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 1980 → 1990
- Displacement
- 498 cc → 499 cc
- Power
- 52.0 ch @ 9000 tr/min (38.0 kW) → 60.0 ch @ 9800 tr/min (43.8 kW)
- Torque
- 44.1 Nm @ 7500 tr/min → —
- Engine type
- In-line four, four-stroke → Twin, four-stroke
- Cooling
- Air → Liquid
- Compression ratio
- 9.5:1 → 10.8:1
- Bore × stroke
- 55.0 x 52.4 mm (2.2 x 2.1 inches) → 74.0 x 58.0 mm (2.9 x 2.3 inches)
- Valves/cylinder
- 2 → 4
- Fuel system
- Carburettor. TK → —
- Front suspension
- Telescopic fork → —
- Rear suspension
- Dual shocks → —
- Front brakes
- Double disc → Dual disc
- Rear brakes
- Single disc → Expanding brake
- Front tyre
- 3.25-19 → 100/90-16
- Rear tyre
- 3.75-18 → 120/90-16
- Fuel capacity
- 15.00 L → 18.00 L
- Weight
- 210.00 kg → 196.00 kg
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 (1387 motorcycles compared)
Power 60 ch Top 78%
33 ch median 82 ch 117 ch
Weight 196 kg Lighter than 89%
187 kg median 223 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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