One of mine (yes, I've got several classic bikes in various states of disrepair):
1976 Morini 3 1/2 Sport with the rare wire wheel/disk brake combo.
Needs the tank repainting (the paint is bubbling), some of the electrics want sorting out and the rear carb needs another clean as it doesn't idle properly at the moment. Nothing insurmountable as I've had a few of these before and know my way around them.
Oh, and some plonker (for once, not me) stuck a bigger tyre on the front which not only ruins the handling but is also fitted the wrong way around. Fortunately it's the same size as the one on the Laverda SF2 I'm also working on so I can put it on there instead. After all, that tyre has less than 100 miles on it...
Wow, that's a really sweet classic! 3 1/2 = 350? I love the lines of that thing. Are they rare?
Yeah, 350cc and approximately 38-40bhp in "Sport" trim (which this one is) and around 32 in the slightly tamer touring trim. The Sport isn't much slower than a Yamaha 350LC if you're brave enough and the handling is very good, especially for a 70s bike.
They're rare-ish but not as far as Italian bike go if that makes sense? Morini was a small manufacturer in Bologna and the bikes were always high quality and partially hand built so they were quite expensive when new and thus had a limited market appeal. The survival rate is quite high though and there are enough of them for a couple of specialists to survive on them.
The later ones with cast wheels are easier to find, this particular model is one of the rarer ones as the disk brake + wire wheel option was only available for two years. Someone put a second disk on this one which means it's massively overbraked on the front but that's OK given that the rear brake lever is at a useless angle for me.
Where I am: 75 Cb360T, runs, rides, just needs inspected.
Where I want to be: Shortened rear shocks, clip-ons, shortened or deleted fenders, small gauges, creative brake/tag setup.
Best part? I only have around $500 (not including riding gear) invested in the bike.
