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I know this is a Ducati forum but we all know many Ducati nuts who have other Italian bikes in the garage. I'm one... I'm looking to adopt orphan Motobi bikes (sold in US as Benelli), these have an egg shaped motor with one forward pointing cylinder. I can't afford any more Ducatis... but I have a Motobi - and mine needs parts. I'm interested in parts, parts bikes, or whole bikes. Some parts are shared with Ducati singles too (i.e. forks, hubs, levers, etc.) so that's why I'm advertising here.

I hope to complete a Motobi based 200GP bike to get back into AHRMA racing in 2005 so any leads appreciated.

Also interested in a pushrod singles class flat track bike (probably Aermacchi but maybe Ducati or Motobi) so looking for a race ready starter bike... or usable (small metric bike) short track parts, frames, forks, spool hubs, seats, etc to build my own. Who out there has experience flattracking a 250-350cc metric vintage bike?

Thanks
hulagun@hotmail.com

Hi Ivan
For info on Motobi go to Michael Moore site ,here is the link
http://www.eurospares.com/motobi.htm
and there is Zanzani in Italia . they build very fast 250 Motobis
and have a lot of newly made racing parts
Eldert

hi Eldert-

Thanks. Michael Moore lives a mile from me...I've known him for years. I am also in touch with a dozen other Motobi nuts around the world (and have traded emails with the Zanzanis). Parts are hard to obtain so I'm hoping some will turn up if I shake the bushes enough.

It looks like some parts: the controls, wheel hubs, rims, some forks, carburetors, and most electrical components are interchangeable with Ducati singles from the 60's-70's. Dan Golich helped me out with carb parts and advice, as has Phil at RRE (Phil races a Motobi 250). I have also found some parts through the US Benelli club. I'm still trying to reach the UK Benelli club if anyone has a good email address for them please send it to me.

Anyway, we are far off topic here. Let's just say that I'd have a Ducati single but never found a decent one I could afford to buy. I hope my Motobi single will turn out to be as rewarding as Ducati singles are for those Bevelheads who have them!
Ivan in SF