LSR Morini gets Fairing

[smotorboy]

Hello All,

Here is a head-on picture of my Racer with the fairing inplace and set up to measure frontal area....

I now have the fairing pieces now painted and curing at home....

Motor is being removed for teardown next week..

Things are moving along....

Robert in California

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[smotorboy]

For those interested, I have finished the initial frontal area measurements for the Morini.

Open bike w/rider with in a tight tuck has a frontal area of 6.2 sq ft and a Cof of drag of about .61

Faired bike w/rider has a frontal area of 6.4 sq-ft and a Cof of drag of about .42 ( based on numbers from the original race bike the fairing was designed for).

What does it all mean ? Well, on paper, the Moroni should top out around 200 kph (125mph).

Not bad for a stock motor with an add-on air pump and megaphones,,,,

If the numbers work out, of course...

Robert in California

[tonup69]

Nice! Where did you get the fairing? Glass from the past?

[smotorboy]

Yup ! it was molded off original factory works parts from the early 70's.

As the original was a 750 bike. it needed cutting down to conform to the morini's slightly smaller profile, and it was a beast to get on it on the morini's centerline evenly .

I struggled for day after day with no luck till I remembered how the exhausts all ran on the same side of that road racer ....

As it turns out, the right side panel was made a little larger to clear the pipes.I trimmed down that side and everything started lining up.

I made several mods to further match it to the bike and me, and I have high hopes that it will perform very well at the track.

I can't wait to get all the painted panels back on the bike,,, It will be nice looking for sure....

Thanks for the comment,
Robert

[tonup69]

Yeah, it looks good. They make great stuff. I've wanted to buy several things for years now, but haven't got to those projects yet. What I really want first is the full Triumph Thruxton fairing they make (perfect replica). I have a '64 Triumph Bonnie I want to make into a street Thruxton. Someday....

LTR

Good luck on the race track, too! I race vintage MX in AHRMA - not much this year though. I always see a guy at the track who races a Ducati single (MX) and a BSA pre-unit (MX) but rides around the grounds on his 350 Morini Strada.