Key performance
60 ch
Power
499 cc
Displacement
196 kg
Weight
195 km/h
Top speed
18.0 L
Fuel capacity
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Technical specifications
Changements 2001 → 1990
- Power
- 60.0 ch @ 9800 tr/min (36.5 kW) → 60.0 ch @ 9800 tr/min (43.8 kW)
- Torque
- 47.0 Nm @ 8500 tr/min → —
- Cooling
- liquide → Liquid
- Camshafts
- 2 ACT → —
- Fuel system
- Carburettor → —
- Valve timing
- — → Double Overhead Cams/Twin Cam (DOHC)
- Frame
- Double berceau tubulaire en acier → —
- Front suspension
- Fourche hydraulique Ø 37 mm, déb : 130 mm → —
- Rear suspension
- Mono-amortisseur, déb : 100 mm → —
- Front wheel travel
- 130 mm (5.1 inches) → —
- Rear wheel travel
- 100 mm (3.9 inches) → —
- Front brakes
- Single disc → Dual disc
- Rear brakes
- Single disc → Expanding brake
- Front tyre
- 110/70-H17 → 100/90-16
- Front tyre pressure
- 2.25 bar → —
- Rear tyre
- 130/70-H17 → 120/90-16
- Rear tyre pressure
- 2.50 bar → —
- Seat height
- 775.00 mm → —
- Wheelbase
- 1435.00 mm → —
- Weight
- 202.00 kg → 196.00 kg
- Dry weight
- 170.00 kg → —
- New price
- 5 599 € → —
Engine
- Displacement
- 499 cc
- Power
- 60.0 ch @ 9800 tr/min (43.8 kW)
- Engine type
- Twin, four-stroke
- Cooling
- Liquid
- Compression ratio
- 10.8:1
- Bore × stroke
- 74.0 x 58.0 mm (2.9 x 2.3 inches)
- Valves/cylinder
- 4
- Valve timing
- Double Overhead Cams/Twin Cam (DOHC)
Chassis
- Gearbox
- 6-speed
- Final drive
- Chain (final drive)
Brakes
- Front brakes
- Dual disc
- Rear brakes
- Expanding brake
- Front tyre
- 100/90-16
- Rear tyre
- 120/90-16
Dimensions
- Fuel capacity
- 18.00 L
- Weight
- 196.00 kg
Indicators & positioning
Weight-to-power ratio
0.31 ch/kg
Volumetric power
120.2 ch/L
In category Sport touring · 250-998cc displacement (1375 motorcycles compared)
Power 60 ch Top 78%
33 ch median 82 ch 117 ch
Weight 196 kg Lighter than 89%
187 kg median 222 kg 263 kg
P/W ratio 0.31 ch/kg Top 67%
0.20 median 0.35 0.54 ch/kg
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