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Moto Board => General Monster Forum => Topic started by: ungeheuer on November 10, 2025, 12:17:13 PM

Title: New Moto Morini 3 1/2
Post by: ungeheuer on November 10, 2025, 12:17:13 PM
Yes it's built in China.  By the Chinese company Zhongneng who own the Moto Morini brand. 

But with it's 350cc V-twin it is - I think - a nice nod to the original Morini 3 1/2. 

(https://www.bikeit.gr/media/k2/galleries/39971/eicma24-motomorini-3.jpg)

The engine output numbers I've seen are less impressive though: 32bhp & 22ft-lb.  All the more disappointing when you consider that in 1975, 50 years ago, the original Morini 3 1/2 managed to crank out 39bhp & 24.8 ft-lb. 

Title: Re: New Moto Morini 3 1/2
Post by: Duck-Stew on November 10, 2025, 06:35:13 PM
A point to consider: HP measurements half a century ago may have been net and not gross.

I do like the bike.
A good nod to a vintage machine.