Tornado 900 TRE
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Specs:
Engine 4-stroke, 3 cylinders in line, inclined forward 15°, equipped with anti-vibration counterbalance shaft.
Bore x Stroke 88 x 49.2 mm
Displacement 898 cc
Compression ratio 11:1
Cooling Water cooling with rear mounted radiator, with two electric cooling fans.
Timing system Double overhead cam shaft, chain-driven, with 4 valves per cylinder.
Lubrication Wet sump.
Max output/rpm 105 kW at 11.500 rpm
Max torque/rpm 100 Nm at 8.500 rpm
Ignition electronic ignition
Clutch oil bath
Gearbox Six gears, fully removable.
Transmission Primary gears, final chain.
Frame mixed design. Front trusses in ASD tubular steel securely fitted with traction screws with aluminium alloy casting rear section. Steering head angle fixed 23,5°.
Suspension front: Marzocchi “upside down” stanchion fork, adjustable in compression and extension with spring pre-load;
rear: asymmetric swingarm, composed of cast aluminium and pressed in aluminium alloy, with Extreme Technology single shock absorber adjustable in compression, extension and spring pre-load.
Wheels Brembo gravity-cast aluminium alloy front 3,5”, rear 6,00”
Tyres Dunlop. Tubeless radial; front 120/70 x 17" rear 180/55 x 17"
Brakes Brembo;
front: double floating disk, diameter 320 mm, with 4-piston caliper
rear: with single disk, diameter 240, with twin piston caliper.
Dimensions Wheelbase: 1419 mm
seat height: 810 mm
Dry weight 198 kg
Tornado 900 RS
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Specs:
Engine 4-stroke, 3 cylinders in line, inclined forward 15°, equipped with anti-vibration counterbalance shaft.
Bore x Stroke 88 x 49.2 mm
Displacement 898 cc
Compression ratio 11:1
Water Cooling Water cooling with rear mounted radiator, assisted by two electric cooling fans.
Oil Cooling Frontally mounted radiator.
Distribution Double overhead cam shaft, chain-driven, with 4 valves per cylinder.
Lubrication Wet sump.
Max output/rpm 105 kW at 11.500 rpm
Max torque/rpm 100 Nm at 8.500 rpm
Ignition Electronic ignition
Clutch Oil bath
Gearbox Six gears, fully removable.
Transmission Primary gears, final chain.
Frame Mixed design. Front trusses in ASD tubular steel securely fitted with traction screws with aluminium alloy casting rear section. Steering head angle fixed 23,5°.
Suspension front: Marzocchi “upside down” stanchion fork diameter 50 mm, adjustable in compression and extension with spring pre-load; rear: asymmetric swingarm, composed of cast aluminium and pressed in aluminium alloy, with “Extreme Technology” single shock absorber adjustable in compression, duel regulation for low and high speed damping and extension and spring pre-load.
Wheels OZ in forged aluminium - Machined by Computer Numerical Control to Benelli’s specification. Front 3,5”, Rear 6.00”
Tyres tubeless, radial, Front 120/70 x 17" rear 190/50 x 17"
Brakes Brembo;
front: double floating disk, diameter 320 mm, with twin radial 4-piston caliper rear: with single disk, diameter 240, with twin piston caliper.
Dimensions Wheelbase 1419 mm
seat height 810 mm
Dry weight 195 kg
Tornado 900 TRE LE
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Specs:
Engine 4 stroke, in line three cylinder, inclined forward 15°, incorporating an antivibration counterbalance shaft.
Bore x Stroke 88 x 49,2 mm
Displacement 898 cc
Compression ratio 11:1
Cooling Water cooling with rear mounted radiator, with two electric cooling fans.
Timing system Twin cam chain driven with four valves per cylinder.
Lubrication Wet sump.
Power (max/revs) 105 kW at 11.500 rpm
Torque (max/revs) 100 Nm at 8.500 rpm
Fuel injection Sagem, electronic igniction with 1 injector for each cylinder.
Clutch Dry clutch with anti-blocking system.
Gearbox Six gears, fully removable.
Transmission Primary gears, final chain.
Frame Mixed solution. Front section in chrome-molybdeum steel tubes, rear section in hollow cast aluminium box section. Adjustable steering head angle 22,5°-24,5°.
Suspension Front: Öhlins, adjustable in compression/rebound and pre-loading fork; rear: swingarm composed of cast and pressed aluminium parts with Öhlins monoshock adjustable in compression rebound and pre-load.
Wheels Marchesini, forged aluminium wheels; front 3,5" rear 5,50"
Tyres Dunlop. Tubeless radial; front 120/70 x 17" rear 180/55 x 17"
Brakes Brembo; front: double floating discs 320 mm diam. with 4 piston calipers; rear: single disk diam. 220 mm with double piston caliper.
Dimensions Wheelbase: 1419 mm seat height: 810 mm
Dry weight 185 kg
Historie:
THE BEGINNING
Benelli was founded in Pesaro in 1911, on the intuition of a widow, Teresa Benelli, who was looking for a steady occupation for her six sons: Giuseppe, Giovanni, Francesco, Filippo, Domenico e Antonio, knows as “Tonino”. On their account, she pledged some of the family’s capital to open the “Benelli Mechanical Workshop”, dedicated to repairing the first automobiles and motorcycles and making the necessary spare parts.
In 1920 the first engine was produced, a 75cc, single-cylinder two-stroke fixed to the frame of a bicycle.
In 1921 the first motorcycle was built, with the engine which in the meantime had grown to 98 cc.
Two years later, using a version specially modified for competition, “terrible” Tonino got on the track and demonstrated outstanding natural talent, and thus started career full of satisfaction and successes, thus certifying with facts the firm’s exceptional constructional capacity.
Tonino Benelli, riding a 175 twin-shaft, won 4 Italian titles almost consecutively (in 1927, 1928 e 1930 and 1931) until a serious race accident in 1932 suddenly interrupted a sporting career that seemed almost inexorable.
THE SUCCESSES
The factory was destroyed in World War II, but the brothers retained all their enthusiasm and passion: the Firm came back to life and Benelli bikes went on to even further wins.
In 1939 Ted Mellors won the awesome Tourist Trophy.
In the sixties absolute protagonists were the unforgettable Tarquinio Provini and Renzo Pasolini, while in 1969 the enormous effort directed at competition resulted in Kel Carruthers’ victory in the 250 cc World Championship, which matched that achieved in 1950 by Dario Ambrosini at the end of a memorable season, when he won also the Tourist Trophy.
In 1962, Benelli and Motobi (the latter founded by Giuseppe Benelli as a result of disagreements with his brothers, but newly joining the parent company with the ending of family problems) were producing over 300 motorcycles a day, with 550 employees.
THE PROBLEMS
A few years later, the Japanese entry on the market opened the crisis for European makers, and in 1971 Benelli was taken over by Argentian entrepreneur Alejandro De Tomaso, who also bought Moto Guzzi the following year.
Great activity in design led to the presentation of many new models, some of which were very interesting from a technical standpoint (the unforgettable 750, subsequently becoming the 900, with 6 cylinders in a row), but which, however, couldn’t compete on the market from a quality standpoint.
Market space reduced drastically and Benelli’s glorious story stopped, in a wake of disappointment and regret for lost chances.
THE RELAUNCH
But the Benelli name is still alive in the hearts of enthusiasts, and in 1989 the hopes for rebirth were rekindled by Pesaro industrialist Giancarlo Selci.
Times, however, were not yet ripe and a few more years were needed until 1995 when Andrea Merloni officially took over a Firm full of glory and with an irresistible trademark.
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