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Title: eldo/ morini 3 1/2 sport
Post by: crc on February 08, 2015, 03:33:07 PM
years ago I took a break from guzzis and bought a mint low milage, 19000km, 76 wire wheel disc brake 3 1/2 sport. I added a second disc, freashened the engine with rings and bearings, made a set of rear sets and hollow reverse cone megaphones and took it up to 28000km, all the time thrashing it mersely , constantly taking it past redline, which they love. I sold it 11 years ago to a guy that has looked after it well and it now has about 36000km on the clock. hes improved it abit with a new set of lafranconis etc. its up for sale and im seriously thinking of quitting my eldo and buying it back. am I mad? I know only I can decide, but just thought id put it out there for comments. I know theres a few morini people here and it is a rare bike, and factory café racer
Title: Re: eldo/ morini 3 1/2 sport
Post by: oldbike54 on February 08, 2015, 03:36:45 PM
Quite a change in character and ergos . Those Morinis are cool  ;-T

  Dusty
Title: Re: eldo/ morini 3 1/2 sport
Post by: twodogs on February 08, 2015, 03:38:25 PM
Keep the eldo & buy the 3 1/2 back ;-T you can make it work :BEER:
Title: Re: eldo/ morini 3 1/2 sport
Post by: crc on February 08, 2015, 03:44:47 PM
Quite a change in character and ergos . Those Morinis are cool  ;-T

  Dusty

yes dusty its the coolest and smallest capacity bike ive ever owned. I used to piss a lot of big capacity bike owners off with its agility and performance on the right roads. I also got shunned a lot for , " why would you want a 350 ". I did a lot of long trips on it, up round 80 to 90mph. it just loved it
Title: Re: eldo/ morini 3 1/2 sport
Post by: Perazzimx14 on February 08, 2015, 03:46:20 PM
I thought you were selling the Eldo and getting back into Ducati's
Title: Re: eldo/ morini 3 1/2 sport
Post by: crc on February 08, 2015, 03:47:49 PM
Keep the eldo & buy the 3 1/2 back ;-T you can make it work :BEER:


two dogs I can swing it but don't really want to put myself into too tighter position with money at the moment. I do know what youre saying though
Title: Re: eldo/ morini 3 1/2 sport
Post by: crc on February 08, 2015, 03:52:43 PM
I thought you were selling the Eldo and getting back into Ducati's

I was going to, ive got a very good 900gts rolling project here, but the cost of rebuilding a bevel motor these days is prohibitive, around $10g nz. if the gts was a ss id go ahead. I saw a set of rebuilt 900 desmo heads on ebay the other day, $6000 odd nz. I detest belt drive ducatis
Title: Re: eldo/ morini 3 1/2 sport
Post by: oldbike54 on February 08, 2015, 03:58:39 PM
Several years ago at a club MC road race event a competitor entered a race prepped 3 1/2 Sport . My HD riding buddies that followed us to the race decided to root for the Morini because , " well , at least it's a V twin" .

  Dusty
Title: Re: eldo/ morini 3 1/2 sport
Post by: crc on February 08, 2015, 04:02:49 PM
Several years ago at a club MC road race event a competitor entered a race prepped 3 1/2 Sport . My HD riding buddies that followed us to the race decided to root for the Morini because , " well , at least it's a V twin" .

  Dusty


I like the way you say your hd buddies followed you ;-T
Title: Re: eldo/ morini 3 1/2 sport
Post by: oldbike54 on February 08, 2015, 04:08:25 PM

I like the way you say your hd buddies followed you ;-T

Yeah , I was on a fairly fast Triumph  :D

  Dusty
Title: Re: eldo/ morini 3 1/2 sport
Post by: crc on February 08, 2015, 04:14:40 PM
I hope it was a meriden triumph dusty?
Title: Re: eldo/ morini 3 1/2 sport
Post by: oldbike54 on February 08, 2015, 04:18:47 PM
I hope it was a meriden triumph dusty?


Yep , around 1980 . Wish the Kwacker 2 smoker that I was attempting to race ran as well as the Bonnie  :D

  Dusty
Title: Re: eldo/ morini 3 1/2 sport
Post by: Aaron D. on February 08, 2015, 05:41:55 PM
The Morini is everything you need in a motorcycle and not much extra. Pretty tough though crankshaft bushings can go away, I understand there's a fix for that. I don't like timing belts, my wife's broke a couple, but they seemed to take it well.

Over an Eldo? That's  certainly not an objective discussion.
Title: Re: eldo/ morini 3 1/2 sport
Post by: rboe on February 09, 2015, 07:51:03 AM
Life is short, keep both bikes.