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MickeyMoto wrote:I have dealt with Discvolante. I have had no problems. Give them a call, I found them to be very helpful.

Mike.

"I second that emotion," as Smokey Robinson* commented when asked about DiscoVolante. It was a few years ago, though.




Ok, it was me really.

My 82-ish 350K Sport has an S stamped on the crankcases, and an oil pressure switch.

Tanshanomi wrote:I've been playing with configuring a 14'x16' bike shed...

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You missed the fridge and the comfy chair.







Oh, and the other five bikes.

Judging by my experiences, the X3 starter set up is a lot more robust than the earlier electric start bikes and should work fine with standard parts in good condition. Unless there's a problem with the standard oil filters that I haven't heard about (in fact, if there is, don't tell me) I wouldn't b...

I think they're all the same, but in different ways... :D The solenoid and wiring on my late X3 starter is different and more robust looking than the one on my 82ish K Sport, and the starter shoes look different. The one on the X3 works, which the K one never managed. Were it not for the immense wei...

Welcome aboard, and good luck.

Most things seem to be fiaxable and once running right, Morinis seem to stay running right.

Cheers,

M

Clever!

Finally made it out to the shed.

Stumpy the Brake Pedal:



Fits with millimetres to spare:



There are kickstart extensions and there are kickstart extensions, though, so it'd be worth measuring before cutting.

Haven't got a photo handy, but I trimmed about half the length off the brake pedal toe bit.

This has two advantages; 1) the kick start no longer hits it, and 2) when I inevitably forget and go to change gear with the brake pedal, it feels different to the gearlever when my toe contacts the pedal.

If you live near an 'MSV" circuit (Cadwell, Snetterton, Brands, Oulton or Donington) you could ride down there on a morning when they're having a trackday and get your bike noise tested for free; just join the back of the queue. If you ask the tester they'll tell you the reading they got (usual...

I'm pretty sure the Japanese market restriction for 400cc bikes was 60bhp-ish; all those NC30 / ZXR400 / FZR400 / GSX-R400 bikes made about the same power because of this. There used to be (not sure if there still is) a German market licence band at 27ps which sounds more likely for a slightly restr...

Thanks for that - I think I'll get an Acewell. I'm surprised the tacho would over-read by 50% - isn't that just simply measuring pulses directly from the ignition module? I'd have though that would be foolproof. I think it's picking up 'interference' from somewhere; I've tried using shielded cable ...

Yes, a clock is one of the most useful but underrated 'touring' accessories you can have on a bike. The old bracket was three bits of aluminium, a piece of thin steel and abut a dozen M6 nuts and bolts, all of which positioned the speedo in the way of the handlebar clamp bolts. I've replaced it with...

I've got an Acewell 3100 fitted to my 350K Sport: http://www.realclassic.co.uk/bikepix/morini15110602.jpg The speedo is great (driven from an adapter that screws in place of the old speedo cable, so no magnets to glue on) but the tacho over-reads by 50% or so. Nice to have a clock and a tripmeter th...

On a related note, does anyone know of a source of reliable, robust and long-reach 0 ohm plug caps?

I recently replaced the two mismatched ones on my 350K with 5k ohm NGK ones and the bike runs fine, but I'd rather fit 0 ohm ones if I could find decent quality ones that reached the plugs...