Welcome new forum members - introduce yourself

[3potjohn]

As a ex-inhabitant of Wroughton ,welcome to the club.
John

[budge]

Hi all, I live in Perth (Scotland) just turned 63 and bought my first Morini a 1981 3 1/2 Strada (as a non-runner) shortly before that, I now have it running with a lot of advice from Mark Bridger and by joining the Morini rider club and Mark's help I have saved money by not buying a new ignition system.

I got my first bike at 12 or 13 so 50 years riding now, roads, 28 years road racing on solos and as a sidecar passenger but stopped racing 10 years back and now ride my BMW R75/7 that I rebuilt over last winter and have done the best part of 3000 miles on so far this year.

I am looking forward to getting the morini on the road but still need to find a petrol cap seal as it is split.

[morini_tom]

Welcome to the club and to Morini ownership,

For the fuel cap seal, I bought some 1.5mm thick Viton sheet from eBay and cut my own to size. Easy job with a pair of scissors and a small drill bit or bradawl to put the centre and breather holes in. The filler cap can be unscrewed to remove and replace the seal.

[MickeyMoto]

Hi all, I live in Perth (Scotland) just turned 63 and bought my first Morini a 1981 3 1/2 Strada (as a non-runner) shortly before that, I now have it running with a lot of advice from Mark Bridger and by joining the Morini rider club and Mark's help I have saved money by not buying a new ignition system.

I got my first bike at 12 or 13 so 50 years riding now, roads, 28 years road racing on solos and as a sidecar passenger but stopped racing 10 years back and now ride my BMW R75/7 that I rebuilt over last winter and have done the best part of 3000 miles on so far this year.

I am looking forward to getting the morini on the road but still need to find a petrol cap seal as it is split.

So, two bikes I rate highly. The airheads are marvellous, long distance machines. Was up your way a few weeks ago, visiting Taste Perthshire for a BMW meeting. An easy 300 mile day. Lovely part of the world.

[budge]

Welcome to the club and to Morini ownership,

For the fuel cap seal, I bought some 1.5mm thick Viton sheet from eBay and cut my own to size. Easy job with a pair of scissors and a small drill bit or bradawl to put the centre and breather holes in. The filler cap can be unscrewed to remove and replace the seal.


Hi Tom, Thanks for the welcome and info on the tank cap seal, I will have a look and see what I can find.

[budge]

Hi all, I live in Perth (Scotland) just turned 63 and bought my first Morini a 1981 3 1/2 Strada (as a non-runner) shortly before that, I now have it running with a lot of advice from Mark Bridger and by joining the Morini rider club and Mark's help I have saved money by not buying a new ignition system.

I got my first bike at 12 or 13 so 50 years riding now, roads, 28 years road racing on solos and as a sidecar passenger but stopped racing 10 years back and now ride my BMW R75/7 that I rebuilt over last winter and have done the best part of 3000 miles on so far this year.

I am looking forward to getting the morini on the road but still need to find a petrol cap seal as it is split.

So, two bikes I rate highly. The airheads are marvellous, long distance machines. Was up your way a few weeks ago, visiting Taste Perthshire for a BMW meeting. An easy 300 mile day. Lovely part of the world.

Thanks Mickey, I do love my R75 and hope I can love the Morini as much. A 300-mile day to come up for a BMW meeting well done, I didn't know we had one.