Thursday, 28 July 2011

Pirates ahoy!

Spotted this lovely Moto Morini Corsarino Super Scrambler parked up in Rome the other day. The Corsarino (Little Pirate) in its various guises was really popular in Italy during the Sixties and Seventies, but it's rare to see them out and about these days. In its day, it would have stood out in a sea of two strokes, with a 48cc OHV pushrod single. The SS was made from 1972-'75 (and this looks like an early model), though the Corsarino line goes back to 1963. About 3.5bhp, 59kg, 50mph, 150mpg. MP
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4 comments:

  1. #1528 July 2011 at 07:40

    is that a MT53 Pirelli on the rear?

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  2. Mick P28 July 2011 at 08:03

    #15 - yes it is an MT53, well spotted. The pic should be clickable so you can see it bigger (as you can the lower one), but doesn't seem to be for some reason.

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  3. #1528 July 2011 at 08:38

    wow, sweet!

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  4. t_s28 July 2011 at 11:44

    Lovely little things, I very nearly bougt a Zeta Zeta version a couple of years ago, it had the world's smallest clip-ons!

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