FIRST RIDE
P64
MOTO MORINI REBELLO 1200
The new Rebello
has been refined
over the previous
Corsaro model
with smoother,
more fluid power
and with a lighter
clutch action.
Yes, production did start a
year ago at Morini's Bologna
factory, with improved versions
of the Corsaro Naked streetrod,
Granpasso adventure tourer and
street Scrambler models rolling
off the assembly lines and sold
via the company's website (www.
motomorinimotorcycles.eu).
And now there's a new model –
the distinctive-looking Rebello
1200 - in an admittedly belated
celebration of Moto Morini's
75th birthday last year, when the
bike was first unveiled. The Rebello costs $18,600 in a limitededition run of 100 models, with
a series production model to
follow those first hundred bikes,
most of which have already been
pre-ordered. It's worth noting
that's a hefty $2600 more than
the Corsaro Veloce it's essentially based on.
But in learning the ropes of
the motorcycle business, Capotosti has encountered the ageold problem of being dependent
on suppliers who fail to deliver
parts on time, and to acceptable
levels of quality. It's a problem
that directly resulted in the demise of Voxan, and has nearly
put paid to Norton, Horex, Bimota and many other small boutique manufacturers.
