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 2001 → 1971
- Displacement
- 499 cc → 498 cc
- Power
- 58.0 ch @ 9500 tr/min (41.6 kW) → 48.0 ch @ 9000 tr/min (35.0 kW)
- Torque
- 46.0 Nm @ 8000 tr/min → 45.0 Nm @ 7500 tr/min
- Engine type
- Twin, four-stroke → In-line four, four-stroke
- Cooling
- liquide → Air
- Compression ratio
- 10.5:1 → 9.0:1
- Bore × stroke
- 73.0 x 59.6 mm (2.9 x 2.3 inches) → 56.0 x 50.6 mm (2.2 x 2.0 inches)
- Valves/cylinder
- 4 → 2
- Camshafts
- 2 ACT → —
- Fuel system
- Carburettor → 4x 22mm Keihin
- Valve timing
- — → Overhead Cams (OHC)
- Ignition
- CDI → Battery, with points
- Starter
- Electric → Electric starter supported with kickstarter
- Frame
- double berceau acier → —
- Gearbox
- 6-speed → 5-speed
- Front suspension
- Fourche téléhydraulique Ø 37 mm, déb : 120 mm → Telescopic fork.
- Rear suspension
- 2 amortisseurs latéraux, déb : 125 mm → 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) → —
- Rear brakes
- Single disc → Expanding brake
- Front tyre
- 110/80-H17 → 3.25-19
- Front tyre pressure
- 2.00 bar → —
- Rear tyre
- 130/80-H17 → 3.50-18
- Rear tyre pressure
- 2.25 bar → —
- Seat height
- 775.00 mm → —
- Wheelbase
- 1435.00 mm → —
- Fuel capacity
- 18.00 L → 14.00 L
- Weight
- 198.00 kg → 202.00 kg
- Dry weight
- 173.00 kg → —
- New price
- 5 483 € → —
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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