The new Benelli bike TRK 702 has been launched : Premium motorcycle maker Benelli has launched the TRK 702 adventure bike priced at Rs 6,85,000 in the Indian market. The company has brought the TRK bike in two trims. These include the TRK 702 and TRK 702X. However, the company has changed the design of the updated model. The updated model gets new wire-spoke wheels shod with tubeless tires. Both these bikes are powered by a 698cc liquid-cooled engine. In India these will be imported through Complete Build Unit (CBU) route.
Benelli TRK 702 Look
The new Benelli TRK 702 gets new front fenders, notch guards, new handlebars, mirrors with faux carbon finish, step up seats and a windscreen. The bike also features backlit switchgear, halogen headlights and an LED taillamp. It also blackens the alloy wheels. The TRK 702 bike weighs 235 kg and has a 20-litre fuel tank. The latest bike has a 5.0-inch TFT instrument cluster with Bluetooth support.
The bike will be powered by a 698cc liquid-cooled engine
The new Benelli TRK 702 and TRK 702 X are powered by the same 698cc liquid-cooled, parallel-twin engine. This engine is capable of producing a maximum power of 76hp and a maximum torque of 68.2Nm. For transmission, this engine is mated to a 6-speed gearbox with slipper and assist clutch. This bike can run at a speed of 180 kmph. At the same time, it can accelerate from 0 to 100 km in just 4.8 seconds.
The 2023 TRK 702 bike is equipped with these features
Keeping rider safety in mind and smooth road handling, the 2023 TRK 702 gets disc brakes with dual channel ABS on both front and rear wheels. Taking care of the suspension of this bike, it features 50 mm inverted forks at the front and adjustable mono-shock unit at the rear. It is a touring bike and is specially designed for long-rides.
How much does this bike cost?
The 2023 Benelli TRK 702 bike has been launched at Rs 6.85 lakh. The TRK 702 X model of this bike is priced at Rs 7.27 lakh (all prices are ex-showroom). Delivery of the bike will start soon.
The Benelli TRK 800 adventure bike is also in the works
Currently, the Benelli TRK 800 adventure bike is also in the works. It was launched a few months ago at the EICMA Motor Show in Italy. According to the information, this bike may be launched next year. It is built on a steel trellis frame. It gets 17-inch multi-spoke alloy wheels. The bike is powered by a 754cc liquid-cooled, twin-cylinder engine. In India, it may launch around Rs 8.5 lakh (ex-showroom).
History of Benelli
Benelli was founded in 1911 in Pesaro, Italy, possibly making it the oldest of the Italian motorcycle factories in operation. (Moto Guzzi – the oldest motorcycle factory with non-stop operations – was founded in 1921, and Peugeot is the oldest still-producing motorcycle factory in the world, founded in 1898.) After losing her husband, the widow Teresa Boni Benelli invested all the family’s wealth in hopes that her sons, Francesco, Filippo, Domenico and Antonio, would use Giovanni in their six businesses. (“Tonino”). He sent Giuseppe and Giovanni to Switzerland to study engineering. In the beginning, apart from 5 brothers, 6 employees did the business.
In the beginning, it was just the Benelli garage
In the beginning, it was just a Benelli garage that repaired bicycles and motorcycles, but was already capable of producing all the spare parts needed for repairs. During the First World War, Benelli worked hard to recover parts of the Italian machines in the war, and in 1919 the first motorcycle was presented to the public. In 1920 the company produced its first complete engine in-house, a single-cylinder two-stroke 75 cc model, which was quickly adapted to bicycle frames. A year later in 1921, Benelli produced its first motorcycle, which was then a 98 cc model using its own engine.
Benelli produced the most successful engine in 1927
But the most successful engine, which made Benelli known nationally and internationally, was the 175 cm³ 4-stroke of 1927 with “cascade” distribution and overhead camshafts, a bold and sophisticated solution that soon became a “trademark” of the Pesaro house. Giuseppe Benelli was inspired by Edward Turner’s theoretical study of an engine published in the French magazine Moto Revue in 1925. To beat the competition, Giuseppe wasted no time and completely reinvented the project, providing an ingeniously simple solution to eliminate the negative effects of thermal expansion affecting these applications.
