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Post #1
Thursday, 20. May 2010, 23:40
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obxbiker
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Megelli to Canada? :CANADA:
- cmgonline.com
- WHAT DO YOU THINK ??
It was designed in England, manufactured in Taiwan and China and sold all over the world; now, the Megelli 250r may be coming to Canada.
Word on the street is that SAGA Power, mostly known for their enduro and scooter line brought in from China, may be looking to add the fully-faired 250cc sport bike to their lineup this summer. The company is shipping sample units in this spring for testing.
The bike is supposedly very light (weighing in at less than 250 lb), but the quarter-litre, liquid-cooled, two-valve single isn’t about to deliver scary power to rice rocketeers — company reps say it puts out around 26 horsepower. That drops it behind the competition with Kawasaki's popular Ninja 250 putting out a claimed 33 horses. Front brake is a single two-piston caliper (rear brake features one piston), wheelbase is 1,349 mm (just over 53 inches) and transmission is a five-speed. :TAKEAPIC: :READING: Spoiler: click to toggle Posted ImageGorgeous styling but is a claimed 26 HP enough?Posted ImageIt looks like a good looking 1125R Buell from the front. The styling is slick with T6 aluminum trellis frame and swingarm, underseat exhaust, and swooping bodywork, but it remains to be seen what the paint and metal will look like after enduring a few months of the Canadian climate — previous Chinese motorcycle imports have not fared well under these conditions.
Megelli says their bikes are sold in about 30 countries, so the upstart UK-based company must be doing something right and their European engineering may give them an edge over other bikes built in China. However, it will be interesting to see how the Megelli sells if SAGA decides to import the machine.
Of course, no pricing has been set, but the 250r was sold in the States under the Q-Link name for $3,499, so we'd expect to see something around $4,000 Cdn, which would put it about $500 below Kawasaki's Ninja 250 that still sets the standard among small-displacement sport bikes.
Question is, is the small-capacity sport market getting too crowded with bikes such as Honda’s CBR125, :HYO: Hyosung’s GT 250R, and :KYM: Kymco’s new 150cc Quannon sport models?
We'll see.
SOURCE; cmgonline.com
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Saturday, 22. May 2010, 16:03
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