Designer	Massimo Tamburini	Premiere
Production period	1976	Production number	1
Power	47 KW (64 PS)	Displacement	247 cc
Topspeed	acc. to ratio	Weight	105 kg
Price		Colours	white
Technical basis	Morbidelli 250

The Italian Giancarlo Morbidelli founded a company in 1959 in Pesaro, a small town on the Adriatic Sea located about 40 kilometers south of Rimini, specializing in the production of woodworking machines. The company experienced significant success in its first ten years, exporting its machines worldwide. This success allowed Morbidelli, a motorcycle enthusiast and amateur racer, to expand the business by adding a motorcycle division.

In 1969, a factory team participated for the first time in national and international races in the 50cc class, winning the Italian championship. The following year, Morbidelli also entered the 125cc category and achieved further victories. In both 1976 and 1977, Morbidelli won the 125cc World Championship.

For the 1976 season, Morbidelli planned to move up to the next category, the 250cc class, and developed a water-cooled twin-cylinder engine with rotary valve control based on the successful 125cc engine. The engine was rated at 64 horsepower.

In search of the right chassis, a prototype was commissioned from Bimota. Tamburini then designed an open-cradle double-loop tubular frame with a central shock absorber and a coaxially mounted box-section swingarm – a construction largely based on the SB1, which had been introduced a year earlier.

The machine shown in the photos is a replica built using original parts by Giancarlo Morbidelli and Franco Dionigi, a former Morbidelli racing engineer.