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    ACCESSIBLE ADVENTURE

    Jan 05, 2022 6 minutes
    WORDS: Ross Mowbray
    PHOTOGRAPHY:
    Florian Meuret and Rodolphe Herpet

    Moto Morini X-Cape

    It might have been a little while since you’ve heard anything about Moto Morini, but the Italian firm is still here. It’s another one of those iconic Italian manufacturers that has endured multiple changes of ownership and brief periods of inactivity, but since being bought out by Chinese automotive giant Zongshen in 2018 things have been a bit more steady. Recently it’s been knocking out a small range of slightly unique models that include the naked Corsaro, the retro-styled Milano and the V-twin powered Super Scrambler. But it’s shaking things up for 2022 with the introduction of a new middleweight adventure bike: the X-Cape 650.

    It should come as no great surprise that Moto Morini has chosen to fight for a slice of the mid-sized adventure bike market. Kawasaki’s Versys 650 (with which the X-Cape shares plenty) has been cleaning up for years, the only real choice for bikers of a certain persuasion who know that you don’t need 1000cc

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