Electric start Morinis - worth keeping E/S?
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From: Timo Geusch on 28 Aug 2008 14:39 Bob Scott wrote: > TOG(a)Toil <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> writes > > On 28 Aug, 06:46, a...(a)darkroom.+.com (A.Lee) wrote: > >> I'm just in the process of sorting out the excess spare parts for > my >> Morini basket case. > >> I have at least 2 starter motors, along with the relevant clutch > and >> engine covers. One of these covers is currently at �26 on > ebay, so it'd >> be worth selling them. > > > > >> From all reports I've seen, the electric starters are a waste of > time. >> Is this true? > > > > <Considers old late unlamented Morini 500> > > > > The worst-designed and most incapable electric start system ever > > fitted to a motorcycle, with the possible exception of the one they > > put on the last-gasp Norton Commando > > While we're talking Morini's, father-in-law has just been offered a > morini "custom". > > Squinting at the blurry photos provided it looks to be a standard 350 > Excalibur. > > Anyone care to suggest a market value? A half-sucked Werthers might be overvalueing it. -- Morini Corsaro 125 | CB450 K4 | XL250 Motosport | 900SSD | R1150RT Laverda SF2|Harley FXD BOTAFOF #33 The UKRMC FAQ: http://www.unixconsult.co.uk/bike/ukrmcfaq.html
From: Tim on 29 Aug 2008 14:07 In message <e2576eb0-d180-4c17-aacb-76561da258ea(a)m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> writes >On 28 Aug, 06:46, a...(a)darkroom.+.com (A.Lee) wrote: >> I'm just in the process of sorting out the excess spare parts for my >> Morini basket case. >> I have at least 2 starter motors, along with the relevant clutch and >> engine covers. One of these covers is currently at �26 on ebay, so it'd >> be worth selling them. >> >> From all reports I've seen, the electric starters are a waste of time. >> Is this true? > ><Considers old late unlamented Morini 500> > >The worst-designed and most incapable electric start system ever >fitted to a motorcycle, with the possible exception of the one they >put on the last-gasp Norton Commando You're not trying to say that there are worse than the one on the Norton Electra 400 are you? -- Tim http://www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk/
From: The Older Gentleman on 29 Aug 2008 14:58 Tim <tim(a)nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk> wrote: > In message > <e2576eb0-d180-4c17-aacb-76561da258ea(a)m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, > "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> writes > >On 28 Aug, 06:46, a...(a)darkroom.+.com (A.Lee) wrote: > >> I'm just in the process of sorting out the excess spare parts for my > >> Morini basket case. > >> I have at least 2 starter motors, along with the relevant clutch and > >> engine covers. One of these covers is currently at �26 on ebay, so it'd > >> be worth selling them. > >> > >> From all reports I've seen, the electric starters are a waste of time. > >> Is this true? > > > ><Considers old late unlamented Morini 500> > > > >The worst-designed and most incapable electric start system ever > >fitted to a motorcycle, with the possible exception of the one they > >put on the last-gasp Norton Commando > > You're not trying to say that there are worse than the one on the Norton > Electra 400 are you? I bow to your superior knowledge on that one. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Yamaha XT600E Honda CB400F chateau dot murray at idnet dot com "What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time and hassle for no tangible benefit."
From: Pip Luscher on 29 Aug 2008 16:48 On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:14:06 +0100, Grimly Curmudgeon <grimly4REMOVE(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote: >We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the >drugs began to take hold. I remember "TOG(a)Toil" ><totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> saying something like: > >>> >>> From all reports I've seen, the electric starters are a waste of time. >>> Is this true? >> >><Considers old late unlamented Morini 500> >> >>The worst-designed and most incapable electric start system ever >>fitted to a motorcycle, with the possible exception of the one they >>put on the last-gasp Norton Commando > >FT500, XS650? To be fair to both of those, they did work when they left >the factory. XS750. Did start the bike for a while. Otherwise best used to prime the engine prior to kickstarting it. -- -Pip
From: Tim on 29 Aug 2008 16:44
In message <1imga33.1ysjeklzkt9mqN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk>, The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> writes >Tim <tim(a)nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> In message >> <e2576eb0-d180-4c17-aacb-76561da258ea(a)m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, >> "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> writes >> >On 28 Aug, 06:46, a...(a)darkroom.+.com (A.Lee) wrote: >> >> I'm just in the process of sorting out the excess spare parts for my >> >> Morini basket case. >> >> I have at least 2 starter motors, along with the relevant clutch and >> >> engine covers. One of these covers is currently at �26 on ebay, so it'd >> >> be worth selling them. >> >> >> >> From all reports I've seen, the electric starters are a waste of time. >> >> Is this true? >> > >> ><Considers old late unlamented Morini 500> >> > >> >The worst-designed and most incapable electric start system ever >> >fitted to a motorcycle, with the possible exception of the one they >> >put on the last-gasp Norton Commando >> >> You're not trying to say that there are worse than the one on the Norton >> Electra 400 are you? > >I bow to your superior knowledge on that one. > Anyone who makes 12v by fitting two 6v batteries has me worried. AMC has a lot to answer for. -- Tim http://www.pitfieldbeershop.co.uk/ |