Watched this on Youtube and it amused me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFOzdCyDazs
Morini 4 1/2
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Morini 4 1/2
Morini 250 2c rebuilt from a box of bits.
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Thanks for that, Richard.
Quite an amusing video. As a liquid cooled single the 4½ Corsarino doesn't bear much relation to the 3½ but still... It may only be a concept from the talented hand of Oberdan Bezzi, but I quite like the look of it. He's done a 4½ Corsarino Veloce as well, (see below).
Lots more pictures here... https://oberdanbezzi.artstation.com/
Quite an amusing video. As a liquid cooled single the 4½ Corsarino doesn't bear much relation to the 3½ but still... It may only be a concept from the talented hand of Oberdan Bezzi, but I quite like the look of it. He's done a 4½ Corsarino Veloce as well, (see below).
Lots more pictures here... https://oberdanbezzi.artstation.com/
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Certainly hits the current zeitgeist of the trend for smaller single cylinders bikes.
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Parker3865 wrote: ↑29 May 2025 19:55 Certainly hits the current zeitgeist of the trend for smaller single cylinders bikes.
Absolutely agree.
A couple of guys in our local VMCC Section have a Royal Enfield HNTR and Triumph Speed 400 and both are very happy with their purchases. I confess to being quite taken with the Honda GB350S. Haven't seen one yet. It will be interesting to see what kind of impact the Nuovo Tre e Mezzo has when it appears later in the year.
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The RE and Honda are about 20bhp, the Triumph is 39. I would think that the RE and Honda may feel under powered on modern main roads, the Triumph should hold its own. I should imagine a country lane ride is ok, but overtaking would be interesting.
The Honda sounds like my mate's lawnmower!
The Honda sounds like my mate's lawnmower!
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The Triumph 400 Sport is a great bike. My mate accompanied me recently on our Yorkshire Dales trip. It can hold its own on any road / traffic situation, with a more than sprightly turn of speed. Overtaking no problem. The Enfield and Honda models you mention are pretty gutless. Fit the brief for just pottering about I suppose. My 500 Sport and the Triumph are quite evenly matched performance wise. The power delivery is a lot more revvy and frantic mind.
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Still on the subject of modern retro single cylinder bikes...
The latest to join the party is the new BSA Bantam 350!
Road test here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF-2-bLuWTo
The latest to join the party is the new BSA Bantam 350!
Road test here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF-2-bLuWTo
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So the new Morini 31/2 will become the most powerful 350 at a whopping 32hp...
My Strada made more than that in 1981, allegedly.
However, a Modern 350 may well perform better. I would expect 90+mpg, seeing as my Strada does 70+
My only worry is whether the Chinese will support the bikes long enough to be able to fix them or whether the bikes will just become disposable white goods.
My Strada made more than that in 1981, allegedly.
However, a Modern 350 may well perform better. I would expect 90+mpg, seeing as my Strada does 70+
My only worry is whether the Chinese will support the bikes long enough to be able to fix them or whether the bikes will just become disposable white goods.