The made-in-China mannequin is anticipated to be the second small displacement Harley-Davidson to come back out of the Harley-Davidson and Qianjiang Group partnership.
View PhotosThe new 500 cc China-made Harley-Davidson seems to be quite a bit much like the Benelli Leoncino 500
Harley-Davidson’s second upcoming made-in-China mannequin has now been noticed, even earlier than a manufacturing mannequin of the primary Harley-Davidson 338R has been introduced. In truth, only recently, stories from the US surfaced that the made-in-China HD 338R has been registered with the US National Highways Traffic Safety Administration, implying that it might be near manufacturing. Now, pictures of a second made-in-China Harley-Davidson mannequin have surfaced, however with a distinct 500 cc parallel-twin engine. Both these fashions are outcomes of Harley-Davidson’s partnership with the Qianjiang Group, the mother or father firm of Benelli.
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The spy photographs, which seem like display grabs from a video, present the bike being examined on a dyno.
When stories of the Harley-Davidson 338R first got here out in 2019, it was assumed that the “baby Harley” could be a re-worked model of the 300 cc Benelli 302 roadster. Later stories emerged which indicated that the 338R really has a 353 cc engine. But greater than two years later, the 338R continues to be to be seen in manufacturing type, probably as a result of a slowdown in manufacturing efforts as a result of COVID-19, or probably even a re-drawing of plans on the ultimate mannequin. Now, newest spy footage present a bigger made-in-China Harley-Davidson, being examined on a dyno at an undisclosed location.
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The new 500 cc Harley-Davidson, manufactured in China by the Qianjiang Group, seems to be to be primarily based on the Benelli Leoncino 500.
The newest pictures, which seem like screenshots taken from a video, reveals that the brand new 500 cc Harley-Davidson relies on the Benelli Leoncino 500. Several elements, together with the body, the entrance suspension, radial brake calipers and swingarm appear to be visually an identical to that of the Leoncino 500. The forged alloy wheels, handlebar and footpeg hangars additionally seem like carried over to the five hundred cc Harley. What is unclear at this level is the precise displacement and output of the engine. While the engine seems to be much like the Leoncino 500’s parallel-twin, in China, Qianjiang’s native QJMotor model additionally has a motor uprated to 549 cc, with most energy additionally up from 47 bhp to 50 bhp.
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So far, there is no additional phrase on precise manufacturing timelines. But going by current filings with the National Highways Traffic Safety Administration within the US, the China-made Harley-Davidson 338R could also be launched in some unspecified time in the future within the US market, and if the brand new 500 cc China-made is the subsequent mannequin from the Harley-Qianjiang partnership, then it might effectively be launched within the US, in addition to in different markets.
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