[AzCal Retred]

https://usa.benelli.com/product/leoncino-trail

https://ridermagazine.com/2021/01/04/2021-benelli-leoncino-trail-first-look-review/

https://bikez.com/motorcycles/benelli_leoncino_trail_2019.php

https://bikereview.com.au/long-term-update-benelli-leoncino-500-5-months-3500km/

$6500, 500 twin, 6 speed, 47 HP, 375 pounds dry, 55 MPG, 4 gallon tank, 7" ground clearance, 32" seat height.

[NVDucati]

I spotted "the Benelli branded four-piston calipers"...
Any idea who makes those calipers? And of course how wide are they?

[AzCal Retred]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelli_(motorcycles)

" Benelli Q.J. is an Italian company, based in the city of Pesaro in the Marche region, that produces motorcycles and scooters.
Since 2005 it is owned by the Qianjiang Motor Group, a Chinese company which is in turn controlled by the Geely Holding Group. Originally founded in 1911 in Pesaro, Benelli is the second oldest Italian motorcycle company still in business.
In the Benelli QJ headquarters in Pesaro, Italy, the design, development and marketing activities are carried out in synergy with the parent company of Wenling in China where motorcycles are produced. "

https://www.rideapart.com/news/355813/quianjiang-motorcycle-harley-chinese-partner/
" When the news broke yesterday that Harley-Davidson is partnering with Qianjiang Motorcycle Company Limited to produce a 338cc baby Harley for the Chinese market, some people might have had some questions. For one, what is this company known for—and for two, what’s the Chinese market like?

If you’re familiar with the saga of Benelli Motorcycles in the US, you’re already at least a little acquainted with QJ. The company, based in Zhejiang, China, purchased Benelli in 2005—one of the oldest Italian motorcycle manufacturers, period. The marque came complete with a long and varied history that includes the short-lived MotoBi, as well as a spinoff firearms company (also called Benelli) that you may recognize.

Here’s what you need to know about Qianjiang
Qianjiang has made motorcycles and scooters under several brands for some time — both for its home market as well as abroad. Purchasing Benelli made a lot of sense for the company’s global goals for two reasons: beautiful Italian designs, and also name recognition. Of course, it’s a lot easier for bike buyers to do ample amounts of research (and fall down several thousand miles of rabbit holes) now than it was in years past. Benellis might be easy on the eyes — but even before Qianjiang bought them, they weren’t precisely known as paragons of reliability.

The company’s motto is “European design, Japanese quality with Chinese cost.” Sharp-eyed moto enthusiasts have already spotted that this new baby Harley design bears a striking resemblance to the Benelli TNT 300. Could the new Chinese-market Harley simply be a rebadged, slightly reconfigured version of that design? It’s certainly not impossible, but we’ll have to wait and see for sure.

Benelli isn’t Qianjiang’s only brand—just perhaps its best-known outside China. Other brands the company manufactures include Qijiang, Generic, Keeway, and KSR motorcycles and scooters. The company also makes ATVs, minibikes, and assorted other products and likes to brag that the only continent its products are not sold on today is Antarctica.

It’s also a subsidiary of China’s largest automotive company, Geely — which currently also owns Volvo, Polestar, and half of Daimler’s Smart brand, according to Car and Driver. In Malaysia, Quianjiang’s parent company also controls that market’s major automotive player Proton, as well as Lotus (yes, that storied and most English of brands). The company is also evolving an EV brand called Lynk & Co based on a Volvo platform that is tentatively planned for a US launch in San Francisco as soon as 2021. Qianjiang might not be huge by itself—but its parent company is a massive and quiet behind-the-scenes global player. "

[Mark1971]

I'm still waiting to see the 800cc version that was shown at the motorcycle shows back in 2019. That seemed like a smart bike.

[AzCal Retred]

There's no end of great used 600 class machines that'll run well over 130 MPH. The RE 650 Interceptor has an 850 kit available also. The Honda CB500X is nice and under $5k used now. There are TDM850 Yamahas that show up fairly regularly.

The Leoncino is supposedly about 75 pounds lighter than the RE650 and makes about the same power, always nice.

[Adrian II]

Sales of black powder coating medium holding up, I see... 

A.

[AzCal Retred]

It's the best color to aid the rider trying to find & clean off all that pesky light brown mud spatter...

[AzCal Retred]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiDxZepSR3A
Benelli Leoncino 5 month Long Term Test Update 3500km, Jeff Ware

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoWk_pTnPWk
★ BENELLI LEONCINO 500 TRAIL REVIEW ★

[GlennF]

Remember the Benelli 900 Sei  ?

[Karl Childers]

I'll take the café racer in the top picture, love that Fontana front brake, a  functional work of art in itself!

[Spicyred]

Remember the Benelli 900 Sei  ?

I like that , as a piece of art, mind you - it looks mean and purposeful (just put the side covers back on).

I would not like to ride it regularly……….. memories of the Hailwood replica lay-belly-on- tank and unnatural bend in neck, to see the road ahead…….way too many Xmas’s experienced since those days.