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As norbet says in his research the belts are industrial not automotive spec, I fitted an nlm supplied b belt so tight the belt smoked , it was a bog standard over the counter mega dyne isoran which could be bought from any bearing suppliers , at the time I was new to the morini and not clued up, it ...

Yep I know the feeling just bought a brand new dunlop belt and it's a slack fit , couldn't get a gates belt as the local bearing supplier has closed down your welcome to it if you want it, have put the old gates back on , I have changed the crank pulley when I did the engine rebuild many years back ...

It's another part of the slow demise of the culture we used to have , but now we cling onto , I don't have to make a list we all know what's happening , the old order is not going anywhere soon , find some four star stick it in the tank and make as much noise and burn and blow as much smoke as we ca...

That's jogged my memory when I bought the bike it came with a half bottle of valvemaster , me being me the doubting Thomas I never bothered, I will get some for peace of mind , maybe ex haust valves run hotter so a bit more ware in the valve seat , I could never get my head round thrre being no valv...

Hello all, noticed ex valves have closed up a bit , when I checked tappets , engine cold. Should I be putting additive in the petrol , I have never bothered last time I did them was 5k miles ago the inlet valves were spot on only ex valves a bit tight , I use shell petrol , any thoughts , ps the pet...

I know you said you have checked the timing, if you have a stobe light ,see if the advance is working when you rev the engine , just a thought as all the carb issues have been covered , you should see the timing marks move away from each other upto 6k then full advance , you prob may have tried this .

In my youth I purchased an over priced enfield bullet 50s redditch one, I hadn't got onto the bhp thing , so methinks 350cc must be fast it's bigger than a 125 etc how disappointed I was when I ragged the life out of it and blew the big end , a crock of shit was now mine, holding back the tears I re...

No the carb set up is standard factory spec as with the air box fitted all jets standard , needle position same nothing alterd just a tweak to the air screws , no issues runs fine spark plug colour within normal range . Tuto gas muller.

Have you checked the brake caliper the pads can rattle a bit , and disc is not loose I had a snapped bolt in there that did similar noise the disc was moving a bit , and caliper bolts to fork leg were not tight , if you have brake drum set up check all springs are on the shoes and nothing catching t...

I was told by a very knowing morini owner not to attempt to remove the speedo drive as i would prob damage it in the process I asked him if he could remove it and the second word was off , the wheel had been painted with a matt black exhaust paint, nice! Elbow grease and wet and dry was the order of...

Yea your right george they are sunk in the depths a bit , it's been at least five years since the plugs were out , but still running sweet , you get the idea, the sentiment is well placed unlike my long plug spanner. Tuto gas . Muller .

Back street test, have you removed the plugs and kicked the bike over with your thumb over the plug hole it should be obvious if compression is low , should be able to feel the cylinder pressure I could be way off the mark here but have you checked the clutch isn't slipping when you kick the bike ov...

When I rebuilt the engine I had all the casings blasted to remove all the black factory paint finish which looked awful to be honest and left it all alloy which is not correct I know for the year but it looked to good to paint in my opinion , if it's originality your going for maybe it's worth takin...

Thanks for the info on that , best stick with what I've got better the devil you know, good to know never the less ta muller

The ducati electronica pick up which I have on mine, moves as one , does the nlm set up have two pick ups like having two sets of points if you follow me , giving the option of timing the front and rear pots separately can only think this is the case , never really give it a thought till now interes...