benelli bikes

[electrickery]

Just came across these . An interesting range with nice styles and prices . Does anyone know anything about them?
http://www.benelliebikes.co.uk/benelli-ebike-range/

 

[Richard T. Jensen]

No one? Benelli cost half the price of my Haibikes...

 

[Wander]

Are they actually in production? The contact page has headings of 'preorder' & 'They're Coming Soon'.

 

[SteveRuss]

They do like nice. Their step through for just under a grand looks like a winner for the urban stylish ebiker wannabe.

I wonder what motor they are using? I couldn't spot Any mention of that on my iPhone but it's hard to see everything on a smart phone.

 

[flecc]

They should be sound, Benelli are a long established Italian maker of motorcycles. MotoGB who are selling the e-bikes are already agents for those motorcycles.

As ever with Italian design, these bikes look very stylish. If they perform as well as they look, they'll be great buy.

 

[Richard T. Jensen]

I can get an 2015 model right now for only 935£ http://www.thansen.dk/cykel/elcykler/el-cykel-benelli-mtb-27-5-30-gear-51-cm/n-1263330393/pn-300644414/

I don`t know if I should by one. I still got my Haibikes - Urban 28 and Xduro Cross Pro....

 

[SteveRuss]

I can get an 2015 model right now for only 935£ http://www.thansen.dk/cykel/elcykler/el-cykel-benelli-mtb-27-5-30-gear-51-cm/n-1263330393/pn-300644414/

I don`t know if I should by one. I still got my Haibikes - Urban 28 and Xduro Cross Pro....

Sounds like you don't need another bike unless you're collecting?

 

[Deleted member 4366]

They do like nice. Their step through for just under a grand looks like a winner for the urban stylish ebiker wannabe.

I wonder what motor they are using? I couldn't spot Any mention of that on my iPhone but it's hard to see everything on a smart phone.

As far as I can figure out they're nothing to do with Benelli motorbikes. They were at the Shanghai Bike Show with all Chinese staff. The smaller motors are Bafangs. I'm not sure about the direct drive ones. The green steamlined one, which is the one that I studied had a Bafang SWX02CST, though there were options for other motors.

 

[flecc]

As far as I can figure out they're nothing to do with Benelli motorbikes.

They are from the Italian Benelli motorcycle company, but I'm not surprised at them being made in China like so makes of e-bike and bicycle.

Here's a sales blurb from one of the agents selling them:

"Welcome to the brand new range of electric bicycles by Benelli, the infamous Italian motorbike manufacturer."
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[Gedge]

I saw them on sale in a bike shop in Sorrento...looked stylish, well made and with some decent bicycle parts...it's what got me looking at buying an E bike so if nothing else they have done me a favour...

 

[Richard T. Jensen]

Sounds like you don't need another bike unless you're collecting?

I don`t have an MTB I will use the Benelli in the winter time if i knew it was an quality bike...

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Nearly all Chinese bikes are gòod quality these days.

 

[Croxden]

"Welcome to the brand new range of electric bicycles by Benelli, the infamous Italian motorbike manufacturer."
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Infamous? That's not a good thing is it?

 

[RobF]

Infamous? That's not a good thing is it?

And to Carry On with the theme:

"Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me."

 

[SteveRuss]

Infamous? That's not a good thing is it?

Yeah. That's a terrible marketting mistake..

 

[flecc]

Infamous? That's not a good thing is it?

It is in Benelli's motorcycling world of rip-roaring three cylinder 1200 cc motorbikes!

For e-bikes maybe not, but considering how many rebels in this forum ride e-bikes which are illegal in at least one way and often two, who knows? Infamy might be right up their street.

It seems Benelli are changing direction though, they've just announced a 600cc four cylinder bike and theres talk of an even smaller one, taking them back towards their roots when they made small capacity motorbikes.

Introducing e-bikes is commensurate with that and it's something that fellow Italian motorbike maker Aprilia did years ago for a while.
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[Deleted member 4366]

Don't forget that they made a 6 cylinder bike in the seventies. I'm not sure who ripped off who, but the motor looked like a 4 cylinder honda with two extra ones bolted on.

The 750cc Laverda motor of the time bore an uncanny resemblence to the 250cc Honda CB72 motor

 

[flecc]

Don't forget that they made a 6 cylinder bike in the seventies. I'm not sure who ripped off who, but the motor looked like a 4 cylinder honda with two extra ones bolted on.

The 750cc Laverda motor of the time bore an uncanny resemblence to the 250cc Honda CB72 motor

Yes, I remember those well and agree their designs including the current 1200cc three cylinder engines often looked like rip-offs by someone. I'd hesitate to say that Benelli were doing the ripping off though, they have a very long technical history and made some very advanced designs pre-WW2, long before the Japanese machines.

My reference to their smaller bikes is from long ago after WW2, when they made 98cc and 125cc bikes, adding 350 and 500cc single cylinder bikes in the 1950s. They did add a 500cc twin specifically aimed at the British market, so that was a form of "me too" copying I suppose.
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[anotherkiwi]

It is in Benelli's motorcycling world of rip-roaring three cylinder 1200 cc motorbikes!

For e-bikes maybe not, but considering how many rebels in this forum ride e-bikes which are illegal in at least one way and often two, who knows? Infamy might be right up their street.
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We need a logo to sew on the back of our cutoff denim jackets

an a club name:

pedelec pirates has a ring to it

 

[Izzyekerslike]

Don't forget that they made a 6 cylinder bike in the seventies. I'm not sure who ripped off who, but the motor looked like a 4 cylinder honda with two extra ones bolted on.

The 750cc Laverda motor of the time bore an uncanny resemblence to the 250cc Honda CB72 motor

Here's the Benelli Bad Boy