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First presented on the Milan motor show in 1989 and end of that same year produc9on started up. This series was manufactured for only one year. Es9mated 679 units were built in that 9me. It will always be the original “mothership”. Moto Guzzi 1000S Series 1 THE ORIGINAL ONE 1000S: THE MAIN SERIES Moto Guzzi 1000S – Series 2 THE BEAUTIFUL ONE Moto Guzzi 1000S Series 2.1 – THE TAMED ONE Not a revolu9on but a nice evolu9on from the original series 1 The saddle was restyled to make the bike look more lean. The wire wheels emphasized the retro look. The newly designed stainless steel cockpit looks a bit odd at first but also more high quality compared to the plas9c one. (which has more 750S DNA though). Li[le over 500 were build from 1991 un9l 1993. At the end of its life cycle they cut off the bull’s balls. No evolu9on or revolu9on but more devalua9on maybe. Gone was the power and the sound – smaller carbure[or, smaller valves, no more erect exhaust…All nonLe Mans parts. It was supposed to have more torque in the lower revs….yeh sure…. Reason was more strict emission laws in some countries, mostly Germany. It was sold alongside Series 2 which con9nued to be sold in other countries. Although technically far away from the original “Le Mans marries 750S” idea, she s9ll has a lot of 1000S DNA and is of course part of the family. Total of 59 were build officially from 1992 un9l 1993 although some have a 1991 label. 1 2 2.1

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First  presented  on  the  Milan  motor  show  in  1989  and  end  of  that  same  year  produc9on  started  up.  This  series  was  manufactured  for  only  one  year.  Es9mated  679  units  were  built  in  that  9me.  It  will  always  be  the  original  “mother-­‐ship”.    

Moto  Guzzi  1000S  -­‐  Series  1  -­‐  THE  ORIGINAL  ONE  

1000S:  THE  MAIN  SERIES  

Moto  Guzzi  1000S  –  Series  2  -­‐  THE  BEAUTIFUL  ONE  

Moto  Guzzi  1000S  -­‐  Series  2.1  –  THE  TAMED  ONE  

Not  a  revolu9on  but  a  nice  evolu9on  from  the  original  series  1    The  saddle  was  restyled  to  make  the  bike  look  more  lean.  The  wire  wheels  emphasized  the  retro  look.  The  newly  designed  stainless  steel  cockpit  looks  a  bit  odd  at  first  but  also  more  high  quality  compared  to  the  plas9c  one.  (which  has  more  750S  DNA  though).  Li[le  over  500  were  build  from  1991  un9l  1993.  

At  the  end  of  its  life  cycle  they  cut  off  the  bull’s  balls.  No  evolu9on  or  revolu9on  but  more  devalua9on  maybe.  Gone  was  the  power  and  the  sound  –  smaller  carbure[or,  smaller  valves,  no  more  erect  exhaust…All  non-­‐Le  Mans  parts.  It  was  supposed  to  have  more  torque  in  the  lower  revs….yeh  sure….  Reason  was  more  strict  emission  laws  in  some  countries,  mostly  Germany.  It  was  sold  alongside  Series  2  which  con9nued  to  be  sold  in  other  countries.        Although  technically  far  away  from  the  original  “Le  Mans  marries  750S”    idea,  she  s9ll  has  a  lot  of  1000S  DNA  and  is  of  course  part  of  the  family.    Total  of  59  were  build  officially  from  1992  un9l  1993  although  some  have  a  1991  label.  

1   2  

2.1  

Stainless  steel  cockpit  in  with  5  indica9on  lights  

More  lean  and  more  flat  saddle     PHF36  Carbure[or    71HP  motor  

Flat  Mille  GT  style  Lafranconi  S29  exhaust  –  with  cataly9c  convertor  

Wire  wheels  standard  

Moto  Guzzi  1000S  –  Series  2.1  -­‐  1992  to  1993  -­‐  from  VV60000  to  VV60058      

Stainless  steel  cockpit  in  with  5  indica9on  lights  

More  lean  and  more  flat  saddle     Upward  LM  4  style  Lafranconi  S281  exhaust  

Color  op9ons  :  black  -­‐  orange  or  black  -­‐  green  

Wire  wheels  standard  

Moto  Guzzi  1000S  –  Series  2  –  1991  to  1993  -­‐  from  approximately  around  VV50679  to  VV51190      

