Key performance
48 ch
Power
498 cc
Displacement
202 kg
Weight
179 km/h
Top speed
14.0 L
Fuel capacity
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Technical specifications
Changements 1999 → 1973
- Displacement
- 499 cc → 498 cc
- Power
- 57.0 ch @ 9500 tr/min (41.6 kW) → 48.0 ch @ 9000 tr/min (35.0 kW)
- Torque
- 34.7 Nm @ 8000 tr/min → 45.0 Nm @ 7500 tr/min
- Engine type
- Twin, four-stroke → In-line four, four-stroke
- Cooling
- Liquid → Air
- Compression ratio
- — → 9.0:1
- Bore × stroke
- — → 56.0 x 50.6 mm (2.2 x 2.0 inches)
- Valves/cylinder
- 4 → 2
- Fuel system
- Carburettor. Keihin 2 x 34 mm VP type → 4x 22mm Keihin
- Valve timing
- Double Overhead Cams/Twin Cam (DOHC) → Overhead Cams (OHC)
- Ignition
- Digital transistorised with electronic advance → Battery, with points
- Starter
- Electric → Electric starter supported with kickstarter
- Frame
- Double cradle of tubular and box-section steel construction → —
- Gearbox
- 6-speed → 5-speed
- Clutch
- Wet multi-plate, calbe-operated → —
- Front suspension
- 37 mm oil-damped telescopic forks → Telescopic fork.
- Rear suspension
- Twin shoks acting on a steel, box-section swingarm → Swingarm, double hydraulic shock's with adjustable spring preload
- Front wheel travel
- 115 mm (4.5 inches) → —
- Rear wheel travel
- 117 mm (4.6 inches) → —
- Front brakes
- Single disc. Nissin 2-piston sliding caliper → Single disc
- Rear brakes
- Single disc. Brembo single piston sliding caliper → Expanding brake
- Front tyre
- 110/80-17 57H → 3.25-19
- Rear tyre
- 130/80-17 65H → 3.50-18
- Seat height
- 775.00 mm → —
- Wheelbase
- 1435.00 mm → —
- Ground clearance
- 145.00 mm → —
- Length
- 2090.00 mm → —
- Width
- 720.00 mm → —
- Height
- 1050.00 mm → —
- Fuel capacity
- 18.00 L → 14.00 L
- Weight
- — → 202.00 kg
- Dry weight
- 173.00 kg → —
Engine
- Displacement
- 498 cc
- Power
- 48.0 ch @ 9000 tr/min (35.0 kW)
- Torque
- 45.0 Nm @ 7500 tr/min
- Engine type
- In-line four, four-stroke
- Cooling
- Air
- Compression ratio
- 9.0:1
- Bore × stroke
- 56.0 x 50.6 mm (2.2 x 2.0 inches)
- Valves/cylinder
- 2
- Fuel system
- 4x 22mm Keihin
- Valve timing
- Overhead Cams (OHC)
- Ignition
- Battery, with points
- Starter
- Electric starter supported with kickstarter
Chassis
- Gearbox
- 5-speed
- Final drive
- Chain (final drive)
- Front suspension
- Telescopic fork.
- Rear suspension
- Swingarm, double hydraulic shock's with adjustable spring preload
Brakes
- Front brakes
- Single disc
- Rear brakes
- Expanding brake
- Front tyre
- 3.25-19
- Rear tyre
- 3.50-18
Dimensions
- Fuel capacity
- 14.00 L
- Weight
- 202.00 kg
Indicators & positioning
Weight-to-power ratio
0.24 ch/kg
Torque / weight
0.22 Nm/kg
Volumetric power
96.4 ch/L
In category Naked bike · 249-996cc displacement (2813 motorcycles compared)
Power 48 ch Top 79%
26 ch median 74 ch 129 ch
Weight 202 kg Lighter than 52%
162 kg median 202 kg 241 kg
P/W ratio 0.24 ch/kg Top 82%
0.15 median 0.35 0.61 ch/kg
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