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New Moto Morini's ... incl. 3 1/2
sign216:
--- Quote from: Antietam Classic Cycle on November 11, 2024, 09:33:39 AM ---The one on the left is the vintage one, evidenced by the drum brakes. :wink:
My own '77 Strada:
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I made a left-right error in my orig. message (now corrected). Yes, the left one is the vintage one. Odd, that they should display the old one more prominently than the new one they are promoting.
Huzo:
--- Quote from: Perazzimx14 on November 06, 2024, 12:07:47 PM ---Moto Morini motorcycles are built in our 2.5 million square foot ZNEN Tier 1 factory based in Taizhou, China with 27 years of motorcycle building experience. While all motorcycle development, engineering, and testing are maintained at our European headquarters in Milan, Italy.
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”our factory” and “our headquarters” ?
It’s not impossible, but I just didn’t know, that’s all.
Dr. Enzo Toma:
By "our factory" they are referring to their parent company ZNEN's (Zhongneng Vehicle Group) factory.
bad Chad:
I have a hard time with this one. I dig the idea of Moto Morini being an option, they were cool bikes back in the day. But is it an Italian bike, if it's made in China? I believe MV and SWM are made in China as well. BSA and RE are both made in India, but like to cash in on their UK heritage, very much the same thing. The claim is they are designed in the origin country, and then farmed out to a location that can make they for less. I get the concept, I have bought other products with the same business plan, and they have mostly been well made. Perhaps I suffer from a bit of Xenophobia?
But Moto Morini, as cool as it may be, isn't an Italian bike, and the others aren't really Italian or UK either. To my mind that's okay, why not, but don't try to pass yourself off as if you are. Every Moto Guzzi I have ever had was put together in Northern Italy, to me that makes it an Italian bike. shrug
Antietam Classic Cycle:
--- Quote from: bad Chad on November 11, 2024, 11:37:40 AM ---I have a hard time with this one. I dig the idea of Moto Morini being an option, they were cool bikes back in the day. But is it an Italian bike, if it's made in China? I believe MV and SWM are made in China as well. BSA and RE are both made in India, but like to cash in on their UK heritage, very much the same thing. The claim is they are designed in the origin country, and then farmed out to a location that can make they for less. I get the concept, I have bought other products with the same business plan, and they have mostly been well made. Perhaps I suffer from a bit of Xenophobia?
But Moto Morini, as cool as it may be, isn't an Italian bike, and the others aren't really Italian or UK either. To my mind that's okay, why not, but don't try to pass yourself off as if you are. Every Moto Guzzi I have ever had was put together in Northern Italy, to me that makes it an Italian bike. shrug
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Totally agree. Benelli is Chinese now.
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