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The Italian job

With reference to the article in The Classic MotorCycle, December 2019, on the Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone, I would like to inform you that your regular reporting on classic Italian bikes had an influence on my latest decision to purchase a 1979 Moto Morini 3½ Strada.

As a long-time subscriber to your magazine, I am always very pleased to receive the new issue by post here in Germany. My motorcycle purchases of the past have been influenced by your reports about the classic bike scene – my motorcycle career: 1995 Yamaha SR500, 1975 Puch MS50V, 1931 Triumph KV200 from Triumph Werke Nurnberg and now, finally, Franco Lambertini’s masterpiece – the 350cc V-twin Moto Morini

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