From the first commercial 3-wheelers they made in 1938, to their first true motorcycle in 1946, Italy’s Moto Morini has been all about the automotive passion, just like so many Italian manufacturers. And the takeovers, family ownership battles and bankruptcies of course…
But recent years have seen a resurgence, and with Italian design continuing, but backed by Chinese money since 2018, the firm from Trivolzio, south of Milan has been making a name for itself once more.
The X-Cape 650 adventure bike was launched after Covid in 2021 and has been selling steadily in Europe, but now, for 2025 Moto Morini has announced the launch of the Alltrhike, its first small-displacement off-road bike.
They say the name “Alltrhike” evokes the English word “Hike,” highlighting its adventurous spirit and capability to tackle rugged trails and long journeys off the beaten path, but I must say it evokes something more akin to a capable 3-wheeler, rather like the products they began making back in 1938.
Anyway, I get the idea, it’s meant to be “the perfect companion for those who seek to immerse themselves in nature and experience the freedom that only this twin-cylinder can offer”. We are yet to ride it of course as it’s only just been released at the show in EICMA, but like every Moto Morini it’s certainly great looking and key features include light weight, and the 21″ front wheel, hallmark of outstanding stability off-road.
The Moto Morini Alltrhike is powered by a 450cc DOHC twin-cylinder engine making 44 horsepower, which sounds like it’ll provide plenty of performance to propel its 170kgs, especially in rest-of-the-world situations.
Hanging off the steel frame and aluminium swinging arm suspension is by renowned Kayaba, with 41mm upside down front forks providing 210mm of travel, preload, compression and rebound adjustment. At the rear the shock has a progressive linkage, enables adjustment for spring preload and damping, and 190mm of wheel travel.
Braking is by 4-piston caliper up front, gripping a 320mm disc, and 2-piston caliper at the rear acting on a 255mm disc. As is common now the ABS is switch-offable for dirt riding.
Ground clearance is a respectable 220mm according to the press pack and the seat height 820mm, a not unreasonable height for a bike like this. Other spec of interest to us travelling types is that the standard tank is 18 litres. This isn’t massive but as with Honda’s CRF the expectation is this little engine, which is Euro 5+ efficient, will be economical so the range should be good for a decent day in the saddle.
There is of course USB porting and what they call an intuitive navigation system among the electronica, but I’m just delighted that there’s a centre-stand as standard!
No price as yet, but it’ll appeal to A2 and full licence holders so hopefully they’ll aim to sell lots of units. We’ll do our best to ensure that there’s an Alltrhike and the new Moto Morini X-Cape 700 available to test ride at The Overland Event 2025.
