MRC Forum- brought to you by www.morini-riders-club.com Member: g7AW3f

Hi, new to the forum and have been lurking to see if any 350's or 250's appear in classifieds.

Anyway, i'm looking for my first bike, been a scooter (vespa) rider for a long enough. I'm not looking for a fast bike or a sports bike, but i do want something that will be able to keep up on motorways. i don't intend to use it for long journeys, just some commuting mainly.
My initial look was at a small guzzi v-twin v35 or v50, but i had a look and sat on a V50 monza, but i felt the reach to the bars was a bit stretched.
Anyone know how this would compare on a 350. I have seen a few for sale in dealers but it does mean travelling and i don't want to get there and find its not suitable.

Rendo;

Welcome to the Forum...

We (well, mostly) will all think that the small Morini is better than the small Guzzi - or any other for that matter

The Strada is a good bike for commuting - light and quick enough. The buyers guide on the club site (you're in it here...) has good advice. Summarising brutally - a late Strada or K2 is best - good brakes and simple to look after with all the uprated parts. Apart from the very early (collectable and therefore expensive) Stradas the seat is decent enough, and comfy, especially for small / medium sized riders, being light and low. When you run out of petrol, you can push it for miles....

North Leicester have stocks of most spares and a good reliable postal service - the "old" Morinis worldwide would be dead without them (my view).

Join the club, contact the club librarian (Supermoto Dave on this forum) for copy tests and get some feed back from others on here. With luck we might even see you at the 2009 Scottish Show in March....

Good hunting,

CC