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« Reply #90 on: February 06, 2010, 04:42:10 PM »
Did these four cylinder Benellis ever make it to the U.S. or were these for Europe only?

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354 Sport.  I like the fairings, looks like they came from a first generation Moto-Guzzi Lemans.  That has to be one of the smallest sized four cylinder engines.  I know Honda made a CB350 four. 
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« Reply #91 on: February 07, 2010, 08:19:07 AM »
A 250 4-cylinder:
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« Reply #92 on: February 07, 2010, 08:57:25 AM »
IIRC, Benelli only had a short run in the US, around 76-81ish and haven't been imported since. They were pretty small even in Italy.
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« Reply #93 on: February 07, 2010, 12:35:21 PM »
Very cool.  I've seen pics of the 250 4-cylinder racer.
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« Reply #94 on: February 08, 2010, 02:03:46 AM »
I saw a few of the small 4's in Italy at swap meets.  I don't know if they were originally street models or not, all of them were done up in race kit.  My gut feeling is that Benelli was so small back then that they didn't have a "corse" division, they just built stuff -- for street or race.
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« Reply #95 on: February 08, 2010, 08:52:06 AM »
Quote from: Travman on February 07, 2010, 12:35:21 PM
Very cool.  I've seen pics of the 250 4-cylinder racer.



I would take both of these in a hurry.
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« Reply #96 on: February 08, 2010, 09:01:39 AM »
Quote from: ato memphis on February 08, 2010, 08:52:06 AM
I would take both of these in a hurry.

they are just waiting for an american distributor

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« Reply #97 on: February 16, 2010, 08:37:50 AM »
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of what?

yeah, these
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« Reply #98 on: February 16, 2010, 04:16:17 PM »
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yeah, these



Very cool - no belts to change  Grin

I would love to try a gear driven design and build on a modern 2V ducati motor with the right time and tools.


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« Reply #99 on: February 16, 2010, 04:21:45 PM »
It would be substantially heavier than the alu pulleys and rubber belts though, right? I don't think you would be able to make the pulleys aluminum and survive the wear against each other.
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« Reply #100 on: February 16, 2010, 04:55:43 PM »
Quote from: ato memphis on February 16, 2010, 04:21:45 PM
It would be substantially heavier than the alu pulleys and rubber belts though, right? I don't think you would be able to make the pulleys aluminum and survive the wear against each other.

The sedici has gear driven cams - though I can't find a picture right now.



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« Reply #103 on: February 21, 2010, 01:17:10 PM »
Alright you guys, quit fooling around and put the radiators back on these bikes!!   Angry

























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« Reply #104 on: February 21, 2010, 04:11:06 PM »
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NCR dry clutch on a bevel.  Very risque.
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