Sebring is a vintage moped model that was labeled by Motobecane from France and Motomarina from Italy.  They came with a few engine choices by Italian engine manufactures Minarelli or Franco Morini.  This Moped of the Day is a Motomarina Sebring with Morini M1 case inducted two-stroke engine. We stumbled across this very nice build on the inner webs pages of Moped Army built by Dan Ott. https://www.mopedarmy.com/forums/read.php?1,4140721

MOTOMARINA SEBRING APPEARANCE

The Sebring has been built into a brat style moped.  The original seat with storage cow has been replaced with a nice brown leather low profile seat.  The forks, tank, side covers, and front fender are all original but have been restored to an original finish.  Bernardi 5 star curved mags also know as “Acorn” wheels are paired with large 2.75 Sava MC51 tires. Black and gold drive chain works well with the black and gold colors of the Sebring. Puch Magnum LTD fairing added to the front with some clip-on handlebars to complete the brat look of the moped.

This Motomarina has some good custom frame or metal work as well. The frame under the seat has been finished to match well with the seat. The original swing-arm has been stretched and braced to support the stretch and looks good too. The rear fender is left off but the swing-arm holds a license plate bracket that extends to the end of the tire.  Center stand has been extended as well.

ENGINE

Franco Morini M1 engine with material added for kit | semigloss black high temp VHT paint on the cases | 70cc Derbi Metrakit case matched | aluminum base spacer with multiple gaskets for squish and timing | piston polished and cut for boost transfer port | exhaust port opened and polished | transfer ports opened on kit | cylinder polished | polished head and decomp plugged | custom intake by Dan allows for VForce reeds | blk blk 24mm OKO carburetor | HPI CDI mini rotor ignition system | MLM derbi H95 side bleed pipe – flat reed variant