[AzCal Retred]

http://benelli.ssrmotorsports.com/bikes/leoncino_trail.php

https://bikereview.com.au/long-term-update-benelli-leoncino-500-5-months-3500km/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoWk_pTnPWk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThVexKGYNmw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1nY25XC0aU

[AzCal Retred]

https://www.benelli.com/us-en/products/imperiale-400

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/bike-reviews/benelli/imperiale-400/2020/

[12many]

All China. Sad

[AzCal Retred]

Affordable hardware built to sell. The Brits did it from 1900 - 1940, then the Japanese had a turn, now it's the Taiwanese & Chinese. If the hardware works, the point of origin doesn't much matter. Enjoy what you ride regardless of who made it. The Pre-Unit Bullet was made in India for 50 years, yet it's still a great ride and evokes the English hardware of the 1940's for a fraction of the cost of a BSA or Triumph or Rudge or Ariel or ....

[Bilgemaster]

The Pre-Unit Bullet was made in India for 50 years, yet it's still a great ride and evokes the English hardware of the 1940's for a fraction of the cost of a BSA or Triumph or Rudge or Ariel or ....

And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is what businessfolks would call the perfect "elevator pitch" for the Bullet.

[axman88]

https://www.benelli.com/us-en/products/imperiale-400

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/bike-reviews/benelli/imperiale-400/2020/

Although the Imperiale 400 is showing as available on the USA version of the Benelli website,
https://www.benelli.com/us-en/products/imperiale-400
 
 I'm not finding any in-stock, for sale here in the US.  It seems like one can buy any of the other 4 models shown as available here, along with the Leoncino 500, which I don't see listed on the Benelli USA website, but nobody is offering any Imperiale 400s.  I'm looking here:   https://www.cycletrader.com/New-Benelli/motorcycles-for-sale?make=Benelli%7C2315442&condition=N

Also, although the Mototcycle News review suggests that the MSRP was around $4500 in 2020, it seems like dealers are asking over $5K nowadays, in the UK, which appears to be less than the asking price of a new RE Classic 350 ( Starting around $5300).  I'm doing the conversions to US $ myself, so could be a little confused, but this makes me think that if Benelli decides to actually send some Imperiale 400s to the USA, they might be willing to price them around $3800.

[AzCal Retred]

@ #4: There you go again, educating us proles...
Elevator pitch is a slang term used to describe a brief speech that outlines an idea for a product, service, or project. The name comes from the notion that the speech should be delivered in the short time period of an elevator ride.


@ #5: the 400 seems to have a 72.7x90 b&s. The 500(480) is listed as 86x82.6...a whole different crankshaft and oversquare to boot???

[Leofric]

Affordable hardware built to sell. The Brits did it from 1900 - 1940, then the Japanese had a turn, now it's the Taiwanese & Chinese. If the hardware works, the point of origin doesn't much matter. Enjoy what you ride regardless of who made it. The Pre-Unit Bullet was made in India for 50 years, yet it's still a great ride and evokes the English hardware of the 1940's for a fraction of the cost of a BSA or Triumph or Rudge or Ariel or ....

Considering the current state of affairs I wouldn't want anything made in Russia !

[AzCal Retred]

Aren't you hungry?