Comments on: Moto Morini custom

By: Cincy

Cincy — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:26:06 +0000

Unrelated to this bike…boy do i miss my 500 Strada. Had to sell it due to financial distress. What a great little V twin that was. RIP Morini, you will be missed.

By: mudplug

mudplug — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:49:43 +0000

Uncle B – What a shame.
Let’s find a clean way of running it on bio-fuel, without losing the charm.
A 50cc will never be a stereotypical ‘gas-guzzler’ and many small engines are excellent examples of huge efficiency in tiny packages, even if this particular example isn’t quite the greatest example of that efficiency.

From time to time I see traction engines in use on public roads – they’re big, slow, heavy and ponderous. They’re consigned to history, but some people with a passion for them keep them running and occasionally use them for pleasure.
Let’s hope that classic 50′s don’t just become ornaments, but keep on running in some capacity, for the enjoyment of the handful of enthusiasts that appreciate them.

By: jnheath

jnheath — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:45:52 +0000

Turgut — It’s got a four leading shoe front brake! Look at the top photo, two brake cables just below the number plate. Amazing.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:55:30 +0000

Needs to go two-stroke diesel electric start for the coming fuel crunch! Some nuclear/electric sourced rechargeable battery bikes are this powerful today! This ia a museum piece! We are leaving the fossil fuel age as we speak! Even some Gas/electric hybrids are in production! up and running! For sale to the proletariat! India has them? Gasoline – gone up in smoke!

By: tweeder

tweeder — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:09:47 +0000

So beautiful. I would love a small italian bike like this. I would have to put an expansion exhaust on it though.

By: Turgut

Turgut — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:11:09 +0000

İn the third picture I see something interesting: Anyone has an idea about why that front brake cable is position on top of the lever and not in the axis, like the clutch cable? Or is this not the brake cable?

By: Pamberjack

Pamberjack — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:29:46 +0000

So delicate. If anything hit you side-on you’d just have to lift yr legs and it’d pass right through…