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| Luxury Lifestyle: Autos & Vehicles, Motorcycles, Moto Morini |
| cars - motorcycles - vintage |
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| Moto Morini was founded by Alfonso Morini in Bologna, in 1937. He had a workshop repairing motorcycles, when a businessmam asked him to build a single cylinder 125cc 2 stroke racing bike. In 1927 the motorcycle named MM took 6 world records at Monza. In 1937 Alfonso Morini founed the Moto Morini and started producing a 350cc and a 500cc 3 wheelers. During the second war, Morini manufactured aeronautical components. Aftrer the war, in 1946 Moto Morini went back to produce motorcycles, a new single cylinder, 2 stroke 125cc, 3 speed transmission that had a great success in competitions, followed by a 125cc 4 stroke that exceed 140km/h. In 1958 it was designed a 250cc that won at Monza, with a speed of 225km/h. Moto Morini because very famous thanks to Giacomo Agostini that was Junior Champion in 1963. |
| In 1963 Moto Morini missed the World Championship by only 2 points. In 1970 after Alfonso Morini died, Mr. Franco Lambertini became the new manager and designer.In the '70 Moto Morini launched a very revolutionary new 350cc V twin engine motorcycles, followed by a 500cc in 1981. All components were the best on the market, Dell'Orto carburetors, Marzocchi front fork, Grimeca discs. |
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| In the 1987 Gabriella Morini, Alfonso Morini daugther, decided to sell the firm to Cagiva Group, that after a few years sold the firm to Texas Pacific Group. In 1999 the Morini Franco Motori, a small engine manufacturing company founded by Alfonso's nephew, became the new owner of Moto Morini. Now Moto Morini launched 2 new models, the Corsaro 1.200cc, and the Corsaro Veloce, naked bike both powered by an 1.200cc V twin cylinder engine that develops 140HP, designed by Franco Lambertini. |
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