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| Gilera Nexus 300 |
Gilera Nexus 300 Ok I hate to whine and whinge but I feel the need to (once more) complain at Piaggio... Hopefully one day they might listen. Piaggio have released another bike with their "all new 300cc engine" which is... to not put too fine a point on it... a complete waste of time. The new Gilera Nexus 300 replaces the old 250cc bike. I can't see any reason to upgrade if you already own the 250. Power is up by about one Gp that's Gnat Power although torque is slightly better as well up to 23nm. Both peak Hp and Torque are found slightly lower in the rev range... and I mean very slightly... around 500rpm lower.
This engine is clearly Piaggio Groups attempt to fight back against the dominance of Honda's SH300 which has been ranking at the top of all kinds of sales lists. The fact is this was the perfect chance for Piaggio to have a serious go at them... why not make an engine that is really a 300cc and will compete with honda's 27Hp with similar or even greater power... I would have liked to have seen a 30HP 300cc engine to power the GTS and the Nexus... and no doubt the Runner when they decide to update that. The current "300cc engine" is simply a marketing bluff and a performance sidestep. The Nexus still looks very good and has some refinements for especially highway cruising with 15" front wheel and reasonably serious brakes etc. I am just disapointed that such a great opportunity to build a seriously world class machine was wasted and the decision to run with this less than inspiring engine looks to mean no real improvement in the forseeable future. Further comment when we ride one but on paper it looks like a very minor improvement on what it replaces. More whinging will follow when the all new "gilera runner vxr300" is anounced.
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Like top speed, L/100Km, i ve heard it has fuel injection... How much comfort does it offer over larger distances, like 200,300 km ?
Is it possible to add ABS brake system on this bike?