Bennche Megelli

Anybody have info or direct experience with one of these? http://www.bennche.com/250cc_motorcycle.htm

take their racing version for example (all 250 engine are same?)
For engine specification, 11.5:1 comperssion ratio, 27 hp (=20.1 kw), is high standard for single 250 engine. SOHC? DOHC? Liquid Cool, air cool? carburettor so no fuel injection?
It was shown on Chongqing last year, maybe other MCM members can share some more information. I doubt you can buy one in China.

Best information I have seen about it... very detailed.

http://www.chinariders.net/modules.p...wtopic&t=11257

Not available in China, but did get a few pictures during the ChongQing show. Very small bike.

Cheers!
ChinaV

Following link is to the Motorcycle.com review. Also has video. apparently it looks cool but has very thin (almost translucent) and brittle plastic. Also, it has a knock you on your ass kickstand which is illustrated in some video footage.

Briefly spoke with the owner of Bennche at the Indy show and he's not bringing in any new models.... not even really advertising the ones he's already got.

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufactur...iew-89622.html

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The version offered for North America suspension is too stiff because the manager at Bennche insisted the factory stiffen it based on the average American males weight? Somebody should have told him that anyone over 200lbs would not consider the bike anyway and an average means half the people are under that and those are actually your customers…DUH!

Then the guy who won the bike in the contest, seems mechanically inclined but he does not get gearing though.

The first gear change he made was odd, altering the ratio from stock by 23%

That change would also alter any RPM by an equal percentage at any stock steady speed in any given gear
For example say that the bikes stock RPM was 6500 at 55mph his alteration would change that to 55mph at 7,995 rpm.

He geared it so tall it limited his top speed dramatically. Is there a single stock bike of any type geared that tall 3.70? It was 2.85 stock and likely optimal for that bike.

The brake vibration was resolved the factory identified the defect and offers a replacement, in realty that comes off as a dodge of a recall.

The bikes launch was a hurry up and fail, the contest winner spent time on it for really nothing, he altered it but for what reason? He wanted to hit the rev limit in every gear as fast as possible? He machined parts to change the gear and a simple calculation would have showed he would red line too soon, but he never even base lined the rpm and steady speeds before getting out the tools?

:lol8: Damn, I am famous .