[barfer]

Mods, sorry if this doesn't belong in Sportclassic forum, but it is air air cooled v-twin from italy and is very reminiscent of a sportclassic.

Looks the selling price is 2100 bucks and seems cheap--anyone have experience with one of these? What are your thoughts?

For this price, I'm tempted to just go pick it up and play with it for a while.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/mcy/1293497538.html

 

[MajorSoftie]

Those are very special bikes (although I've even more fond of the 3-1/2), but finding parts for those makes 70's Ducs look REALLY easy to maintain.

 

[TimDog]

i saw the same model in milwaukee a few weeks ago. talked to the owner and he had nothing but good things to say about it. For that price i would take a look at it.

 

[geospencer]

Interesting bike.

The folks in Vintage might like to know about this. Do you want it moved?

 

[pat1098]

Moto Morini 500

Mods, sorry if this doesn't belong in Sportclassic forum, but it is air air cooled v-twin from italy and is very reminiscent of a sportclassic.

Looks the selling price is 2100 bucks and seems cheap--anyone have experience with one of these? What are your thoughts?

For this price, I'm tempted to just go pick it up and play with it for a while.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/mcy/1293497538.html

Used to look after a 3 1/2 (350) for a (female) customer back in the '70s. The 500 was not really any more powerful. Nice light bike - handled well, but only really an 'around-town' bike - not enough power to go out of town. Of course parts will be a problem - Grimeca brake pads etc. Grandad says tread warily...

 

[barfer]

Interesting bike.

The folks in Vintage might like to know about this. Do you want it moved?

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Yeah, if you would move this to Vintage one of those guys might really like it.

 

[barfer]

Used to look after a 3 1/2 (350) for a (female) customer back in the '70s. The 500 was not really any more powerful. Nice light bike - handled well, but only really an 'around-town' bike - not enough power to go out of town. Of course parts will be a problem - Grimeca brake pads etc. Grandad says tread warily...

Thanks--this is the post that got me to take a pass on the bike. The bike sounds somewhat sexy but probably not going to be thrilling to ride.

 

[Riderjeff]

If memory serves correctly...

These are nice riding but relatively low-powered machines. I believe the engines are the "Heron" design, with a flat cylinder head and the combustion chamber defined by a concave molded piston.

 

[Filantroop]

These are nice riding but relatively low-powered machines. I believe the engines are the "Heron" design, with a flat cylinder head and the combustion chamber defined by a concave molded piston.

That is correct.

Imo when looking for a vintage morini like that I'd look for a 3 1/2 with spoked rims and disk brakes, but those are pretty rare (only made for a couple of months).