Italian finery

Though it’s ‘just’ a modest 175 Turismo, this excellent Moto Morini enjoys many of the attributes which make its more exotic stablemates so revered.

Words and photographs: JAMES ADAM BOLTON

Over 20 years ago I was living and working in Italy, and as a fan and owner of Italian motorcycles, I’d always try and indulge my passion in any way I could. One weekend, I had to drive from Livorno, on the Tuscan coast, to Bologna, for a work opportunity, so I decided to pass by Via Bergami 7 to look at the old Morini factory. Closed for a good nine years by then, the large red ‘Moto Morini’ letters had disappeared from the top of the factory, but apart from that, the old plant, though now a building site, looked more or less the same as it had done when I last saw it, still barely in activity, in 1990 – closing two years later in 1992. Sad to see, as…

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The Classic MotorCycle (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024

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