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Our 27th Annual Cadwell Track Day will be held on Thursday 18th June 2009. Followed by the AGM and camping weekend at our new camping venue, 10 miles from the circuit;
The Waggon and Horses Pub, South Reston, Lincs, LN11 8JQ,
More details.
Please click for the Entry Form
Welcome to the Morini Riders Club Website
Formed in 1975 by enthusiasts of the then newly imported V-Twin, the
Morini Riders Club exists to bring together owners and admirers
of these fine looking and handling Italian motorcycles.
We offer technical help, spares, dealer
discounts, road test reprints, club regalia, regular meetings
and an annual track day all designed to keep Morinis where they
belong, On the Road.
Members also benefit from a regular magazine 'A Tutto Gas'.
Moto Morini was started in 1937 by Alfonso Morini and based in his home town of Bologna in northern Italy. Initially building three wheeled trucks, after World War 2 they designed and built small capacity 2-stroke motorcycles.
Alfonso was very keen on racing and developed a range of many successful racing machines, culminating in the 250GP which was to become the worlds fastest ever quarter litre four-stroke single, capable of almost 140mph and which very nearly won the World Championship.
After Alfonso's death in 1969, the business was run by his daughter, Gabriella. Soon after, the engineer Franco Lambertini joined the company and started work on the modular V-Twin engines which powered the legendary 3 1/2. The modular engine design allowed the factory to produce 250cc, 350cc and 500cc versions of the V-Twin and, using the front cylinder only, 125 and 250cc singles. - Most of our Club members own one or more of the bikes from this era. Details can be found under the "Old Bikes" menu on each page
Gabriella decided to sell the family firm to the Cagiva group in 1987. Cagiva installed the now ageing 350 motor into one of their own chassis to produce the Morini Dart. Ing Lambertini worked on a new water cooled 750cc V-twin, but when Cagiva realised this was a better engine than the Ducati 900 (Cagiva owned Ducati at this time), they stopped further development.
Ing Lambertini left the company and Cagiva produced a range of custom-styled bikes before they lost interest in the Morini range.
In 1996, Morini and Ducati were sold to the Texas Pacific Group. Nothing was heard of Morini for several years until, in 1999, TPG sold the name and manufacturing rights to Franco Morini Motori. Franco is Alfonso's cousin and he started his own business in 1954 specialising in the manufacture of two and four stroke engines. Lambertini joined Franco Morini.
At the end of 2003, Morini Franco Motori and the Berti family, owners of the Sinudyne brand, announced the re-launch of the Moto Morini name. A new factory was built next to the Morini Franco factory and a range of bikes was announced based on Ing Lambertini's all-new V twin design.
The first of these 'New' Morinis was the Corsaro 1200 launched in 2005, followed by the 9 1/2 in 2006.