Key performance
42 ch
Power
499 cc
Displacement
210 kg
Weight
160 km/h
Top speed
13.0 L
Fuel capacity
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Technical specifications
Changements 2000 → 1978
- Power
- 58.0 ch @ 9500 tr/min (42.3 kW) → 42.0 ch @ 8000 tr/min (30.7 kW)
- Torque
- 48.0 Nm @ 8000 tr/min → —
- Cooling
- Liquid → Air
- Compression ratio
- 10.5:1 → 8.5:1
- Bore × stroke
- 73 x 59.6 mm → 70.0 x 64.8 mm (2.8 x 2.6 inches)
- Valves/cylinder
- 4 → 2
- Camshafts
- 2 ACT → —
- Valve timing
- — → Double Overhead Cams/Twin Cam (DOHC)
- Frame
- double berceau acier → —
- Gearbox
- 6-speed → 5-speed
- Front suspension
- Fourche téléhydraulique Ø 37 mm, déb : 120 mm → —
- Rear suspension
- 2 amortisseurs latéraux, déb : 125 mm → —
- Rear brakes
- Single disc → Expanding brake
- Front tyre
- 110/80-17 → 3 50-19
- Front tyre pressure
- 2.00 bar → —
- Rear tyre
- 130/80-17 → 4.00-18
- Rear tyre pressure
- 2.25 bar → —
- Seat height
- 775.00 mm → —
- Wheelbase
- 1435.00 mm → —
- Fuel capacity
- 18.00 L → 13.00 L
- Weight
- 198.00 kg → 210.00 kg
- Dry weight
- 173.00 kg → —
- New price
- 5 483 € → —
Engine
- Displacement
- 499 cc
- Power
- 42.0 ch @ 8000 tr/min (30.7 kW)
- Engine type
- Twin, four-stroke
- Cooling
- Air
- Compression ratio
- 8.5:1
- Bore × stroke
- 70.0 x 64.8 mm (2.8 x 2.6 inches)
- Valves/cylinder
- 2
- Valve timing
- Double Overhead Cams/Twin Cam (DOHC)
Chassis
- Gearbox
- 5-speed
- Final drive
- Chain (final drive)
Brakes
- Front brakes
- Single disc
- Rear brakes
- Expanding brake
- Front tyre
- 3 50-19
- Rear tyre
- 4.00-18
Dimensions
- Fuel capacity
- 13.00 L
- Weight
- 210.00 kg
Indicators & positioning
Weight-to-power ratio
0.20 ch/kg
Volumetric power
84.2 ch/L
In category Naked bike · 250-998cc displacement (2932 motorcycles compared)
Power 42 ch Top 90%
28 ch median 77 ch 140 ch
Weight 210 kg Lighter than 42%
168 kg median 205 kg 247 kg
P/W ratio 0.20 ch/kg Top 92%
0.17 median 0.37 0.67 ch/kg
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