Moto morini motorcycle recall

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Wed 8 Oct 2008 19:01
Moto morini motorcycle recall - freddy1
Units affected: 65

Recall Number: 78V009000

Summary: THE INVOLVED VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NOS. 122, "MOTORCYCLE BRAKE SYSTEMS" AND 123, "MOTORCYCLE CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS". THE PROPER LABELS IDENTIFYING THE IGNITION, TURN SIGNAL (LEFT AND RIGHT), TACHOMETER, HORN, AND LIGHTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED. THE FUEL TANK IS NOT PROPERLY LABELED AND THE ENGINE STOP SWITCH MUST BE INSTALLED AND IDENTIFIED.

Consequence:

Remedy: DEALER WILL INSTALL THE REQUIRED LABELS AND PLACARDS TO COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS.

Notes: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORCYCLES.SYSTEM: EQUIPMENT; LABELS AND PLACARDS.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: OPERATION OF THE MOTORCYCLE BY ANYONE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCATION OF THESE INSTRUMENT CONTROLS WOULD CREATE AN UNSAFE SITUATION THAT COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

Modern Health and Safety hysteria?

Build Years/Makes/Models: 1977 MOTO MORINI 350

Not really
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Wed 8 Oct 2008 20:55
Moto morini motorcycle recall - craig-pd130

... and good luck to the poor dealer that had to try and label the Italian "snuffbox" switchgear :-D

Cracking bikes though, those 350 Morini. A joy to ride.
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Wed 8 Oct 2008 20:59
Moto morini motorcycle recall - Pugugly
I knew a lad who had one of these and later a Laverda Jota. Saw him recently in a French MPV.......

....wanders off down memory lane. whistling "what became of the people we used to be ?"
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Wed 8 Oct 2008 21:09
Moto morini motorcycle recall - freddy1
the reason i was informed , was that untill recently i owned a moto morini dart , the clothed 350 , using the cagiva 125 chassis ,,,,nuf said
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Wed 8 Oct 2008 21:50
Moto morini motorcycle recall - Robin Reliant
They were beautiful looking bikes, I lusted after one desperately but somehow never got round to it.
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Wed 8 Oct 2008 22:09
Moto morini motorcycle recall - Harleyman
Think this was a result of some American legal requirements; in the 70's the Yanks went seriously overboard with bike legislation, mainly on alleged safety grounds ....... is this starting to sound familiar?

All gearchanges were standardised to left-side; this had the effect of excluding Laverda from the US market altogether, and forcing Triumph, Norton and even Harley-Davidson to adopt Heath-Robinson crossover linkages which had a seriously detrimental effect on the bikes' rideability. Throttles had to have return springs, bikes got plastered with side reflectors and enough idiot stickers to sink a battleship......... and it did absolutely nothing to stop people who rode badly getting killed.

As the Yanks say, you can't fix stupid.
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Wed 8 Oct 2008 22:09
Moto morini motorcycle recall - freddy1
robin , just for you hk.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4hyKY41sM8 don,t worry about it being at 90 degrees , you will see why soon, the guy behind (trying to keep up?) is on a 1000cc multi cyl bike , the little morini is a 350 capable of about 99 mph

enjoy

alan
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Thu 9 Oct 2008 10:05
Moto morini motorcycle recall - craig-pd130
Very nice, Cadwell's lovely isn't it?

What happened at 47 seconds into the video? The rider took a couple of dabs :-)
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