Hello from Tulsa, OK USA

The 3 1/2 forum
claymore
Posts: 21
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 17:59
Location: Tulsa, OK - USA

Post by claymore »

I bought a double drum Sport recently for £665
Holly Crap! That Morini is worth $1,150 US dollars??? :shock:

I truly wonder what Mine is worth, I'll post some pics in the next few weeks and let the community put a price on her....I'm guessing a lot more than I paid.

Steve in the US...Hey Man! Yes another Morini in the States! To answer your questions, No Battery yet and I cant get to the darn timing belt...Itching to ride this thing and see what it is all about...
FRONT TOWARD ENEMY
3narf
Posts: 138
Joined: 10 Jan 2007 12:41
Location: Tetbury

Post by 3narf »

EVguru wrote:
The Holy Grail of Morini twins remains the drum braked Sport, but lets face it they're all pretty rare. I don't know about the 350s but I figure mine to be worth around $3K. Having said that, I've seen them languish on Ebay and go for much less. Morinis suffer a bit from the same scarcity that makes them attractive to odd, er... eccentric, uh... enlightened folks like us.
I bought a double drum Sport recently for £665

Pretty rough, but all present and correct. It's an original Harglo bike, two owners from new and 12,500 miles on the clock. It had spent the last 15 years underneath a tarp in the front garden of a house in East Ham.

Warning, BIG pictures.

http://www.compton.vispa.com/Pictures/barnmorini.jpg
http://www.compton.vispa.com/Pictures/trailermorini.jpg
What a result! How did you find out about that?
EVguru
Posts: 1528
Joined: 01 Aug 2006 11:13
Location: Luton
Contact:

Post by EVguru »

Holly Crap! That Morini is worth $1,150 US dollars???
No, but it's worth £665.

The exchange rate (weak Dollar) and the UK market make all the difference.
What a result! How did you find out about that?
Believe it or not I bought it off ebay.

I got the vendors phone number and had a long chat. I also had a talk with Stewart at NLM. I think a lot of people were put off by the fairly poor pictures and the fact that it had been 'Strada-ised'.
Paul Compton
http://www.morini-mania.co.uk
http://www.youtube.com/user/EVguru
User avatar
Steve Scott
Posts: 23
Joined: 02 May 2006 17:18
Location: Pennsylvania, USA

Post by Steve Scott »

EVguru wrote:
Holly Crap! That Morini is worth $1,150 US dollars???
No, but it's worth £665.

The exchange rate (weak Dollar) and the UK market make all the difference.
What a result! How did you find out about that?
Believe it or not I bought it off ebay.

I got the vendors phone number and had a long chat. I also had a talk with Stewart at NLM. I think a lot of people were put off by the fairly poor pictures and the fact that it had been 'Strada-ised'.
I'll bet the front brake alone would pull $500.00 polished up and rebuilt!
1979 500 Sport
claymore
Posts: 21
Joined: 16 Apr 2007 17:59
Location: Tulsa, OK - USA

Post by claymore »

$1325.41 US dollars is what I calculate... 8)

Wasn't trying to be rude, Just was waaayy shocked in the price. :wink:

I guess it will be worth it...Are you going to restore the bike or part it out?
FRONT TOWARD ENEMY
EVguru
Posts: 1528
Joined: 01 Aug 2006 11:13
Location: Luton
Contact:

Post by EVguru »

It will get restored.

Sometime!


My workshop is too packed to even bring it home. It's in a very big shed on a friend's smallholding.

First I have to finish;

The Hydraulic workbench
The Motobi Tornado
The 501 engined Valentini
The electric Cagiva Freccia
etc.
etc.
Paul Compton
http://www.morini-mania.co.uk
http://www.youtube.com/user/EVguru
Monstrodamus
Posts: 15
Joined: 14 May 2018 01:36
Location: Albuquerque, NM USA

Re: Hello from Tulsa, OK USA

Post by Monstrodamus »

Greetings from Albuquerque! Post pics!
Current projects
78 Morini 3 1/2 Sport
78 Yamaha SR500
86 BMW K75
74 Porsche 914
74 Triumph TR6
Post Reply