New member with dodgy wheels!
Posted: 01 Feb 2022 16:50
Hi everyone. My name is Dave and I have just joined the club having been lurking around in the shadows for years! I fell in love with the 350 Sport back in 1978 when returning home on my 1966 Honda CB160 from day release at Willesden Technical College when a 350 Sport overtook me on the north circular. I kept up with it for a while in the heavy traffic and was stunned by the exhaust note and the looks of it. I of course wnated to buy one but the price of one was horrendous so I ended up with a CB400/4 and instead carried on dreaming about a 350 Morini Sport and the Laverda Jota as the two bikes I really wanted to own one day.
Moving on a good few years I purchased a genuine UK 1977 350 Sport in 2011 in a rather poor condition and set about its restoration. NLM rebuilt the engine and I did the rest. The bike has been finished for about 9 years and I have had many happy hours riding around. The one big mistake I made during the restoration concerns the wheels, they were an off-white colour when I purchased the bike but all the other paint was factory original. I made a big mistake by not having the wheels re-painted at the tiime and every time I look at the bike the wheels stand out especially the back one that gets its fair share of chain lube thrown up at it.
In view of the above I would like to get the wheels repainted. Having looked at various photos etc I am unable to decide what colour they should be, some appear to be silver whilst others appear to be grey. Can anyone point me in the right direction, is there a specific colour as in a RAL colour or did Moto Morini use whatever was available in the parts bin as Laverda seem to have done?
I also have a Laverda Jota 120 that I've owned for 20 years and am currently restoring a Dresda Triton I built 18 years ago and being of British stock it requires yet another rebuild!
Moving on a good few years I purchased a genuine UK 1977 350 Sport in 2011 in a rather poor condition and set about its restoration. NLM rebuilt the engine and I did the rest. The bike has been finished for about 9 years and I have had many happy hours riding around. The one big mistake I made during the restoration concerns the wheels, they were an off-white colour when I purchased the bike but all the other paint was factory original. I made a big mistake by not having the wheels re-painted at the tiime and every time I look at the bike the wheels stand out especially the back one that gets its fair share of chain lube thrown up at it.
In view of the above I would like to get the wheels repainted. Having looked at various photos etc I am unable to decide what colour they should be, some appear to be silver whilst others appear to be grey. Can anyone point me in the right direction, is there a specific colour as in a RAL colour or did Moto Morini use whatever was available in the parts bin as Laverda seem to have done?
I also have a Laverda Jota 120 that I've owned for 20 years and am currently restoring a Dresda Triton I built 18 years ago and being of British stock it requires yet another rebuild!