:

 

  Maintenance:

• Pull down to frame.
• All parts re-paint or powder coat. Frame colour probably black.
• Repair tank and de-rust, then possible treat inside tank

Upgrades:

• Re-wire
• Replace switches

Modifications already in place:

• Ikon Shocks
• Dyna III ignition
• Tarrozzi fork brace
• Braided brake lines

Definate changes:

• Crossbow fairing
• Borrani wheels
• Guzzi Convert disc carriers with original drilled LMII discs/rotors fitted
• Rear sets
• Single seat / tail light / indicators
• Side covers
• New instrument panel

Possible changes

• I may de-link and upgrade the brakes to Brembo 4 pots. Still thinking about that one, what do you think?

 Paint:

•  Yet to decide. I have been doing some photoshopping, came up with a design, and have at this stage narrowed down to one of these two colour possibilities, with any slight variations due to seeing the actual bodywork in place:

I wanted to use colours found on previous black Guzzi  models such as the 750S, 750S3 and 1000S. At this stage, I am favouring the green, but not fully decided. Plenty of time yet to make that decision! Why not let me know your thoughts by posting a comment? (Please be gentle with me)

The sharp-eyed among you will notice that the mock-up above has a square-fin motor. This is because I based my Photoshop image on the following  pic of an actual Crossbow fairing, fitted to a Le Mans III, and I was too lazy to swap out for round barrels.

Actual fairing fitted to MKIII

Here is a pic of the fairing mounted on a MKII, found at Vintage Motorcycles Online from an excellent article, "Against the Wind", by Nolan Woodbury:

Contemporary pic of Crossbow fitted to a MkII

 Finally for this update, here is a composite pic of the fairing I will be using:

Next update coming soon. Stay "tuned" ...