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Ive got one, rebuilt by Jim McLean at Bikecare in Bristol, all the receipts etc for parts, labour, vapour-blasting etc
Email me: moriniboy23@yahoo.co.uk or 07788 442155

norbert wrote: ↑27 Jan 2024 13:02 The great advantage of the M is a good tourque all the way without any leak at mid range, including easy idling.

Just what I want Norbert!

Good to know. I have an L(5) and an M...

How do you propose crimping your new bezels on, out of interest Mike? "following" haha Could you not order custom O rings (easily found on Fleabay) and use those in the absence of flat sealing rubbers? Hi Simon, That is the next project. The instruments have been repaired and the bezels a...

How do you propose crimping your new bezels on, out of interest Mike?
"following" haha
Could you not order custom O rings (easily found on Fleabay) and use those in the absence of flat sealing rubbers?

How is an M cam in a 3 1/2 motor with Strada pistons? Im not interested in hunting for top-end power, more interested in decent torque

I would remove the valves and see if they look straight in the first instance. It might have had a cambelt break.Any evidence with the pushrods? Morini valves dont hit a piston with a belt-breakage I was always told by that Morini guru Nigel Price. It's at worst an inconvenience, is my understandin...

And too many others. Struggling to sell a tidy Laverda Mirage in the current 'climate'

3potjohn wrote: ↑25 Dec 2023 11:21 I used to have a C15 back in 1975. You could bowl along the backroad via Ashton Keynes and Siddington to Peter Hammonds and get a kickstart return spring. Then stop in a pub for a pint and a pork pie.

Peter Hammond has only just shut up shop. I know that road very well!

I visited him once in Barcelona, bought a rotor I think.

Hi
I have these parts available

TRESETTE SPRINT BARREL & NEW PISTON ASSEMBLY -SOLD

REAR SPROCKET 41 teeth. Used but has plenty of life left. £40

Email me: moriniboy23@yahoo.co.uk or 07788 442155

I have plenty of photos but the 'add attachments' function doesnt work very well...

I thought he'd stopped manufacturing them a year or more ago?

You could try waterjetuk.com?
They dont mind one offs/small production runs I learn from the Butchered Classics FB group.
I was wondering about this too.
There are various engineers who make alloy yokes etc for custom-bike builders too, inc www.marmisto.co.uk/retro-bits

I have all the parts for a LH gearchange conversion looking for a good (or even terrible) home

Moved the Kickstarter 2 splines and it engages earlier and allows for a good swing. Just need to work on my technique and wear my "start ya bastard" boots. Forget usual four-stroke practice.Take up any slack on the kickstart, leave the throttle alone, just jab the KS like starting a two-s...