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B
enelli is adding two learner-approved
models to its line-up in 2015. The new
BN 302 arrived in January at less than
$5500 plus on-road costs, and two sports
touring versions of the BN 600, both at
$9990 rideaway, will be released. The GTS
is a restricted LAMS version and the GT
is a non-restricted model.
The BN 302 joins the sector powered
by a four-valve DOHC inline two-
cylinder engine, producing 28kW at
12,000rpm and 27Nm at 9000rpm.
Feeding this engine is the Delphi MT-
05 fuel-injection system which is also
used in the BN 600 range. The engine
is mated to a six-speed transmission.
The BN 600GT and GTS are half-faired
models with hard panniers, windscreen,
very generous 27L fuel tank and an
upright ergonomic riding position for
touring capabilities.
They share the inline four-cylinder,
four-stroke, liquid-cooled engine from
the BN 600R. The GT has maximum
power of 62kW at 11,000rpm and 55Nm
of torque at 8000rpm, matched to a six-
speed gearbox. The GTS has a thro le
restrictor. There are no confi rmed power
fi gures yet but it is expected to be 44kW
as in the BN600S LAMS bike.I
magine doing a wheelie at more than
180km/h on ice! Swedish racer Robert
Gull has done it and, in the process,
broken the Guinness World Record for
the fastest motorcycle wheelie on ice with
an overall speed of 183.8km/h over 100m.
Robert was riding a standard Honda
CBR 1000RR fi ed with a race fairing
and special Dunlop tyres with studs to
break the ice and gain grip. The World
Record Academy says the record is
even more amazing since Robert had a
“horrendous” superbike crash a year ago
which landed him in a wheelchair for a
short time.
The 23-year-old broke the record in
March, 2014, at Lake Kakel on Nå i,
Arjeplog, in northern Sweden, but it
was only confi rmed in December by the
Guinness World Records.
The record for the fastest wheelie is
307.86km/h set by Patrick Fürstenhoff
on a turbocharged Honda Blackbird
CBR1100XX at Bruntingthorpe Proving
Ground in England, on April 18, 1999.The Guinness World Records also
lists the world record for the fastest
motorcycle wheelie over 1km at251.86km/h by Brit Terry Calco at
Elvington Airfi eld, Yorkshire, UK, on
September 12, 2005.WHEELIE HOT ON ICE
“Guinness World Record for the fastest motorcycle wheelie
on ice with an overall speed of 183.8km/h over 100m”MORE FOR ALL
LAMS market bolstered by new Benellis
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