Morini Troubleshooting

[Dave31]

Absolutely Goat, I am gonna fix that play in the Bell! Big thanks for sharing what you have learned with the Morini. I will post all about it when I finally do it.

Yeah I forgot to share about the fuel......

I ran Turbo Blue Unleaded and had a little better throttle response, not much but did make a difference. And yes, I did use way less fuel, thats one thing I did notice big time.

Turbo Blue Unleaded is a high performance, street legal, competition gasoline formulated for carbureted, fuel-injected or turbo-charged performance engines. Ideal for compression ratios up to 12:1.In addition, Turbo Blue Unleaded is tested for no manganese and complies with regulations governing most major race sanctioning organizations and is street legal.d

 

[Goat Herder]

That lead me to a thought? What if it is oiling less at the better miles to gallon so to speak? Just a thought was tumbling that one in my head? Use less fuel get less oil..

 

[flex man]

Hey Guys
Just plunked down the money for a 9.4hp boxer the blue one ..Cant wait
will pick it up next friday...........Flex Man.........

 

[magicalpancake]

Hey Guys
Just plunked down the money for a 9.4hp boxer the blue one ..Cant wait
will pick it up next friday...........Flex Man.........

Wow start a new thread on that engine and let us know how to works out for you =)

 

[Old Reliable]

Just joined this site, but am pretty seasoned with building, servicing, and operating motorbikes. Have been spending the last two weeks turning a Giant bicycle into an 11.4 hp liquid cooled morini hot ros. The build is almost complete, with only installation of exhaust to go. First thing I noticed is the morinis are totally different than the ht motors in the sense that they have absolutely no power without a pipe. The ht motors haul without a pipe! Or should the engine be pulling even without a pipe on the morini? Not sure bc this is my first morini. At any rate, looking forward to fabricating and mounting the pro circuit pipe and silencer I purchased. Will post pics when the build is complete.

 

[Emerica]

Yes, different beast than a HT, two different worlds in build tolerances.
Don't run without a pipe, engine needs back pressure, could create a lean condition.
Clutch and engine need break-in time.

 

[Old Reliable]

Thanks Emerica. I had to take the pipe to get fabricated in order to squeeze into the gap between the engine and frame. Exhaust looks so rad. This bike is fast! First time I took it for a test ride it scared the living daylights out of me. Wasnt expecting that kind of speed. I swear im hitting close to 55 or 60 mph. I was trembling when I got off the bike. Couple things I am weary on though. The clutch engages at a high rpm. And it will run for about a mile and then all of a sudden bog out. Fuel is open. I figured engine was getting too hot, so I made a scoop to channel air across the surface of the radiator. After I did that the engine stayed on, but after about 2 miles my rpms will not respond to the throttle. I turn gas and it maxes out at only about 40. No matter how much gas I give it the rpms stay the same. But when the bike runs after sitting for a while it is ridiculously fast. I wanna do 60 all the time! Why is the engine responding in this undesirable way? One more thing, is it safe to use antifreeze in the liquid cooled engines? Thanks!

 

[Old Reliable]

Was admiring my morini today when i noticed a very sad distressful occurence: My seat tube is cracked right where the engine mounts connects. I shouldve put a thicker rubber spacer there. 6 months of riding, it was bound to happen. Should i weld it, or just get a new bike?

 

[Goat Herder]

Here is a nice read for you... you decide? As for me I do not use rubber mounts what so ever and my engine is truly mounted ''solid''. https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...ds-cse&usg=AFQjCNHutLoOwcwY2vDZN6p-t-XCizIZLA

I have never broke a engine mount ether with my present solid mounted engines. Thing is in my humble opinion mounted solid in a manner where it simply cannot vibrate no fatigue ever happens. I say good beefy solid welded mounts. That's just me.Perhaps think of it this way? Just trying to draw a picture with out to much typing . It's me bed time lol. If I just had any ol material and rattled it to heck to break it apart what would be the best way for me to efficiently to destroy something?


I got to work on bowling machines at one time. One of the things I go to watch was when the bushings were plumb wore out of one of the great big pin rakes,, the frame tubing would crack. ''the rattling effect' I had 30 other machines to compare this to.

 

[Old Reliable]

Im thinking of welding the crack, which is halfways around the downtube, and sliding a solid rob down at the point where the seat tube ends, to provide a solid base around the pinch point on the tube that meets the mount. A new bike is tempting though

 

[magicalpancake]

Getting a new frame would be more cost effective in the long run.. that is unless you're a do it yourself kinda person w resources