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by 3potjohn
16 Jun 2025 06:45
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: is it the carbs
Replies: 5
Views: 44

Re: is it the carbs

At least you haven’t got a flat spot! You have something like Main jet 112 Pilot jet 50 or lower say 45 Atomisers 260 BD or K Choke plungers OK - with the float bowls off you can attach some tubing to the choke jet and try blowing through. I once removed the choke jets and blanked off with appropria...
by 3potjohn
14 Jun 2025 05:17
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: Another possible carb issue
Replies: 4
Views: 97

Re: Another possible carb issue

Air filtration and exhaust backpressure have quite a bearing on the correct performance of these bikes.
by 3potjohn
12 Jun 2025 19:12
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: low to mid range flat spot
Replies: 20
Views: 252

Re: low to mid range flat spot

Main jets from Eurocarb are not too expensive.
by 3potjohn
11 Jun 2025 13:50
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: low to mid range flat spot
Replies: 20
Views: 252

Re: low to mid range flat spot

My 83 K1 never does this. Had it since 2007. Main jet 112. Let us know jets, needle type and position when you get the chance. Mine did have dissimilar atomisers initially. Maybe a mod for nipping around the Colosseum? My atomisers were 260K but I drilled them to make them BD which I think are nla, ...
by 3potjohn
07 Jun 2025 21:38
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: 1983 31/2 master cylinder
Replies: 14
Views: 243

Re: 1983 31/2 master cylinder

My K1 has a screw in stop switch in the brake lever perch.
by 3potjohn
06 Jun 2025 17:32
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: Glass fuse replacement
Replies: 6
Views: 181

Re: Glass fuse replacement

That conversion is no bad thing either. Replacing a blade fuse is far easier than trying to get a conventional fuse back in between the contacts.
by 3potjohn
02 Jun 2025 10:18
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: Carburation issue?
Replies: 17
Views: 366

Re: Carburation issue?

I think the main jet size did go up to 115 for a year or two then reverted to 112 prior to the K2 era. My K1 has been fine on 112. Everything standard—ish.
What atomisers are you running? Are the passageways clean?
The choke pistons as mentioned do degrade with an increasingly over rich condition.
by 3potjohn
02 Jun 2025 10:00
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: I bought myself a Moto Morini 31/2
Replies: 15
Views: 426

Re: I bought myself a Moto Morini 31/2

Check the ignition switch- if it has been replaced you may find it will turn one more turn to activate lights. Anyway the Met office reckon we are due a long very hot summer which suits me. Good Morini riding weather and redundant lawn mowers.
by 3potjohn
29 May 2025 19:17
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: Rear shocks
Replies: 28
Views: 3762

Re: Rear shocks

I had to prod him initially as I made a mistake ordering but they did come eventually. That is a long time to wait. I was talking to some Italians on the French Morini Rally and if I had remembered I could have mentioned this . Well when I say talk I use broken Spanish….
by 3potjohn
24 May 2025 17:03
Forum: Factory customs
Topic: and this bit goes where?
Replies: 5
Views: 130

Re: and this bit goes where?

Did you have the starter sprag out from the cover in front the clutch cover as there is a spacer inside the flexible coupling which may be about that size?
by 3potjohn
21 May 2025 22:54
Forum: The 500
Topic: headlight recommendation
Replies: 3
Views: 229

Re: headlight recommendation

I am running a Concave Cibie on my K1 Sport with a Phillips H4 bulb. Seems reasonable and shows up deer loitering at the roadside, which is always a bit worrisome. I am running @flexi-stem” indicators from Vehicle Wiring Products. Much lighter than the originals- I only had two rear of Morini ones w...
by 3potjohn
15 May 2025 14:56
Forum: Tre e mezzo
Topic: K2 main jets ....mine are 115 a
Replies: 3
Views: 1346

Re: K2 main jets ....mine are 115 a

From a previous thread. I run 112 in my K1 which is slightly earlier. I have dropped the idle jets, which reportedly improves off idle stumble, with which I agree. I also believe in keeping things as standard as possible otherwise.

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by 3potjohn
14 May 2025 06:27
Forum: The 500
Topic: 500 Strada front brakes.........
Replies: 24
Views: 4346

Re: 500 Strada front brakes.........

I fiddled about with my calipers yesterday. The inner pistons do move and you can press them back with a big screwdriver on the pads. They do not move quite as freely as the outside set. I tried shims recently obtained to try and equalise up the sit on the discs, which seems to have worked and had n...
by 3potjohn
02 May 2025 16:35
Forum: The 500
Topic: 500 Strada front brakes.........
Replies: 24
Views: 4346

Re: 500 Strada front brakes.........

I blame the sun- cannot see to type. Fixed now ta. I expect it is nearly dark up there…
by 3potjohn
02 May 2025 10:55
Forum: The 500
Topic: 500 Strada front brakes.........
Replies: 24
Views: 4346

Re: 500 Strada front brakes.........

I just looked hard at my twin brakes on the K1 and yea the inner face is very close. It’s only taken me since 2007 to notice.
Inners are .7 and .5 mm, but the outside gaps are nearer 1.3mm.
No damage to discs- yet.