Key performance
50 ch
Power
499 cc
Displacement
188 km/h
Top speed
775 mm
Seat height
18.0 L
Fuel capacity
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Technical specifications
Changements 2004 → 2001
- Displacement
- 498 cc → 499 cc
- Power
- 60.0 ch @ 9800 tr/min (43.8 kW) → 50.0 ch @ 9800 tr/min (36.5 kW)
- Torque
- 46.1 Nm @ 8500 tr/min → 47.0 Nm @ 8500 tr/min
- Cooling
- Liquid → —
- Compression ratio
- 10.8:1 → —
- Fuel system
- Carburettor. keihin CV34 X 2 → Carburettor
- Valve timing
- Double Overhead Cams/Twin Cam (DOHC) → —
- Lubrication
- wet sump → —
- Ignition
- transistorised → —
- Starter
- Electric → —
- Clutch
- wet plate → —
- Front wheel travel
- — → 130 mm (5.1 inches)
- Rear wheel travel
- — → 100 mm (3.9 inches)
- Front brakes
- Double disc → Single disc
- Front tyre
- — → 110/70-H17
- Rear tyre
- — → 130/70-H17
- Seat height
- — → 775.00 mm
- Wheelbase
- — → 1435.00 mm
- Dry weight
- 178.00 kg → 170.00 kg
Engine
- Displacement
- 499 cc
- Power
- 50.0 ch @ 9800 tr/min (36.5 kW)
- Torque
- 47.0 Nm @ 8500 tr/min
- Engine type
- Twin, four-stroke
- Bore × stroke
- 74.0 x 58.0 mm (2.9 x 2.3 inches)
- Valves/cylinder
- 4
- Fuel system
- Carburettor
Chassis
- Gearbox
- 6-speed
- Final drive
- Chain (final drive)
- Front wheel travel
- 130 mm (5.1 inches)
- Rear wheel travel
- 100 mm (3.9 inches)
Brakes
- Front brakes
- Single disc
- Rear brakes
- Single disc
- Front tyre
- 110/70-H17
- Rear tyre
- 130/70-H17
Dimensions
- Seat height
- 775.00 mm
- Wheelbase
- 1435.00 mm
- Fuel capacity
- 18.00 L
- Dry weight
- 170.00 kg
Indicators & positioning
Volumetric power
100.2 ch/L
In category Sport touring · 250-998cc displacement (1387 motorcycles compared)
Power 50 ch Top 84%
33 ch median 82 ch 117 ch
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