PHM40  Carbure[or    81HP  motor  

Plas9c  cockpit  in  750S  style  with  8  indica9on  lights  

Wider  saddle  with  higher  end     PHM40  Carbure[or    81HP  motor  

Upward  LM  4  style  Lafranconi  S281  exhaust  

Color  :  black  –  orange   Cast  wheels  standard  

Moto  Guzzi  1000S  -­‐  Series  1  -­‐  1989  to  1990  -­‐  from  VV50001  to  approximately  around  VV50679    

1000S:  THE  MAIN  SERIES,  CHANGES  AND  DIFFERENCES  

Color  op9ons  :  black  -­‐  orange  or  black  -­‐  green  

Black  MPH  instruments  instead  of  white  

Most  seem  to  be  black  –green,  however  a  few  are  black  –orange      

Moto  Guzzi  1000S  -­‐  Series  USA  -­‐  from  1991  to  1993?  –  VV200001  to  VV200110?  –  Total  es9mated  at  110  pieces  Visual  differences  to  the  standard  European  series:      

COUNTRY  SPECIFIC  EDITIONS  

Different,  somewhat  smaller  headlight  

Moto  Guzzi  1000SE  –  A  special  edi9on  for  the  U.K.  market  –  Total  es9mated  at  30-­‐40  units  A  series  specially  made  for  the  U.K.  market.  Where  the  1000S  was  a  retro  version  of  the  750S,  the  1000SE  aimed  at  being  the  retro  version  of  the  Le  Mans  series  1.  In  my  opinion  the  idea  behind  this  move  was  that  a  retro  version  of  the  much  more  popular  Le  Mans  1  would  have  a  far  be[er  sales  poten9al  than  a  750S  retro  version.    The  dis9nc9ve  Le  Mans  1  red  colour  and  small  fairing  combined  with  Le  Mans  5  technique  should  do  the  trick.  I  don’t  believe  it  really  made  it  into  a  good  Le  Mans  retro.  No  LM1  to  be  seen  here.  More  a  good-­‐looking  red-­‐headed  sister  of  the  Italian  1000S.  Take  a  second  look  and  appreciate  the  beauty  and  specialty  of  it.      

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Best  guess  work.  Series  1  and  2  total  1191  units  (confirmed  by  total  frame-­‐numbers).    In  Ian  Falloon’s  book  there  is  a  total  produc9on  men9oned  of  1360  units.    1360  units  minus  1191  leaves  169  units  for  Series  2.1  and  U.S.    Series  2.1  was  confirmed  by  total  frame-­‐numbers  as  59  units  so  the  U.S.  would  be  a  total  of  110  units.  The  Bri9sh  SE  version  was  accounted  in  the  same  VV  frame-­‐number  as  series  1  and  2.  In  a  Bri9sh  magazine  the  importer  announced  that  30-­‐40  would  be  imported  for  one  year  only  as  a  special  edi9on.    

The  split  between  the  number  of  series  1  and  2.  Best  guess  work.  Only  series  1  was  produced  in  1989  and  1990  and  so  if  the  units  of  these  2  year  from  Ian  Falloon’s  book  are  added  it  totals  to  679  units.  Meaning  Series  2  (and  the  on  this  same  design  and  unique  parts  based  U.S.  and  2.1  series)  would  total  681  units.    This  means  an  equal  split  between  these  2  designs  and  thus  parts  unique  to  these  series.  What  could  be  a  good  indica9on  as  the  unique  parts  probably  have  olen  a  minimum  order  quan9ty  from  their  suppliers  (e.g.  saddle  supplier,  wire  wheels  supplier  etc.).    If  you  look  at  the  various  VV  numbers  in  combina9on  with  the  series  characteris9c  designs  in  the  owner  registers,  so  far  there  is  no  evidence  against  this  split.  To  be  con9nued………        

TOTAL  PRODUCTION  AND  SERIES  -­‐  YEAR  SPLIT  

1989   1990   1991   1992   1993   Total  

Series  1   155   524   679  

Series  2   321   126   65   512  

Series  U.S.   60   50   110  

Series  2.1   20   20   19   59  

Total     155   524   401   196   84   1360  

What?,  when?,  which?.  With  Moto  Guzzi  it  is  olen  unclear  how  much  of  a  specific  model  were  produced  and  when.  This  is  also  the  case  with  the  1000S  and  its  various  series.  I  tried  to  combine  various  sources  and  come  to  my  own  best  guess  work.  Just  for  some  peace  of  mind…