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Local Riders?

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 13:26
by Tufftrax
As a fairly new member of the MRC and Forum (recently bought a very clean, 1981 model, 350K Sport from NLM) I wondered if there are any other Morini enthusiasts relatively close by - I live near Peterborough, Cambs and have only ever seen another 3 1/2 recently (and think he/she was just passing through).

Would be interested to hear from any local-ish riders for rides out / Morini gossip / knowledge and expertise of the marque.

p.s. Thought that the Cadwell Park Track Day was very good (I was just an observer) but rain the afternoon provided a soggy ride home (was a good excuse to clean th bike again though)!

Re: Local Riders?

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 15:19
by atreyu
Although about 1 million miles from you, Is it worth all of us putting a ROUGH location on here? I've only seen one Morini near hear at a recent local bike show.

I'm in North Yorkshire, just south of York.

Re: Local Riders?

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 16:20
by MarkB
Hi Tufftrax,

I'm in Stevenage, about 50 miles down the A1 from Peterborough, and I know there's another Mark who's a recent Morini owner who lives in the Peterborough area.

It would be good to meet up some time: perhaps you could let people know of any events you are going to or if you're planning a ride. I'll be at Mallory Park on the Saturday of the 1000 Bikes at the MRC stand.

Regards, Mark

Re: Local Riders?

Posted: 25 Jun 2011 18:48
by buzby
It would be easier if everybody went into the profile section and posted their location.

Re: Local Riders?

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 11:46
by Emmohaswheelsagain
HI Tufftrax,

There are local Morini owners near to you but riders may be not.
In my experience some owners have several bikes and the Morini's are only ridden occasionally.
Anyway I'm in Louth near Cadwell Park and you can always pm me if you want to meet up.
This in LIncolnshire we usually head for Willingham Woods, third Sunday in the month. Looking to try and gather together Morini owners in the area but it can be hard work. There are around 25 in Lincolnshire alone and these are just the ones in the club. If you are not a member become one and I will see if we can arrange some ride outs and meetings around the county. Gald you enjoyed Cadwell and hopefully we can persuade you out on track next year :D

Regards

Paul

Re: Local Riders?

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 13:44
by Andy.
Hi,

I am located near York, although my 1980 Morini 350 Sport is a bit of a project at the moment and still requires some work/parts to finish. ( for project read in the shed in bits ).

Regards.

Andy.

Re: Local Riders?

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 16:46
by mgelder
I'm in Cambridge, but I keep bumping into MarkB all over the place. Unless there are several other MarkBs.

My 350K Sport is in for it's MOT on TUesday; just finished kicking the tyres and cleaning the speedo glass in preparation...

Re: Local Riders?

Posted: 26 Jun 2011 21:35
by unreal
Then there's the Morini Map on Google maps from the Morini mailing list:

http://tinyurl.com/4pseujx

Be great if everyone added themselves.

Simon

Re: Local Riders?

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 08:32
by MarkB
Simon, how do you actually join the mailing list?

Re: Local Riders?

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 09:09
by atreyu
MarkB wrote:Simon, how do you actually join the mailing list?
Ditto.... I tried to join last week, but just had a reply all in computer speak!

Re: Local Riders?

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 11:18
by peterc
Yes, me too, I've tried following the join up method for this several times, using 2 different e-mail addresses and just cant seem to get myself added to this list....AArgh!! :cry:

Re: Local Riders?

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 16:35
by unreal
This is the link from the Dutch Morini club.

http://www.smoke.com.au/~ic/morini-list.html

It should work....

There is also an archive of all the old posts on the list, best to check here first if you have a question to save going over old ground.

Again the link is on the Dutch site, who's link is on our links page.

Simon

Re: Local Riders?

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 22:14
by atreyu
I get a reply saying

" subscribe morini = must be authenticated. To accomplish this, another request must be sent in with an authorization key, which has been sent to: If the message is not received, there is generally a problem with the address. Before reporting this as a problem, please note the following....."

:? :? :? confused!

Re: Local Riders?

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 08:12
by MarkB
I'v tried from two different email addresses, one gave the same message as you've described, with no authentication email, and with the other one I got the authentication mail which I responded to and got a reply telling me I had an illegal email address. Does he want people to join the list??!!

Re: Local Riders?

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 11:58
by unreal
I have posted a question on the list about registering and will let you know the outcome.

Simon