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I remember first seeing them at the Ricky Racer shop in Costa Mesa Ca. Then proprietor former European racer Lance Weil loved them and sold them along side his treasured Laverda's. I remember on a small group breakfast ride in the 1980's around Lake Elsinore when Lance on his red little Morini led the pack. Him and an old guy on a Guzzi CX100 naturally, were hard to keep up with! Back then many of us were riding GS1000's, KZ1000's, BMW's and a few Ducati's. The good old days in memory of many rides up there in San Juan Capistrano to Elsinore and back after hanging out at the Lookout restaurant near the top.
To fun. I LOVE Morini's! I swore to own one some day. Working on that now in fact.
Is that a Strada converted to Sport? I love Morini's. Drool.
Ah thought so. I new there were details that were not quite on point. Glad you have the stock carbs etc. I have heard that as well. How is the parts situation?
i dont know how the availability is for the plain main bearing , they used to be unavailable.i used to make them from mitsubishi camshaft bearings it is pretty common to fit a roller bearing instead. but the crankshaft needs to be modified. the red stuff might be original, these engines were assembled without crankcase gasket , just gasket cement. i use dirko HT, but any good gasket cement should do the trick. also use some gasket cement on the cylinder base gasket, if you dont they tend to leak.if it still has a base gasket you can remove it , looking at the pistons the squish is large enough to have deposits on the piston. i vaguely remember the main crank bearing being a special, the rest of the bearings are stock , i would change those if you are in there. oh , and clean the sludge trap in the crankshaft good thing you removed the belt , they are a stupidly cheap (less than 10 dollar?) industrial part, i change them once a year. no need to reuse one when you removed it.the vapor blasting is brilliant! i'm jealous!
I have a pile of Benelli parts I need to blast.... gotta get that done!Looking solid. Hopefully you can find the needed parts to get it back in order. PS... update on your Bene?
Nice 500. I enquired about this 350 Sport in South Africa, then the owner changed his mind and is now keeping it due to sentimental value:Do not know a lot about working on these, watch a complete clutch rebuild last night that I found enjoyable:https://youtu.be/yNxVQ4JLmjo
Looks quite nicely machined actually.
As these motorcycle are unlikely to be used until they rust away in the future, wouldn�t painting the frame the traditional way be more original than powder coating/ thermoplastic coating? Just thinking outside the box.
In a couple weeks all the plating and painting bits should be done and if the motor parts arrive by then I will get back to assembling it. I need to remake the wire harness and clean up the rest of the electrical but from here on its working with clean and / or new parts.