Mystery Handlebar Switch

[ianlucas006]

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I have an early(ish) Strada, about 1976. It has an unusual Aprilia LH switch ref 36387. I do not know if it is original. I cannot find any reference to it on a Google search. It is missing the curved switches but otherwise works fine. I have another one that is different and almost certainly not an original fitment that shows the switch type. Any help or thoughts much appreciated. Thanks Ian

[George 350]

Can only say I've never seen one of these switches on a Morini before. '76 would have had the chromed 'snuff box' type, but back in the day people would 'update' with switches from other bikes quite often and I expect this is what happenedtoyour bike. Aprilia were a common alternative to CEV electrical stuff at the time. Personally I wouldn't expect the 'wrong' switch to make any difference to the bikes value.
For what its worth,my bikes have much later (Italian made!) Honda NSR125 switches that work brilliantly.
Regards, George

[MickeyMoto]

The middle one looks like a Laverda switch. Same as a Suzuki.

[norbert]

Building up Dulcinea the plan was: no plastic at all! It took me years to find this aluminium switch (I guess from a Laverda). In the beginning it was black and the two curved switches missing.
It takes a piece of aluminium, a pucksaw, files and patience

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Finaly it ended up like this

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Looking at yours, I guess that mine originaly had have these "feather-springs" as well. Didn´t know it, because they were missing as well. Mines are working without springs, only fixed with a screw since 2017 and 35000 km.

[ianlucas006]

Thanks all. Very impressed with your switch Norbert!. When I think about it the switch can't be original as the bike is early enough to have the lights switched on from the (rear mounted) ignition switch so you could not have had a flasher with that set up. I was more curious that a Google search didn't throw up any results for that switch, usually someone somewhere is selling one.
Yes the middle one did turn out to be Laverda, found another one and pinched the curved bits off it and now my one works. Should have another Strada back on the road soon, it was rescued from Italy and I think unused for many years.
Cheers Ian