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It's a very very small world! After you emailed me last week and I suggested posting a message here, I was at the Morini rally in Kent last weekend, and what did I see four bikes in front of me at the ride-out?!! I had a word with the owner, who must be Morph, and he said he'd been in contact with y...

Sadly I'll miss it this year; always a great day out in some beautiful countryside with proper riding roads. And the sound of the Lancaster's 4 Merlin V-12 engines being revved is almost as good as listening to 24 Morinis.

The Ace Café on the North Circular in London is having an Italian day on Sunday 29th April. Unfortunately I can't go myself, but it would be great to have a good number of Morinis there.

Sorry I can't be there this time Butch. I hope it's a great success.

Right, I'm now booked and paid and the rally looks like it's going to be excellent. There was also a mention of the rally in the latest Classic Bike Guide, and bookings are coming in from the Continent as well. Early Bird discount is about to run out...

I had the same problem when I replaced the broken Tarozzi brake pedal with a new replacement. It had me scratching my head for a while, as with the kickstart extender block there had previously been enough clearance. I couldn't work out how I'd got the fixing wrong, and finally I realised that the r...

After giving up on Photobucket in disgust some time ago I no longer know how to post photos here. I've posted a picture of them on the Moto Morini Motorcycles facebook group so you'll see them there.

You must be right, Pete. Now that the engine's been rebuilt I'll give it a compression check.

My Sport has the 'open bowl' type, although nobody's been able to identify them. The conversion was done by Alex at NLM about 20 years ago. The engine certainly pulls well!

Thanks for your kind comments Pete. The Chairman's Message in the next ATG mentions this: those in the committee, and many others, who help to make the club what it is. From what I've heard of many other clubs, the MRC is a happy and friendly place to be!

And that well-travelled Kanguro is the star of the club stand at Shepton Mallet this weekend. Shame I'm not able to go and help out this time.

Welcome Charles! As Chris has said. It may be that your fuel tap solenoid has given up the ghost, so someone's bypassed it. It should give a satisfying 'clunk' when you switch the ignition on. For petrol on my 350s and 500 (no longer mine) I always use a good brand of super unleaded: Shell, Mobil an...

NLM told me some years ago now that Timpsons have the blanks in stock.

It's on the weekend of 3/4 February and, as the first 'major' classic event of the year, it's well attended but not too crowded. The MRC will have a stand as usual, and we'd welcome more Morinis to display, ideally for the whole weekend, but either Saturday or Sunday is possible. Singles, v-twins (a...

Or, the illustrated parts book has the Paioli set-up on page 38. If you haven't already got one, we've just had some more printed, available through the Products section on this site.