As a day on the streets of India is bound to be like a bike festival around the year; small performance bikes plays important role in embellishing such an image of the country. Apparently, a new entrant from the Italy named Benelli is on the verge of launching its TNT25 for a very handsome price, the competitors here braces up their muscles for a knockout with this Italian. See, how the bikes like Duke 200 and 390, as well as CBR250R performs against this smallest Benelli.
Engine
As can be taken from their titles, 390 sit on the top, while the Duke 200 sits at the bottom. Both Benelli and Honda sports similarly displaced engine of 249cc.
Power
When talking about power, 390 take the entire advantage of its displacement with maximum output of 44bhp being delivered solely. Others rake almost near to 25bhp, differentiated only by fractional value.
Torque
Talking about torque, Honda and Benelli with their torquey units manage to make the similar amount of newton metres at 7000 rpm. Meanwhile, the smaller Duke 200 settles down at bottom, whereas the bigger ones Duke 390 emerges on the top of all.
Fuel-Tank Capacity
All of them are entirely based on the racetrack specifications, but still the engineering at Benelli raised the eyebrows by deploying a massive 17-litre fuel tank on the TNT25.
Suspension
Benelli makes the most remarkable move here by using an upmarket USD shock on the front along with monoshock at rear supporting the box swingarm. The other uses ordinary telescopic fork suspension on the front, but exceptionally the Dukes borne alloy swingarm at rear.
Brakes
ABS is standard only on the Duke 390 and optional for CBR250R. But it is significant to see all the bikes possessing discs on front and rear both.
Weight
Significantly, Duke 200 is lightest amongst all. The next successful venture here is Benelli, appearing second lowest in the comparison. On third, the beast wraps the entire throttling package at a mere 154kg, which puts down to shame the quarter-liter faired Honda fumbling with the max weight out of the lot.
Dimensions
On dimensions, both Dukes measure identically. They are compact in length than the rest, and are high on height, a clear indication of aiming the track-riders, but certainly the width draws them a step backwards against the Benelli and Honda. CBR is the slickest with the less possible width and max length. Benelli maintains the similar equation as of this Japanese 250cc.
Conclusion:
Hence, the price has always remained a major selling point for this segment; Benelli must position its TNT25 right against the rest for better results. As a part of the competition, KTM sells the best of its lineup, Duke 390 for as low as Rs 2 lakh.
Hence, those were our thoughts about the small performance bikes in India. Feel free to pen down your thoughts in the comments section below…
