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Swordsman
| Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 03:58 pm: |
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http://www.motomorini.com/lemoto.asp Never heard of 'em, but they look awesome! I gotta' get me one of those front fairings! ~SM |
Hughlysses
| Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 05:25 pm: |
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Moto Morini has been around since the 60's (at least); they used to make very cool lightweight 350 and 500cc air cooled V-twins! Harley supposedly almost purchased them back then. IIRC, the new company is basically like Triumph; the old company completely died off and a new one was founded using the original name. Cool bikes at any rate. |
Johnnylunchbox
| Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 06:07 pm: |
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Moto Morini was the first street bike I ever rode. My Uncle in Italy had one. Here is a nice 3 1/2. I almost killed myself on it because the shifter and rear brake are reversed.
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Doz
| Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 06:34 pm: |
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A buddy had one that had the clutch AND gear selector on the left handgrip, his wrist used to kill him at the end of the day! |
Swordsman
| Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 07:32 pm: |
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Well, hopefully THIS bike has been improved and standardized somewhat. Looks like a possessed XBS! ~SM |
Hughlysses
| Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 08:46 pm: |
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Pretty good capsule history of the company at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moto_Morini |
Cycleaddict
| Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 - 11:56 pm: |
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DAMN that thing is downright sexy !!! looks like a suzuki motor in a ducati frame with Buell lightning styling. |
Thelumox
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 07:09 am: |
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"looks like a possessed XBS!" I agree. Moto Buellini. |
12r
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 08:38 am: |
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Never heard of 'em You're kidding ? Our local shop has a Veloce with Termis + Brembos, it looks pretty good if you like that kind of thing. |
07xb12scg
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 09:46 am: |
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First and second one looks like a Ducati Monster/Triumph Speed Triple love child. This may have been first - I don't know. Third looks like the Hyosung version of the Suzuki SV650. I thought they made more models? |
Freezerburn
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 01:22 pm: |
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Who says a radiator can't look good on a naked bike? |
Djkaplan
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 03:33 pm: |
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The V-twin Morini's from the mid 70's were notable for having flat combustion chambers with the squish area machined into the piston crowns... and they were also notoriously underpowered and slow. |
07xb12scg
| Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 - 05:31 pm: |
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Who says a radiator can't look good on a naked bike? Only Harley! ;) I don't know if the radiators look "good" on the Moto Morinis and I take it that you're being sarcastic, but they certainly could be designed to look better IMO. |
Mndwgz
| Posted on Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 07:26 am: |
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Here's a couple links for you, click the 'bekijk nu de video' bar http://www.fan.tv/motor/toontext.asp?id=19101 http://www.fan.tv/motor/toontext.asp?id=19647 in dutch... |