Benelli Tre-K 1130K Amazonas 2015 — Specifications

The year 2012 allowed the Pesaro factory to bring a fine series of modifications to its trail bike, both somewhat adventurous in spirit and very sporty in the cylinders. The suspensions are re-adjusted for greater efficiency and to decrease the seat height. An injection update makes it more flexible and less demanding. Finally, an effort was made to improve the finish.

The spirit of this Italian trail bike remains very fast for the category. Like the Benelli three-cylinder, it cannot stay still; the TRE-K excites with the scent of adventure in this Amazonas version; to go and tear ruts along the banks of the famous Amazon River? Certainly not trussed up like that. But the Amazonas exudes that certain something, that scent of stony roads, that apprehension of branches whipping the face, that note of exoticism that would almost make you imagine Indiana Jones by its side.

Why an Amazonas series? Simply because a rider embarked on an unusual adventure: on a TREK modified and adapted for South America (and the jungle that goes with it), this crew traveled 14,000 km in 13 stages on Brazilian lands. Starting and finishing point: San Paolo - with as companions wild lands, animals not always nice, and a 1130 cm3 feline to tame.

This Trek 1130 Amazonas series is here to remind us of human adventure. The changes are minimal but sufficient to make this Trek more of an all-terrain trail bike: spoked rims fitted with baby-smooth tires, hand protections, and petal brake discs to ruffle the landscape. No technical changes to report, the Amazonas being a Trek disguised as an adventurer.

M.B - photos Constructeur