The new 650 Morini

[morinipete]

It's no beauty then

https://www.moto.it/news/moto-morini-x- ... nture.html

[72degrees]

830mm seat height (but possibility of 815). No details on weight. As they say on Dragon's Den - "I'm out!"

[acemorini]

No thank you.

[MickeyMoto]

Morini needs to encourage newer, younger owners. Looks like a good start to me.

Maybe us oldies need to remove our rose tinted testicles?

[morinipete]

Ah. Now this looks a bit better. might even get my feet on the ground!

https://www.moto.it/news/moto-morini-se ... mbler.html

[MickeyMoto]

Looks a bit 1200ish

I think we all want a small v twin with 50bhp, painted red and black with gold wheels...

[Steve Brown]

The first one looks ok to me. A lot like a CB500X or an NC750 and they sell pretty well.

[72degrees]

Looks a bit 1200ish

I think we all want a small v twin with 50bhp, painted red and black with gold wheels...

The styling doesn't put me off. I don't care what colour it is, so long as it is under 170Kgs and has a sensible seat height. I'm not even fixated on a V twin. A 600 single would do, so long as it was a Lambertini design.

Market success will depend on the price. If it's as cheap as an Enfield Himalayan they might sell a few.

[MickeyMoto]

Lambertini design won't happen. We need to move along from there. As for weight, not sure where we are. Tried a KTM 390? 154kg wet, 800mm seat height, 165kph top end. Stops, handles and has an electric foot. Is this the sort of thing Morini should make? Yours for £4,750.00. Also needs a 125 to attract the youngsters, although bikes will be banned soon. Auto drive cars and governments who don't like people being individual will see us off.

[72degrees]

So far I've only sat on a KTM 390. I may replace the ER6n with one in the spring.

[morinipete]

The 6.5 doesn't look too bad on video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI8E83V1LeM

Brown leather pouch on 1200 I think we can forget..............

[mbmm350s]

And here another 650 video
https://youtu.be/-Mhshswp-_E

Mark

[Ming]

Pass the sick bag, Alice... I'll stick with what I've got, I think.

[72degrees]

A bit more info in English. Except the author doesn't seem to know the difference between a V twin and a parallel twin!
https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/n ... ler-x-cape

Possibly 7000 Euros according to one of the Youtube videos . More than a Kawasaki Z650!

[MickeyMoto]

Allegedly designed and built in Italy. The motor does look like the CFMoto, an engine that has been thrashed around the IoM in Super-duper Twins. I notice CFMoto now offer a 700!

Under €8k, better get saving, it looks really nice.