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If it were mine, I would give the wiring a good check too. If the wiring is original, there is a good chance that the creeping 'black death' on the cores has occurred, increasing the resistance along the wires and especially at every connector. Can occur almost anywhere but handlebar switch wires ar...

Can I have them? Can collect as well as only live in Nortampton.
Thanks,
George

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I must say I preferred the composite ones - no oil leaks for a start. Alloy ones I am sure were a major production cost reduction for Morini. Aluminium annealing can be done at home. Unlike copper, it doesn't need to get too hot. Rub a bar of soap on the surface, heat the gasket up and when the soap...

Hi Tom,
Sounds like a good idea.
George

Hi,

I use Irfanview (free download/free to use) on my laptop for resizing. Works well for me.
Probably an android app too but don't use my phone for photo editing so have never looked.

George

Hi Webmaster, Fixed/pinned at the top bit of the 'Announcements' section, it has the article about Morini going into administration. I know it is very much 'old news' but anyone who hasn't been keeping up with events and is considering buying a new one might get put off quite quickly seeing this. Ce...

Good looking, and you have the best Sport seat of all too (but I'm probably a bit biased with that...)
Be careful not to snap the rear brake lever off with the kickstart - incredibly easy to do without a kickstart spacer.
Enjoy it!
George

Additional bikes with left foot starting,: The Spanish Bultaco and Ossa (pre 1980 ish.) Both designed/made most of their bikes with left hand kickstarts. Ossa's were also bottom hinged with a similar style of kickstart pivot as a Kanguru. The sad thing about all of these bikes (apart from the fart b...

Ok.. The fold out bit is relatively simple to make/ do, but the knuckle is a different matter. So what other bikes had a left hand side, clockwise rotation, kickstart? As said above, 1960's Yamaha 250/350s, Suzuki 200/250/500 twins prior to 1978 MZ's (well, almost all DKW copies) CZ's (but that was ...

I had a similar sounding issue with my sport a few years ago. Turned out to be a lack of ignition advance on the rear cylinder. Certainly worth painting/scribing/sticking a mark for 'ANT2' on the flywheel so that you can check the advance on both cylinders if only to rule it out as a possible cause.

These results can also depend on how it Is described on the V5.
With my two I have a MOTOMORINI and MOTO MORINI, while a former colleague has simply MORINI on his.
Regards, George.

"I'll have a look next time I'm up in the loft" Hi Steve, No joyy in the loft I'm afraid. Did have a sole copy of MCI up there but it was an earlier one (1973!) that I've kept for reasons not remembered. I did do a big purge of old bike mags a couple of years back when I reboarded the loft...

Hi Simon, Can't remember exactly on my 78 model - I have done it, but it was many, many years ago. It is possible I undid the studs or at least some of them as you suggested. Maybe the ignition switch was removed as well? Maybe it was 'rolling' the cylinder over the studs. Definately didn't remove t...

I'll have a look next time I'm up in the loft.

Maybe the 500 is more loaded, but there are enough 350's with 100,000 miles on them to suggest that the external filter 'fix' is completely unnecessary. As has been said, regular oil changes saves ruining both the engine AND saves the beautifil looking engine looking like it has been savaged. If it ...