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The two motorcycles from the Moto Morini Seiemmezzo family – STR street roadster and SCR scrambler – take on the 650cc middleweight category.

After years of silence and inactiveness, Moto Morini executed its first ground-breaking launch with the X-Cape 650 adventure tourer. With the X-Cape 650, Moto Morini began a new journey by reviving its identity. The Italian marquee vowed to launch more new-age middleweight motorcycles following the X-Cape. And keeping its promise, it has come up with two all-new motorcycles under the brand new Moto Morini Seiemmezzo family.

The two brand new motorcycles in the Moto Morini Seiemmezzo family – Seiemmezzo SCR and Seiemmezzo STR – will be live for sale from September. While the Seiemmezzo SCR is a scrambler, the Seiemmezzo STR is a roadster, with both the motorcycles sharing their core mechanicals under the skin. However, as expected, both the motorcycles are targeted to different audiences with their different approaches to styling and ergonomics. Here, we look at what these two new middleweight motorcycles from Moto Morini have got to offer.

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With the Seiemmezzo STR (street), Moto Morini will cater to the potential buyers of the middleweight naked roadsters following a modern approach. On the other hand, the Moto Morini Seiemmezzo SCR (scrambler) aims at those who love their motorcycles to have a retro essence in their design.

The Seiemmezzo STR and Seiemmezzo SCR share a rounded headlamp unit, which comprises a daytime running LED on its circumference and a centrally-placed LED projector. But it is where the similarities between the two motorcycles end at the front. The Seiemmezzo STR gets a tiny visor above the headlamp and a regular fender above the front wheel. On the other hand, the Seiemmezzo SCR has a larger front visor, high-mounted body-colored fender, golden finish for the front forks, and shrouds for the lower part of the front forks.

The differences between both the motorcycles become more apparent when you move sideways. The Seiemmezzo STR and Seiemmezzo SCR share the same 16-liter fuel tank, though the SCR also gets grip pads on the knee recesses. Both these motorcycles get different-looking side body panels and differing shrouds for the radiator ahead of their engines. While the Seiemmezzo STR gets a curved black-colored seat and alloy wheels, the Seiemmezzo SCR has a tan leather seat with a ribbed design and spoke wheels, along with a large engine sump guard at the bottom.

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While both have a floating design for their sections, they have different-looking slim LED tail lamps, with the SCR also getting a small fender attached to the tail section. The elements common to both motorcycles are a rear tire hugger with LED turn indicators, backlit handlebar switches, and a 5-inch full-TFT instrument console. This modern-looking display unit ahead of the handlebar features Bluetooth connectivity, through which you can manage a phone and two headset devices simultaneously.

Moto Morini has also revealed the color options for both models of the Seiemmezzo family - Starlight White, Fire Red, and Smoky Anthracite for the STR, and Navy Green, Night Black, and Blue Storm for the STR.

‘Seiemmezzo’ means ‘six and a half’ in Italian. With this nomenclature, Moto Morini has indicated that the motorcycles of this family get 650cc engines as their hearts. The four-stroke, inline-twin, liquid-cooled, 649cc engine of the Seiemmezzo family is not an all-new mill, as we have already seen this engine in the Moto Morini’s revival model, the X-Cape.

In both the motorcycles of the Seiemmezzo family - the STR and SCR, this 650cc inline-twin engine produces 61 hp of maximum power – 1 hp more than what it claims in the X-Cape. Though, the maximum torque output is the same at 39.8 lb-ft. Both the motorcycles have a 6-speed gearbox paired to the engine and claim a top speed of 105.6 mph.

Moto Morini has given both the motorcycles of the Seiemmezzo family an aluminum swingarm and the same suspension combination. The STR and SCR get 43mm upside-down Kayaba forks at the front and Kayaba mono-shock at the rear. The suspension setup for both ends claims 120mm travel and adjustability for preload, rebound, and compression. Even the braking combination – twin 298mm discs with floating calipers at the front and a single 255mm disc at the rear – is the same for both models.

Let’s discuss the dissimilarities now. Both the STR and SCR from the Seiemmezzo family have similar tire sizes – 120/70-18 front and 160/60-17 rear. However, while the STR comes equipped with Pirelli Angel GT tires, the SCR runs on Pirelli MT60RS tires. Furthermore, the SCR measures 2.8 inches wider and 1.38 inches taller than the STR. On the SCR, you get a more upright seating posture with a slightly higher-set handlebar, much like other scramblers on sale right now.

Hailing from India, Jeo has grown up dreaming about a red-colored Porsche 911. This fascination led him to study more about cars and their functionality in his automotive engineering days from the past. His passion for writing about cars directed him towards blogging, which he has been doing for almost a decade.