| Luxury Lifestyle: Luxury Cars & Vehicles, Motorcycles, Moto Morini |
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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. |
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| 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. 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. |
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| 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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