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Aprilia Pegaso 650ie 2003 Found in Aprilia |
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Make: Aprilia Model: Pegaso 650ie Year: 2003 Engine: Liquid cooled, four stroke, single cylinder, DOHC, 5 valves per cylinder Capacity: 652 Bore: 100 x 83 mm Compression: 9.0:1 Induction: Electronic. controlled by injection control unit Starter: Digital Power: 50 hp 36.4 kW @ 7000 rpm Torque: 59 Nm @ 6500 rpm Transmission: 5 Speed Front suspension: 45mm Marzocchi telescopic fork. 175mm wheel travel. Rear suspension: Varying section high strength steel swing-arm. Aprilia Progressive System APS rising rate linkage Front brake: Single 300mm disc Rear brake: Single 220mm disc Front tyre: 100/90-19 Rear tyre: 130/80-17 Dry weight: 175 kg Fuel capacity: 21 Litres |
| A motorcycle that provides a good mix of acceptable performance on both bush trails and tarmac makes for a versatile adventure machine. Motorcycles that offer these benefits can be split in two camps. Bikes such as the DR650 Suzuki, F650 BMW, XR650L Honda and KLR 650 Kawasaki have large single cylinder engines and are the 'relative' lightweights. While multi-cylinder machines such as Triumph's Tiger, Cagiva's Navigator, BMW's R1150GS and Suzuki's V-Strom are members of the heavyweight class. Aprilia offers machines in both those categories: the ETV 1000 Caponord uses a 998cc V-Twin engine and is the bigger machine. While at the lighter end of the scales is the Pegaso 650 model, which I sampled during a recent trip to New South Wales. The Pegaso's 652cc powerplant is liquid-cooled and features double overhead camshafts operating on five radial valves. Aprilia claim 47hp from the big single. In the real world this translates to around 35hp at the rear wheel. All machines in this cla | |
