Benelli ,The Eagle (Lion) has landed

Dukesox

Dukesox

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My Bennelli Tre-k reached home last night and while I`ve not ridden it yet first impressions are excellent especially bearing in mind its 15 years /29k miles old. I appreciate beauty is in the eye of the beholder but I think it looks great .
Subject to weather, granddad duties, plagues of locusts etc I`m aiming for a 100 odd mile ride on Sunday so I hope to report back next week with more pictures and a bit of a review.

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Loz said:
I've always liked the green & silver-grey Benelli vibe.
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Looks very good on their Tornado sports bike. When I used to get my bikes serviced at Forza Italia in Silverstone I would look at these as they were Benelli dealers and usually had a few in stock. I always thought they looked great but incredibly uncomfortable. The rear mounted fans are cool (ing) too.

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Noobie said:
It doesn't look bad for 15 years old
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It looks better in real life too. There are signs of wear and tear of course but its former owners have looked after it. One of them must have been a bit OCD as not only is there a bit of green rim tape but even the document holder is a matching shade of green !

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HootOwl said:
I hope you have a decent recovery service on standby in case it rains ;)
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Thanks for your concern and sensibly my 100 mile trip will be made up of 50 x 2 mile circuits around my house and with The Mrs on standby to collect me in the van .
 
I managed to get out on the Benelli over the weekend for a good long ride and despite it being pretty chilly the Gaylord brand heated grips and heated gloves as recommended by our very own @WAYNE worked a treat and my hands were toasty warm.
@HootOwl I`m sure you will be as filled with ironic shadenfreude as I was that the bike performed perfectly and I even I stopped at one point to help push a broken down BMW (car) that was stuck in the middle of the road .
The bike itself was very good with a comfy riding position, good wind protection, definitely a nice place to spend some time. It rode the bump and pothole infested roads with ease and handled nicely, very neutral. The 3 cylinder engine felt very smooth compared to my air cooled Monster and Stelvio but I did later have a quick go on a 3 year old Kawasaki Z900 which took smoothness to a completely different level. I always forget how big IL4`s spin up and rev so quickly.
Anyway, back to the Benelli, its supposed to have around 125bhp up at 9000rpm but as it was cold and its new to me I rarely went over 5000 rpm but to be honest it has so much torque there was no need to rev it out and generally that`s not how I ride anyway. The only negative comment so far is that it seemed to drink like Father Jack. The previous owner left it half full of petrol so I don`t know if was the cheapy high ethanol crap petrol in there and from experience MPG improves massively with the lower ethanol stuff.
I intend to use it for the journey to work some days so the panniers will come in handy for my jam sammiches , crayons and colouring in books. They are made by Givi and as well as a key operated opening as normal they have code operated flap at the top so easy to get things in and out without taking them off. I`ve not seen that before but maybe I need to get out more ? The mirrors have the indicators built in as is quite common but they also have a flashing element on the inside so you can`t forget that you have left them not. Not that any of us ever do that I`m sure.
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I take it the Mrs will be pillion...will the grandaughter fit in one of those mahusive panniers (ie, is she under 5'11")?
 
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Dukesox said:
I managed to get out on the Benelli over the weekend for a good long ride and despite it being pretty chilly the Gaylord brand heated grips and heated gloves as recommended by our very own @WAYNE worked a treat and my hands were toasty warm.
@HootOwl I`m sure you will be as filled with ironic shadenfreude as I was that the bike performed perfectly and I even I stopped at one point to help push a broken down BMW (car) that was stuck in the middle of the road .
The bike itself was very good with a comfy riding position, good wind protection, definitely a nice place to spend some time. It rode the bump and pothole infested roads with ease and handled nicely, very neutral. The 3 cylinder engine felt very smooth compared to my air cooled Monster and Stelvio but I did later have a quick go on a 3 year old Kawasaki Z900 which took smoothness to a completely different level. I always forget how big IL4`s spin up and rev so quickly.
Anyway, back to the Benelli, its supposed to have around 125bhp up at 9000rpm but as it was cold and its new to me I rarely went over 5000 rpm but to be honest it has so much torque there was no need to rev it out and generally that`s not how I ride anyway. The only negative comment so far is that it seemed to drink like Father Jack. The previous owner left it half full of petrol so I don`t know if was the cheapy high ethanol crap petrol in there and from experience MPG improves massively with the lower ethanol stuff.
I intend to use it for the journey to work some days so the panniers will come in handy for my jam sammiches , crayons and colouring in books. They are made by Givi and as well as a key operated opening as normal they have code operated flap at the top so easy to get things in and out without taking them off. I`ve not seen that before but maybe I need to get out more ? The mirrors have the indicators built in as is quite common but they also have a flashing element on the inside so you can`t forget that you have left them not. Not that any of us ever do that I`m sure.
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Its def a looker mate, gotta give you that :)
 
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