It looks as if Benelli has no scarcity of recent fashions to launch onto the market. At EICMA 2023 alone, the Chinese-owned Italian model unveiled an awesome variety of bikes slated for launch within the world market. After all, Benelli is owned by Qianjiang Motors, one of many largest Chinese motorbike producers, and father or mother firm to the likes of Keeway, QJ Motor, and MBP.

Not lengthy after showcasing a lot of new fashions late final yr, Benelli has already introduced the supply of a few of them, extra particularly, the Tornado 400, which is anticipated to go on sale in Europe within the first half of 2024. The Tornado 400 is the center little one within the trio of sportbikes launched at EICMA 2023, all of that are powered by parallel-twin engines. It clearly desires to tackle the crop of established twin-cylinder sportbikes already in circulation – bikes just like the Kawasaki Ninja 400 (up to date to the Ninja 500), CFMoto 450 SR (450SS within the US), Honda CBR500R, and Yamaha YZF-R3.

For reference, the Benelli Tornado 400 was beforehand launched within the Chinese market beneath the Tornado 402 moniker. It’s been up to date barely to fulfill European rules, extra particularly, to cater to A2 license holders trying to step as much as a much bigger bike from their A1-restricted newbie machines. The Tornado 400 is rocking a Euro 5-approved 399cc, liquid-cooled, fuel-injected, parallel-twin engine with a dual-overhead camshaft. This engine pumps out 47.6 horsepower – the restrict of the A2 class. Power is shipped to the rear wheel by way of a handbook six-speed gearbox.

This engine is housed in a tubular metal body full with a elaborate single-sided swingarm. As for the suspension, Benelli depends on an inverted entrance fork with 37 millimeter stanchions, and a linkage-equipped rear monoshock. Braking duties are dealt with by entry-level Nissin floating calipers mounted axially onto the entrance fork.

With a 14.8-liter gasoline capability, we’re a moist weight of about 172 kilograms, or round 380 kilos, which is pretty light-weight and accessible. On high of that, we get full-LED lighting, a full-color TFT show with 5 inches of actual property, Bluetooth smartphone pairing, USB charging, and even a swanky tire stress monitoring system.

As talked about earlier, Benelli is anticipated to roll out the brand new Tornado 400 in Europe inside the first half of 2024. As of this writing, nevertheless, no official pricing has but been introduced. For reference, the Honda CBR500R goes for round 7,000 euros ($7,650 USD) in Italy, and the Ninja 400 retails for across the identical quantity. As such, we should always count on Benelli to cost its bike considerably decrease, ought to it need to appeal to consideration away from its mainstream rivals.