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Just to say, thank you very much to Ian for a very practical and helpful way to modify the dip and for reminding me of how the Cibie headlights work. I've not had a Cibie headlight in a bike since the 1980's however I still remember just how much better they were than the standard units in most bike...

Yes, Norbert, you're correct and you've aptly described the way the coils have been wound - particularly as mine seems to have been rewound fairly recently by hand. My coils, unlike the ones in your photo don't have the protective resin, and the way the windings have been done indicates it wasn't do...

I don't know if the Vespa ones will work as they are wound with a much finer wire (so higher voltage, lower current, I suppose). However, if the Vespa CDI unit works on a Morini, why not, unless it's down to the 2 CDIs being in parallel? I expect there'll be differences - let's see how it performs ...

@MickeyMoto, yes that's probably my old Corsaro at NLM. I certainly sold it to them 2 months ago. I realised it wasn't what I wanted. I thought they'd sold it by now but haven't keep track of it. I bought this Kanguro the same day privately. It's been grumpier and more troublesome than I'd expected ...

Here's another update on the unfolding saga of coaxing an old ex-retired X3 back into useful service. General wiring ============= I'm slowly making more sense of the wiring, partly as the bike came with a plastic bag full of miscellaneous paper including handwritten letters, receipts, reviews, etc....

A quick update. The bike stopped running after a ride to London and back, I'd ridden about 30 miles in, and 25 miles home before it stopped. Twas a warm day 25C I'd guess. The RAC brought the bike home. I discovered that the ignition low tension coil now measured 58 Ohms, rather than around 300. I o...

Mike thank you for the info. Thanks also to Chris of NLM for his suggestions (which included checking the timing belt was still in one piece in case the pickups weren't being triggered when the engine turned - a useful tip of something that might seem obvious to others...). Here's what I've got to s...

Mike thank you for the info. Thanks also to Chris of NLM for his suggestions (which included checking the timing belt was still in one piece in case the pickups weren't being triggered when the engine turned - a useful tip of something that might seem obvious to others...). Here's what I've got to s...

I recently bought an X3 Kanguro, and it worked for a week or so. Then it simply stopped running when I flipped the choke off (on the rear, right carb) when it was warming up. I wouldn't start again. First I thought it might be out of fuel as I'd run it nearly dry. However more fuel didn't help. When...

No worries, I've also learned to repeat key points in my communications as many of us don't read the entire text so you're not alone. I'm fairly convinced the motor can be relocated in front of the engine rotated around the intermediate gear it drives. Apart from the fairly obvious "working out...

Mike, thanks for letting me know. BTW: The set on eBay sold for £98.00 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Moto-Morini-Kanguro-350-X3-X2-etc-Stainless-Exhaust-System-/302183788476?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276 and ideally I'd like to pay a bit less. I suspect someone else will have a set not being used and I ca...

Mike, the K frames have a kink in them that brings the downtubes much much closer to the front of the engine, so the starter motor can't fit 'as-is' even without an engine plate on the left (to be clear people make a custom plate, as per the article in the German magazine which goes into lots of det...

However riding it to Oz could be fun! :) And yes, I'm happy with the X3 I bought. I'm bringing it back into use as although it had an MoT it hadn't been ridden much in the last few years. So far, after addressing a stuck rear brake pistons and fixing a damaged connection in the multi-pole connector ...

Andrew, I'm curious what you've got available in your garage. I've got a 501 engined 3 1/2 K1 and recently an X3 Kanguro. I've posted a couple of specific wants on the forum, however I'm always up for having some extra spares for my Morinis, especially as my 3 1/2 has a different front end, semi-flo...

So I've just bought a nice X3 Kanguro 350. It has Stainless Steel exhausts but fairly rusty downpipes and balance pipe. I saw someone sold a set of stainless downpipes, etc. on eBay recently. I'm hoping someone on the forum will have a surplus set. If so, please let me know what you'd like for them....