New Morini owner..

[Saltspringer]

Hello!

My name is Andy Higgs, I live on Saltspring Island in British Columbia and I have just picked up a 1981 500. It was stored in a dry garage for quite a few years, has 35,000km on it seems to be pretty complete. It not running but came with a small bikini fairing and windshield (not fitted), and a spare tank. It has K and N filters, however in the box of bits and pieces that the owner gave me was all the original air cleaner plumbing.

I believe it is a Strada with Sport bars and decals, but is there a VIN decoder on line that I can use to find out what the bike was when it left the factory?

I am sure that I am going to have a bunch of questions over the next few weeks and months so I just wanted to say hi and ask if there are any other Morini owners out here in western Canada.

Cheers

Andy

1946 WL45 Harley Flathead
1960 BMW R60/2
1972 BMW R60/5
Former Laverda Jota owner......

[EVguru]

The only difference between the touring and sporting versions of the 500 are the riding position.

Factory records are non existent, but some information has been built up; http://www.motomoriniclub.nl/framenumbers.html

[Saltspringer]

Thank Paul, I appreciate the link.

Cheers

Andy